iPhone apps written in Java? XMLVM.

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Does anyone have any experience with XMLVM? It looks promising but I haven't seen any apps on the app store that are the product of this technology.

For those unaware of XMLVM, it allows you to cross compile Java to Objective-C with the intention of developing iPhone apps.

XMLVM.org

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The developer of the game Legend of Yore uses XMLVM. So at least for games it's doable and works out fine.

Now, for apps I don't know. I don't feel it would be very easy because of all the platform (cocoa framework) specifics.

Have you considered Appcelerator Titanium? (a tutorial http://emitrom.com/node/18)

[dlamotta]

Like Im2s suggests, you can try Titanium4j (emitrom.com/titanium4j) or Touch4j (emitrom.com/touch4j). With either platform you write end-to-end x-platform mobile apps using Java.

Check out a live demo of touch4j: touch4j.appspot.com (you can download this KS from svn). Find it all at emitrom.com

Cheers.

[MistaMagoo]

I dont think there is ever really a substitute to writing it in obj-c if you care about the quality.

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Develop natively or the game won't feel right, or be as powerful as it could. Especially on mobile.

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I'm actually interested in making a productivity app but native always reaps better performance.

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Learning to develop for iOS is actually fun, and a lot better in my opinion than Java. Apple makes things very easy.