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0 pointstracker111y ago0 comments

So use a component adapter, like polymer... That said, I wouldn't mind something closer to XAML or Flash/Flex that was an open specification, with a cleaner language implementation (though, I like JS)...

The trouble is actually getting a cross-platform rendering engine working everywhere that HTML/HTTP already works... So, you go build it, get it working at LEAST on Windows, OSX, Linux, Android and iOS... then we'll see how adoption goes. More likely you'll see React* bindings take off with generators to whatever platform is targetted, with JS as the language in use.

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pjmlp11y ago· 1 in thread

> So use a component adapter, like polymer

I am yet to be on a project where the customer uses them on their stack.

>So, you go build it, get it working at LEAST on Windows, OSX, Linux, Android and iOS

Qt, JavaFX, Xamarin Forms, any SDL based GUI

lmm11y ago

> Qt, JavaFX, Xamarin Forms, any SDL based GUI

I don't want to spend money on the side projects I'm just playing with, but it would be nice to have them cross-platform (including mobile). Do any of those options still apply? IIRC Xamarin is expensive and there's no free way to run Java on iOS? All the SDL-based GUIs I've seen have looked awful.

Qt would be lovely - what does using it from Android Java look like? I remember messing with the Qt Java bindings a while ago and finding them a bit ropey.

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