Re: [PLUG] Python on Android

[Michel van der List <plug@vanderlist.com>]

Keep in mind that android does not run the java jvm, it runs dalvik.

Michel

On 11/22/2011 01:40 PM, Fred Stluka wrote:
> Eric,
>
> Interesting.  So, yeah, it did require a mapping layer to give Python
> access to the Java APIs.  Says that "Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A)"
> supports not only Python, but also Perl, JRuby, Lua, BeanShell,
> JavaScript and Tcl.
>
> I'm surprised about JRuby.  That's an implementation of Ruby that
> runs on the Java JVM with the JRuby compiler generating standard
> JVM byte codes, right?  So it should be able to call the Java APIs
> directly, with no need for SL4A.  Maybe I'm missing something...
>
> Good article.  Thanks!
>
> --Fred
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> On 11/22/11 1:05 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote:
> > Related to "Developing Portable Mobile Web Applications" another thing
> > mentioned last night at PLUG west was writing Python apps for 
> > Android. Here
> > is a detailed article on how to write Python applications for Android:
> > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10940
> >
> > Regards,
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
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