JavaFX on Android - State of Art




JavaFX Prague Team is very active on JavaFX Mobile development.

 After announcement of "Netbeans support for JavaFX on IOS" here is the "How to build OpenJFX on Android" 

 All this stuff is based upon the javafxports project on bitbucket.org, probably it isn't "production ready" yet, but it is continuous improved and looks very promising.

 The last important fixes have been:
  • Fixed Multitouch support
  • Fixed issue "dex with too many method references". 
  • Text input in TextField and TextArea from native softkeyboard.
  • Improved lifecycle behavior pause, resume, rotation.
So the question is:

Are we ready to develop a new generation of Android app javaFX-aware? 


As Usual, i'll stay on track ....

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