So here's the skinny on Ruby on Android (which I've dubbed "Ruboto")
* JRuby itself works out of the box, so you can incorporate it into
any app and start running Ruby code.
* There is a demo application on the marketplace called "Ruboto IRB"
that includes a console, editor, and sample scripts.
* The Ruboto IRB project is hosted at
http://github.com/ruboto/ruboto-irb.
* The Ruboto mailing list is "ruboto" on google groups:
http://groups.google.com/group/ruboto
* There is a Ruby Summer of Code project in progress to make Ruby on
Android a clean and simple affair, including things like app
generators, API wrappers, etc.
* The Ruboto web page will be at
http://ruboto.org, but it's
in-progress at the moment.
There's room for anyone to jump in and contribute, and of course the
toolchain for Android apps is totally free and there's no restrictions
on what languages you can use in your apps
What a crazy concept!
- Charlie
Is it stable enough ? Does it have any issues right now ?
I am also curious as to the state of Android dev with JRuby. And if Charles
reads this, I am willing to put in some time to help with the domain of
application (though it should be understood that I do have a paying job), I
have a friend I've been teaching Ruby, but he's been a bit aloof. He used
Python to host a server, and Java to get his phone to connect to it, I
wouldn't mind being able to help him set up a JRuby app on his phone, and
would be willing to use as much of my understanding as possible.
If that is not going to happen for quite a while, I wouldn't mind knowing
this either, sot hat i dont accidentally promise things I can't deliver.
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