Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cecil Westerhof Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Using Jython for Android development? Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:25:08 +0200 Organization: Decebal Computing Lines: 30 Message-ID: <878ubd8ikb.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> References: <87mvztpjfs.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="528adfd6ad074c92fdc6a7f8fb9e23d8"; logging-data="8365"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/WyyXRGWX3zIZV5HsR9JgPl/wvvnSiQIw=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Homepage: http://www.decebal.nl/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:bOezp3kxmcvofrvLrznbeomwGpA= sha1:wlKcNJFQVPbn1Fnn8VbJwFEy77U= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:92949 On Sunday 21 Jun 2015 11:26 CEST, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Sun, 21 Jun 2015 10:14:15 +0200, Cecil Westerhof > writes: >> I have no experience yet with Jython or Android development. But I >> was wondering: would it be possible to write applications for >> Android with Jython? You normally use Java for it, but I think I >> would like Jython more. :-D >> >> -- >> Cecil Westerhof >> Senior Software Engineer >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof > > You cannot use Jython for this at present. PyPy for android coming. > (Works great on ARM, but oh, the environment changes to get the > libtraries to work. ) > > In the meatime, use kivy. Actually, use kivy anyway, it is just too > much fun. :) > > http://kivy.org/#home Something else to evaluate. I do not have to be afraid I will become bored. :-D -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof