Hi,
I just like to build apps for Android apps. I am a rubyist btw, and how
can I develop android apps using ruby ?
Is there any cross compiler or any other tool available for this purpose
?
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You can check Ruboto:
Jesus.
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On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan <lakshmanan@vinsol.com> wrote:
Hi,
I just like to build apps for Android apps. I am a rubyist btw, and how
can I develop android apps using ruby ?Is there any cross compiler or any other tool available for this purpose
?
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Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan wrote:
Hi,
I just like to build apps for Android apps. I am a rubyist btw, and how
can I develop android apps using ruby ?Is there any cross compiler or any other tool available for this purpose
?
JRuby?
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Andrew Kaspick wrote:
Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan wrote:
Hi,
I just like to build apps for Android apps. I am a rubyist btw, and how
can I develop android apps using ruby ?Is there any cross compiler or any other tool available for this purpose
?JRuby?
Is it stable enough ? Does it have any issues right now ?
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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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On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan < lakshmanan@vinsol.com> wrote:
Andrew Kaspick wrote:
> Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just like to build apps for Android apps. I am a rubyist btw, and how
>> can I develop android apps using ruby ?
>>
>> Is there any cross compiler or any other tool available for this purpose
>> ?
>
> JRuby?Is it stable enough ? Does it have any issues right now ?
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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
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On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan < > lakshmanan@vinsol.com> wrote:
Andrew Kaspick wrote:
> Lakshmanan Muthukrishnan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just like to build apps for Android apps. I am a rubyist btw, and how
>> can I develop android apps using ruby ?
>>
>> Is there any cross compiler or any other tool available for this purpose
>> ?
>
> JRuby?Is it stable enough ? Does it have any issues right now ?
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/\.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.
There's the question of preferred language. Personally, I'd prefer to code for the Iphone using Ruby and hope Apple eventually lets MacRuby into their garden.
The other question is how successful of a market will Android become among non-techies given its unrestrained openness.
Jose
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Jose Hales-Garcia
UCLA Department of Statistics
jose.halesgarcia@stat.ucla.edu
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On Jun 17, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
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
I fail to see how unrestrained openness would negatively impact the
success of the Android marketplace. More bad apps will slip through,
but you can rate those suckers into the ground if you choose.
Given the explosion of choice in Android devices and the openness of
its tooling, OS, and market, I think it's a pretty good bet to start
getting into Android development now.
- Charlie
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On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Jose Hales-Garcia <jose.halesgarcia@stat.ucla.edu> wrote:
There's the question of preferred language. Personally, I'd prefer to code for the Iphone using Ruby and hope Apple eventually lets MacRuby into their garden.
The other question is how successful of a market will Android become among non-techies given its unrestrained openness.
This link will be very useful for you:
http://www.reinhartlab.com/2010/05/develop-smartphone-using-rhohub.html
It is using ruby on rails and very easy 
Yacobus
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I don't find the Rhomobile way very appealing. I want to be able to
call into all the Android APIs, write interactive 2D graphical apps,
and basically have the entire world of Java libraries available to me.
Rhomobile seems like a lowest-common-denominator platform, where
lowest can mean some pretty primitive Blackberry devices. Ruboto is
aimed at Android and Android alone, and (if I have anything to say
about it) will not limit what parts of the platform you can use.
FWIW, I think Rhomobile is a fine approach if you want to have a very
simple web-like application that installs locally and works on several
platforms. Of course, I can suggest another option for that: the web
itself
- Charlie
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On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Yacobus Reinhart <booking2heaven@yahoo.com> wrote:
This link will be very useful for you:
http://www.reinhartlab.com/2010/05/develop-smartphone-using-rhohub.html
It is using ruby on rails and very easy
Yacobus
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For the record, Charlie, the walls around Apple's garden have absolutely NOT prevented bad apps from slipping through. Openness isn't even on the average consumer's radar, so no worries there. They just care about how shiny it is and what they can *do* with it.
I'm excited about Ruby on the Android. (I'd also be excited about MacRuby on the iP{a,o}d.)
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On 2010-06-17 11:29:52 -0700, Charles Oliver Nutter said:
I fail to see how unrestrained openness would negatively impact the
success of the Android marketplace. More bad apps will slip through,
but you can rate those suckers into the ground if you choose.- Charlie
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Rein Henrichs
Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
FWIW, I think Rhomobile is a fine approach if you want to have a very
simple web-like application that installs locally and works on several
platforms. Of course, I can suggest another option for that: the web
itself
Web is ok, unless you need to access gps or other hw.
Has this situation improved with Apple's recent relaxing of
restrictions on the dev guidelines for iOS 4?
Cheers,
Ed
Ed Howland
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@gmail.com> wrote:
Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
FWIW, I think Rhomobile is a fine approach if you want to have a very
simple web-like application that installs locally and works on several
platforms. Of course, I can suggest another option for that: the web
itselfWeb is ok, unless you need to access gps or other hw.
This question comes up repeatedly on the MacRuby mailing list. Here's the latest thread on the subject...
http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macruby-devel/2010-September/005987.html
Jose
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Jose Hales-Garcia
UCLA Department of Statistics
jose.halesgarcia@stat.ucla.edu
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On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Ed Howland wrote:
Has this situation improved with Apple's recent relaxing of
restrictions on the dev guidelines for iOS 4?
Possible, but why would you want to? Apple has already demonstrated that they
are willing to cripple your development efforts on a whim. If the situation is
better now, it's entirely because Apple deigns to allow it.
Why on earth would you target a platform like that?
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On Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:01:39 pm Ed Howland wrote:
Has this situation improved with Apple's recent relaxing of
restrictions on the dev guidelines for iOS 4?
I think I agree w/you that android is a better dev target, but I was
thinking of X-Platform development (Both Android and iPhone)
Cheers,
Ed
Ed Howland
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:27 PM, David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com> wrote:
On Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:01:39 pm Ed Howland wrote:
Has this situation improved with Apple's recent relaxing of
restrictions on the dev guidelines for iOS 4?Possible, but why would you want to? Apple has already demonstrated that they
are willing to cripple your development efforts on a whim. If the situation is
better now, it's entirely because Apple deigns to allow it.Why on earth would you target a platform like that?