Comments on: Alright Adobe, here’s what you do: Cross compile Objective C to run on the Flash Player

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:01:20 +0000

For those app developers that don’t know Objective-C and Cocoa Touch and don’t want to outsource development, check out localbeacon (an iphone app builder) at http://www.bigforge.com. Full integration of Twitter and Facebook, multiple ways to add content into system, off-line access, robust infrastructure including a CDN for all rich content, ability to merge in audio/video and photo galleries, and push notifications. Great for those who want to build just one app or developers interested in white label.

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By: Mark Fuqua

Mark Fuqua — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:51:20 +0000

This is a fantastic idea. I hope someone at Adobe is listening. Loosen Steve’s strangle hold on Ipad/Iphone app code base in a way that not even Steve could whine about or block. It won’t help Actionscript developers get on the iphone (scale Apple’s wall from the outside), but it will help those on the inside scale the walls. Plus, as a bonus, Adobe might sell some copies of Flash Professional or Flash Builder…whichever one they decide to use. Great idea.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:38:12 +0000

This could all be created by the community. You should check out Jonathan Branam’s Red Sun. He takes ruby code and runs it inside the flash runtime.

http://www.techscreencast.com/language/ruby/introducing-red-sun—a-ruby-to-flash-bytecode-translator-and-ui-framework—jonathan-branam/1480

By: Almog

Almog — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:03:51 +0000

I like the idea that iPhone developers only know Object C, With Air 2 I can develop to more platforms and I have the benefit.

By: leef

leef — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:52:07 +0000

I wouldn’t mind this, but I wouldn’t want Adobe to spend any significant time on it. If Flash pushes Actionscript to the side, and opens the platform to some cross-compilation orgy-fest, allowing developers to compile any growing number of languages to SWF, IPA, APK, etc, I foresee a huge mess of juggling too many shifting platforms/language API’s etc. Basically it sounds like either a huge mess if such a path is fully taken, or a small waste of time that will likely eventually be dropped or forever be a small thorn in the side.

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By: paradox1x

paradox1x — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:10:41 +0000

iPad, iPhone, App Store rejections – the wrong choice…

There are two camps waging a war for hearts and minds across the Web – those that want App Store……

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:17:54 +0000

Have an Adobe App Store, not sure if there is one already. $%^& apple!

By: RichSad

RichSad — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:47:35 +0000

I would seriously hope Adobe is already working on this. If they’re not, they could become obsolete quickly. There are many technical challenges to making this happen of course. Threading comes to mind as a difficult issue since AS3 does not currently provide direct support to multithreading (despite a lot of begging).

Apple’s behavior concerns me a great deal as a developer. I used the be an enthusiastic fan of Apple’s products but I am growing concern that they are no longer acting in the best interest of consumers (or developers). As a developer I feel like Android appears to be a better model, although the market share currently resides on the Apple side. As a developer my job is to look forward into the near future. So the question is will Android-based tablets and phones soon amass enough market share to put pressure on Apple’s dominance and create a viable market for a more “open” platform? I sure hope so. I believe that when that happens Apple will reconsider their unrealistic position and open up their platforms.

I’d be willing to pay a thousand dollars or more for an object oriented programming language/platform with a Flash Builder-type IDE that allowed me to target a wide range of mobile devices if it included Android-based and Apple OS X-based tablets and phones.

“you may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one” John Lennon

By: TimT

TimT — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:13:04 +0000

no they won’t. That’s a pipe dream if you actually think apple will beg adobe to do anything! See this is exactly the kind of yesterday thinking that has all of us in the predicament in the first place. Adobe, and flash for that matter, needs to really start thinking differently (pardon the pun), this blogger’s idea is one of the first great ideas I’ve seen in a long time. Opening things up like this gives more to the DEVELOPER, and opens apple’s closed ecosystem up to supporting other platforms like google. I can’t believe this isn’t totally blatantly obvious.