The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX: Cross-Platform Mobile and Cloud Development Updated for JavaFX 21 and 23

© Stephen Chin, Johan Vos and James Weaver 2024

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11. Native Mobile Apps for iOS and Android

Stephen Chin¹, Johan Vos²   and James Weaver³

(1)

Belmont, CA, USA

(2)

Gluon, Leuven, Belgium

(3)

Marion, IN, USA

 

Written by José Pereda and Johan Vos

Java started as a programming language for embedded devices. In the early 1990s, a team inside Sun Microsystems worked on a software stack for a set of next-generation hardware products.

The prototype of those hardware products, called the Star7, looked like something between a mobile phone and a tablet. The software for these devices, originally codenamed Oak, is what we currently know as Java.

Hardware ...