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Creating Android apps without Java

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scala

clojure

I'd like to start creating Android apps but I don't like Java. I read that scala can be used to do it. Are there another option?(Clojure?)

I'm a Python/Django developer so it would be great to learn a pretty different language.

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mfalcon Avatar asked Sep 10 '10 01:09

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At this point Scala is the one that is most mature..I wanted to try groovy myself but its not even out of alpha..

Plus Scala on android has docs..:)

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Fred Grott Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 20:09

Fred Grott

It's not hard to do with Mirah (formerly Duby), a very young language based on Ruby that compiles to bytecode that's basically indistinguishable from Java's, but adds some great new features like closures, type inference, and obviously a Ruby-like syntax. It's particularly well-suited for Android because it has no runtime or standard library (it uses compiler plugins instead) outside the JDK, whereas basically all other JVM languages bring along a lot of baggage, especially languages that weren't designed to target the JVM (like Ruby and Python).

http://github.com/technomancy/Garrett

Much nicer than writing Java!

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technomancy Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 20:09

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