Python for Android | Linux Journal

Re:Python for Android | Linux Journal by rpeden on Saturday April 23, 2011 @10:29PM (#2478142)

You might want to check out Ruboto. I haven't used it yet, but it seems to allow you to do exactly what you want, i.e. write full Android apps using JRuby. I've heard there's a significant performance penalty, though.

http://ruboto.org/

I've also heard of people having success using Mirah to write Android apps. The syntax is very similar to Ruby, so it will be comfortable for you. It compiles to a straight Java class with no runtime dependencies, so you don't get the performance hit you run into with Ruboto.

http://www.mirah.org/

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Re:Python for Android | Linux Journal by imd on Sunday April 24, 2011 @03:51PM (#2479481)

WTF? In the Mirah examples, I see a bunch of

  i = 0
  while i < 10
    ...code...
    i += 1
  end

There's no for loop? I couldn't confirm because I didn't find a manual.

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