Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android

Re:Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android by colig on Monday August 18, 2014 @09:53AM (#8192598)

Um, people have already been able to use Scala to make Android applications. Just about anything that doesn't require dynamically generated JVM bytecode can manage, difficult and error-prone as it is.

If we're talking about official support, then I'd rather Java 8 instead. And beefing up ART even more.

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Re:Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android by edgyswingset on Monday August 18, 2014 @11:00AM (#8192907)

To me, Scala just feels like a mess. Java 8 isn't as modern as I'd like, but just having lambda expressions and declarative syntax would boost the quality of life so much.

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Re:Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android by mncolinlee on Monday August 18, 2014 @10:11AM (#8192662)

Technically speaking, Android doesn't fully support Java 6. It's only a partial implementation of Java, since Java is overweight. The Android team has been adding requested features to the SDK in piecemeal form.

With that said, you can already get Java 8 lambdas in Android using the retrolambda project.

http://zserge.com/blog/android-lambda.html

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Re:Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android by jug6ernaut on Monday August 18, 2014 @10:36AM (#8192794)

How does this work with a jar which contains classes using java8 features? Will it work in this situation or is it only for classes to be compiled? Can retrolambda be applied in other situations to keep the java version at 6 but use java 8 features?

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Re:Google, it's time – We want Scala for Android by pjmlp on Monday August 18, 2014 @09:59AM (#8192614)

On the same session, I linked here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8192611

The answer to Java 8+ support was "No comment".

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