Oracle says it plans to open source the Android and iOS implementations of its JavaFX UI platform “over the next couple months,” which it says will allow Java developers to use the technology to write cross-platform smartphone apps for the first time.
“A majority of you said you’d contribute to an iOS / Android port (either via bug reports or direct code contributions) and we’re working hard to be setup so that when the code is opened you’ll be able to start in on it,” Richard Bair, chief architect of the Client Java Platform at Oracle, wrote in a blog post at FX Experience.