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Google should be thinking in terms of switching android away from Java toward either Objective-C, which is very popular, or C++. This would be a very large and

by wiggumz 11y ago

Google should be thinking in terms of switching android away from Java toward either Objective-C, which is very popular, or C++. This would be a very large and costly change but the longer they wait the higher the costs rise. Furthermore the fact that Google is not using Objective-C means that two teams are always needed for mobile development in most companies... Whereas if they use Objective-C one team could code for both android and iOS. Alas like most people who work in tech Googlers have trouble questioning assumptions.

kaolinite 11y ago
Moving Android development to Go makes the most sense, if they plan to abandon Java, which I doubt. Finally, people often make the mistake of thinking that programming languages are the problem in mobile development (or in GUI development in general, frankly). You can pick up a programming language fairly quickly, even in a weekend to a reasonable level if you're good enough. Learning a UI framework, however, that takes time - no matter your skill level.
mziel 11y ago
Objective-C, which is very popular? Give me a platform (apart from iOS and OSX) where Objective-C is popular? Why not the other way around?
AJ007 11y ago
More likely Google is going to push toward Chromium and web-as-platform. This can be somewhat timed as hardware vendors switch over to Google-free Android. This will be the second move to undermine Apple. This should work for most everything short of things that must have very low latency like VR. Keep an eye on Google's continued expansion in to telecom.
- rockdoe 11y ago
  Chrome as a platform, yes. Web as a platform, no. The come from the latter and are going to the former.
  - AJ007 11y ago
    This sounds plausible. Has there been any examples of Google pushing against comparability standards with other browsers?
- Oletros 11y ago
  > This can be somewhat timed as hardware vendors switch over to Google-free Android. Is this happening?

by wiggumz 11y ago

kaolinite 11y ago

Moving Android development to Go makes the most sense, if they plan to abandon Java, which I doubt. Finally, people often make the mistake of thinking that programming languages are the problem in mobile development (or in GUI development in general, frankly). You can pick up a programming language fairly quickly, even in a weekend to a reasonable level if you're good enough. Learning a UI framework, however, that takes time - no matter your skill level.

mziel 11y ago

Objective-C, which is very popular? Give me a platform (apart from iOS and OSX) where Objective-C is popular? Why not the other way around?

AJ007 11y ago

More likely Google is going to push toward Chromium and web-as-platform. This can be somewhat timed as hardware vendors switch over to Google-free Android. This will be the second move to undermine Apple. This should work for most everything short of things that must have very low latency like VR. Keep an eye on Google's continued expansion in to telecom.

rockdoe 11y ago
Chrome as a platform, yes. Web as a platform, no. The come from the latter and are going to the former.
- AJ007 11y ago
  This sounds plausible. Has there been any examples of Google pushing against comparability standards with other browsers?
Oletros 11y ago
> This can be somewhat timed as hardware vendors switch over to Google-free Android. Is this happening?