Transform apps from basic4ppc to basic4android

[schimanski]

Hello Erel!

Nice to hear, that basic4android is far advanced. My question is, is it possible to adopt parts of the code (perhaps copy it to the IDE) of basic4ppc and transform it to basic4android or is it necessary to write the code completly new? And if it is possible, what about the additional libraries? Must I wait with transforming until the libraries are developed?

Thanks for answer.......

 

[Cableguy]

From what EREL has shown us of what B4Android will be on first release, the Syntax itself will be similar, but NOT equal to what B4PPC uses, so there will be some syntax adjustments needed when converting from B4PPC to B4Android...
Maybe that can be one of the first projects if anyone is up to the chalange...
Regarding DLL dependent apps, that will be a bit more tricky, I supose, as there will be the need to create B4Android specific DLLs...

But then again, I could be DEAD WRONG!!!

 

[Erel]

From what EREL has shown us of what B4Android will be on first release, the Syntax itself will be similar, but NOT equal to what B4PPC uses, so there will be some syntax adjustments needed when converting from B4PPC to B4Android...

That is correct. The underlying platform is also different so UI related code will also need to be rewritten.

And if it is possible, what about the additional libraries? Must I wait with transforming until the libraries are developed?

Android runs Java bytecode (Dalvik to be more precise). It cannot run .Net libraries and therefore it will not be possible to use existing libraries.