Support more platform?

phongtt

Hi,

I read somewhere in the past that Gideros will support more platforms.
How is the plan now? @atilim @gorkem?

I would love to see Windows Phone OS support.
(Just my personal view, I feel potential from the Nokia+Microsoft alliance in a near future)

Thanks

gorkem

Currently Mac OS X and Windows support is on roadmap. We cannot support Windows Phone at the moment as it doesnt provide us a C/C++ backend. However I asked Microsoft about it and one officer said it'll be possible to develop with C++ "most probably" on in Tango, OR if they cannot make it, in Apollo. This will open up the possibility to develop on Windows Phone. Since Atilim is working on separating the native, hardware-specific functions from Gideros Studio, some interesting opportunities for serious, independent developers is underway.

ar2rsawseen

I know that Windows Phone 7 will not be supported, because there's only C# behind it.

It is much easier to add support for platforms, where you can use C underneath them. It's been rumored that next versions of Windows Phone OS will have C, so it might be possible to support them.

For now other platforms, that could be supported is MacOS, Windows (PC), maybe BlackBerry?

ar2rsawseen

As usually owned by Cetins

phongtt

Oh, and HTML5

phongtt

Btw, I heard that Windows 8 Metro UI apps will support .NET, C++, HTML5/JS.

hyvas

Chrome NaCl is also gaining traction and would be a great platform to support.

OZApps

If it would be anything like Google Play, it is going to be a disaster... The thing that any developer would hate about Google is the way it handles payments. I have never ever seen so much traffic on sales and refunds as on Google, (based on data collected from several developers on this topic).

avo

@OZApps Do you mean people end up with a lot of refunds because google makes it easy or something else?

OZApps

1. Google is easy with refunds
2. many Android buyers buy and can ask for a refund within 15 minutes, so purchase, (backup), play, change your mind and get a refund... App for free... not fair on the developer.
3. Though Google play displays if a particular app is compatible with your device(s), there are apps that just do not work or are not meant to work on your device, but Google marks them as compatible.
So as a developer, you could end up with a lot of emails that indicate that someone had purchased your app and asked for a refund. The only difference is that with Google Market, you know who it is and where they are from

phongtt

From my personal developer perspective, I has always hated Android for its diverse specs (resolutions, etc.) without a some kind of unique standard, too much pain to support all devices :-|

avo

thanks for the info @OZApps

I don't mind people being able to get refunds if the app is poor or doesn't work, but it can certainly lead to the problem of abuse once people realize how easy it is to get a refund for everything.

OZApps

@avo, agreed with your point, not to get stuck with the poor quality of an app and the Screenshots or images are not exactly a representation of what the app is or can do. However canceling just because you can is totally unfair on developers.

I am happy that I do not have many apps (paid) on GooglePlay.