> The Ruboto team is proud to announce the release of Ruboto 0.9.0.

> Ruboto (JRuby on Android) is a platform for developing full stand-alone
> apps for
> Android using the Ruby language and libraries.  It includes support
> libraries
> and generators for creating projects, classes, tests, and more.  The
> complete
> APIs of Android, Java, and Ruby is available to you using the Ruby
> language.

> New in version 0.9.0:

> This release introduces the ability for Ruby classes to directly subclass
> Java classes.

> You need JRuby 1.7.0 or later included in your project. Generate your
> project with
> the --with-jruby option, or include JRuby in an existing Ruboto project
> with the
> "ruboto gen jruby" command.

> An updated RubotoCore package based on JRuby 1.7 will be released later
> this year.

> Features:

> * Issue #250 Allow Ruby classes to subclass Java classes
> * Issue #255 Remove "ruboto_generate" in favor of direct subclassing of
> Java classes.
> * Issue #257 Stop support for updating projects with Android SDK 13 and
> older directly
> * Issue #272 Add --force option to "ruboto gen app"
> * Issue #274 * app name must be capitalized, so force it.

> Bugfixes:

> * Issue #251 Fails to load app named like org.ruboto.examples.app1
> * Issue #265 Stored test app fixture must handle different bundles

> Internal:

> * Issue #171 Update test project using the --subprojects parameter
> * Issue #221 Release 0.9.0 gem

> Support:

> * Issue #152 ANT fails on Windows
> * Issue #267 Avoid Users having to install Ruboto-Core apk
> * Issue #269 No documentation on how to create a notification in Ruboto

> Pull requests:

> * Issue #263 Edited ruboto.rake to check for Window host_os
> * Issue #270 Fail to compile when Jruby JARs are included
> * Issue #271 'net/http' is missing
> * Issue #275 * app name must be capitalized, so force it.

> You can find a complete list of issues here:

> * https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/issues?state=closed&milestone=15

> Installation:

> To use Ruboto, you need to install a Java JDK, the Android SDK, Apache
> ANT, and a Ruby implementation.  Then do (possibly as root)

>     gem install ruboto

> To create a project do

>     ruboto gen app --package <your.package.name>

> You can find an introductory tutorial at
> https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/wiki/Getting-started-with-Ruboto

> If you have any problems or questions, come see us at http://ruboto.org/

> Enjoy!

> --
> The Ruboto Team
> http://ruboto.org/