Swyftware as an App on an Android Tablet. Looking for ...

[B.Person]

Hello Group,

I'm looking to port Swyftware to the Android platform.

My background.  I'm a professional tech developer who has been around Forth since FIG held
meetings in a food court at a Hayward California shopping mall.

Currently, I'm wrapping up a for pay firmware contract project.  For my next tech effort,
while seeking my next paying gig, is learning about and doing Android Apps for the
Amazon fire line of products; tablets, TV, and phone. 

So please suppress your *flames* on the my choice of initial target OS.  Raspberry Pi
and Apple's iOS may be done later. 


I see a four part personal project:

*  Exposure and understanding of the Android development environment and OS internals

*  Re-create a underlying Forth engine for Swyftware using the Android OS internals

*  Apply the original Swyfyware application, with minimum modifications to the new engine

*  Consider and create new additions and modifications to the initial design


What I'm looking for from the Group's members is the following:

a)  Who has an interest in being a tester, reviewer, or just user of this initial attempt?

b)  Are there other developers interested in creating topic specific Apps to run on top of the Android Swyftware engine/base?

c)  Hearing and open for discussion of other ideas related to this specific topic of porting Swyftware to COTS hardware.


Thank you, and looking forward to reading your messages.
Bruce

[Russell Nelson]

I'll help you test it. Sounds like a great idea to me.

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[Jon Sharp]

I, too, would be a willing tester.  I'm at least curious about the opportunity for App creation atop the ported Swyftware.