Sony Ericsson brews up Flash-Java combo
30 April 2008
Sony Ericsson brews up Flash-Java combo
Handset vendor Sony Ericsson on Wednesday released a hybrid technology that bridges the Adobe Flash Lite and Java ME development platforms.
Project Capuchin will make it possible for developers to combine the best attributes of both software stacks to create content-rich mobile applications.
Initially this will allow developers to create applications with the clean user interface made familiar by Flash, without sacrificing the feature rich and widely deployed aspects of Java. More advanced capabilities will allow Flash Lite technology to handle an entire presentation layer and make it possible to create Java ME applications where some or all UI components are defined in Flash.
By wrapping the Flash content in a Java file, the Adobe technology would even be able to access the native properties of the device, something it hasn't been able to do until now.
Sony Ericsson has plans to make the technology available during the second half of this year and will demonstrate Project Capuchin applications at the JavaOne Developer Event, taking place in San Francisco in early May.
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