It is a follow up of previous post: bro-gen: static methods and polymorphism. CocoaTouch was regenerated with updated bro-gen and it caused 1000+ changes in source code. There are massive supportsSecureCoding(), getLayerClass() and also it exposed not available before constructors and APIs.

The changes proposed as PR543 and targeted to 2.3.13 version of RoboVM.

There is one binding trick related to inherited class methods/properties in objc code. Polymorphism is not available for static methods in Java and compiler resolves target for static call during compilation time. Following obj-c code and Java binding demostrate the issue:

@interface Abstract : NSObject
+(void) test;
@end

@interface TestObject : Abstract
@end

Corresponding binding:

public class Abstract extends NSObject {
    public Abstract() {}
    @Method(selector = "test")
    public static native void test();
}

public class TestObject extends Abstract {
    public TestObject() {}
}

Java call TestObject.test() will fail while obj-c call [TestObject test] is not. Root case – static method invocation is resolved compilation time and test() method is present in Abstract. This produces Abstract.test() call that corresponds to obj-c call [Abstract test].

The fix

Is to copy all static methods/properties from super-classes/protocols into target class. Bro-gen script was updated to do this automatically.

AltPods were updated to v1.13.0-SNAPSHOTS to sync with recent releases.

New pods

• AppCenter v3.3.4
• AppCenterAnalytics v3.3.4
• AppCenterCrashes v3.3.4
• AppCenterDistribute v3.3.4
• Firebase/Storage v7.0.0
• Firebase/Firestore v7.0.0

Updated pods

• AppLovinSDK v6.14.6
• Facebook 8.1.0
• Firebase v7.0.0
• Facebook v8.0.0
• Fyber 7.7.2
• HelpShift 7.9.1
• OneSignal 2.15.4

These pods were pushed to https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots maven repo under 1.13.0-SNAPSHOTS version. Source code @github

Updates are not fully tested, please open issue if bug found.

NB: AltPods – are robopods kept at my personal standalone repo. This is done to prevent main robopods repo from turning into code graveyard. As these pods have low interest of community and low chances to be updated.

Available at Idea Marketplace (for AndroidStudio as well), also IDE plugins are available for download.

2.3.11: What’s new

Mostly maintenance release:

• fixed: ios14 device session hang (restart didn’t work) PR520
• fixed: debugger session hang if class was loaded during stepping PR521

2.3.12-SNAPSHOT:

Includes functionality currently in testing:

• iOS14 bindings PR515
• support for entitlements for Simulator target PR535

Installing SNAPSHOT from custom plugin repository

In settings dialog:

• select Manage Plugin Repositories;
• add https://dkimitsa.github.io/assets/mobivm-snapshot.xml for installing the latest snapshot;

Then switch to Market place search for MobiVM;

Happy coding!
Please report any issue to tracker.

Dealing with Android Studio always tricky, v4.1 brings another set of issues to solve.

Installing the plugin

2.3.10 is available in JetBrains marketplace and can be installed directly from plugin settings dialog. But due wrong configuration it is not visible in Android studio. There are few options for Android studio:

Install manually

Download .zip file from MobiVM site and use Install Pluging From Disk... option.
Important: Safari will automatically unpack .zip file, it should be downloaded without unpacking and installed as .zip!

Install from custom plugin repository

These custom repositories point to files located at MobiVM site.
In settings dialog:

• select Manage Plugin Repositories;
• add https://dkimitsa.github.io/assets/mobivm-release.xml for installing the latest release;
• or add https://dkimitsa.github.io/assets/mobivm-snapshot.xml for installing the latest snapshot;

Then switch to Market place search for MobiVM;

Not working RoboVM/New Project(Module) menu

AltPods were updated to v1.12.0-SNAPSHOTS to sync with recent releases.

Updated pods

• AppLovinSDK v6.14.4
• BranchMetrics 0.35.1
• Firebase v6.34.0
• Facebook v8.0.0
• Flurry v11.1.0
• Fyber 7.7.1
• HelpShift 7.9.0
• InMobi 9.1.0

These pods were pushed to https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots maven repo under 1.12.0-SNAPSHOTS version. Source code @github

Updates are not fully tested, please open issue if bug found.

NB: AltPods – are robopods kept at my personal standalone repo. This is done to prevent main robopods repo from turning into code graveyard. As these pods have low interest of community and low chances to be updated.

RoboVM is currently using runtime from Android 4.4 and it is being a pain for a long time due lack of Java 8 classes such as stream and outdated native components (like OpenSSL). Long term solution would be migration to JDK15+ but it would require updating compiler to understand Java language level 9+. For now biggest problem is DynamicInvoke support as RoboVM doesn’t implement it and uses simplified RetroLambda approach. Issue 514 inspired to quick test a possibility. It was way simpler that migrate to JDK base and took only month to get working minimal vitable product.

Libcore 10 overview

Highlights:

• Same as Android 10 Runtime library;
• NIO2, Streams and other Java8 API;
• OpenSSL replaced with BoringSSL that enables TLS1.3;

What is missing

RoboVM native VM implementations (Android 4.4 based) and Android 10 have lot of differences and lot of things are not compatible. Quickes way was to minimize amount of changes in VM.
Process was simplified by using RoboVM’s core classes such as:

• java.lang.Class;
• java.lang.Object;
• java.lang.Thread;
• java.lang.ClassLoader;
• and few more (21 in total);

These classes might not provide recent Android 10 API and modern functionality (like compressed Strings). Probably each of these will be reviewed and reverted in future.

What is working

Currently it as tested with basic code for both Console MacOSX and iOS.
Sample test code was deployed to repository robovm-libcore10-smoketest.

Test builds and updates

Code was modified a bit to not conflict with production builds:

• version set to 10.0.xx;
• it will use ~/robovmx/cache folder for produced .o files;

Builds will be deployed to release section of robovm-libcore10-smoketest repository. Please check that repository for future updates and fixes.

There are several options to get test build:

1. build from source code
2. Download pre-build Idea plugin from Releases section of smoke-test repository and install manually;
3. Setup Custom plugin repository as described by link:

• add repository: https://dkimitsa.github.io/assets/updatePlugins.xml as custom plugin repository in Idea, and then enter `` and install from there.
• in marketplace’s search bar enter repository: https://dkimitsa.github.io/assets/updatePlugins.xml;
• install RoboVM - Libcore 10 plugin from there.

Issue reporting

Please open the issue in the tracker of robovm-libcore10-smoketest repository;

AltPods were updated to v1.11.0-SNAPSHOTS to sync with recent releases. Part of list didn’t receive any API update hovewer bindings were re-generated against recent version of frameworks. Update list look as bellow:

New pods

• Google Ads Mediation adapters
• Google User Messaging Platform
• InMobi 9.0.7
• Fyber Marketplace 7.6.4

Updated pods

• AppLovinSDK v6.14.2
• BranchMetrics 0.35.0
• Firebase v6.32.0
• Flurry v11.0.0

These pods were pushed to https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots maven repo under 1.11.0-SNAPSHOTS version. Source code @github

Updates are not fully tested, please open issue if bug found.

NB: AltPods – are robopods kept at my personal standalone repo. This is done to prevent main robopods repo from turning into code graveyard. As these pods have low interest of community and low chances to be updated.

Available at Maven and IDE plugins are available for download.

Known issues

Release requires Xcode 11.4+, if running previous one following error is expected:

[ERROR] Undefined symbols for architecture arm64:
[ERROR]   "___darwin_check_fd_set_overflow", referenced from:

What’s changed

• support for iOS14 devices
• iOS13.6 bindings
• build system updated to work on recent JDK versions (was working only on JDK8)
• compiler: generic class arguments and @Block parameters pr419
• compiler: support for non-static @Bridge method in enums classes pr420
• compiler: support for @Block member in structs pr421
• fixed: compilation failed on @Bridge annotate covariant return synthetic method pr422
• Support for Struct.offsetOf in structs pr431
• workaround for missing objc classes(ObjCClassNotFoundException) pr442
• added: experimental and formal bitcode support, pr443
• fixed: error code -34018 when using Security API on simulator: pr447
• idea: fixed: annoying Android gradle faced #242
• idea: migrated to gradle build system
• idea: “no Xcode dialog” is not blocking anymore pr434
• idea: disabled generate separate IDEA module per source set pr449
• debugger: various crash fixes (more stable now)
• added: workaround to support static libraries that use swift pr474
• added: frameworkPath/extensionPath can be qualified (temporal support for xcframeworks) pr484
• fixed: OOM on class with huge number of fields pr485
• new icons for Idea plugin !

Other notes

Idea plugin now is a .zip file and Safari will unpack it (by default) which will make it not functional. It has to be downloaded as .zip file and installed using .zip file, not with .jar file inside zip/unpacked folder.

Happy coding! Please report any issue to tracker.

iOS 14

Bindings have been proposed as PR515.
All CocoaTouch APIs were processed based on Xcode12 BETA 6.
This update introduces changes to existing api and this might break existing code. Please open issue/communicate any problem.
Beside existing API update it introduces support for following new frameworks:

• UniformTypeIdentifiers
• Accessibility
• AppClip
• AppTrackingTransparency
• ClockKit
• MediaSetup
• MetalPerformanceShadersGraph
• MLCompute
• NearbyInteraction
• OSLog
• ScreenTime
• SensorKit
• WidgetKit
• DeveloperToolsSupport