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Is there such a thing as a "translator" (for lack of a better word in my mind now) that translates Python code directly to JVM / Dalvik bytecode?
Would be great for writing Android applications in Python!
NOTE
: I know about the scripting capabilities of the Android platform but I am looking for something that would generate a '.apk' without having to install the 'scripting' package... annoying for end-users.
Yes
you can go to Java bytecode using
jythonc
. Though I'm not sure how well that would work with the Dalvik format's subtle differences.
edit
: apparently there was a
jythonroid
project which aims to do exactly what you want, but they abandoned it in favor of SL4A
According to the
Wikipedia entryon Dalvik
and
Daniel's
answer, I think you may try compile into Java bytecode using jythonc and then use the dx tool to convert it to .dex files.
From the wikipadia:
A tool called dx is used to convert some (but not all) Java .class files into the .dex format.
Let us know if this works.
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