# haxe-ui
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06/19/2019, 1:50 PMYep, if I can pinpoint more info I'll open an issue. I'm hoping to have fewer 'I HAVE NO IDEA PLS HLP?!?!' moments XD - b
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06/19/2019, 1:50 PM😄 - b
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06/19/2019, 4:36 PMhaxeui-android still fun! 😃 - b
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06/19/2019, 4:36 PMfirst time i tested with this new phone - b
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06/19/2019, 4:39 PMwonder if there is a way to enumerate themes on a device... neither of these actually look like the OS - b
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06/19/2019, 4:44 PMsame happens with normal app from android studio - a
ambitious-knife-25690
06/19/2019, 4:46 PMNeat, is that native components? - b
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06/19/2019, 4:46 PMyup - b
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06/19/2019, 4:47 PMits more than a little long winded im afraid... but shows the android backend working pretty well - a
ambitious-knife-25690
06/19/2019, 5:13 PMInteresting, what's the extern process? - b
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06/19/2019, 5:13 PMno externs - b
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06/19/2019, 5:13 PMdirectly maps haxeui components to native java versions - b
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06/19/2019, 5:14 PMeg: - b
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06/19/2019, 5:14 PMCopy codexml <component id="haxe.ui.components.Button" class="android.widget.Button"> <behaviour id="text" class="haxe.ui.backend.android.behaviours.TextViewText" /> <behaviour id="icon" class="haxe.ui.backend.android.behaviours.WidgetIcon" /> <size class="haxe.ui.backend.android.size.MeasuredSize" /> </component> - b
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06/19/2019, 5:14 PMie, same way haxeui-hxwidgets, haxeui-winforms and haxeui-qt work - a
ambitious-knife-25690
06/19/2019, 5:15 PMI have no idea how those targets work - a
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06/19/2019, 5:15 PMBut I meant externs in a difference sense - a
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06/19/2019, 5:15 PMWhat's the process in exposing other android/ios API's from this setup? - b
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06/19/2019, 5:16 PMin what sense? You mean as in android system apis? - a
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06/19/2019, 5:16 PMyeah, system api's, java libraries - a
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06/19/2019, 5:16 PMlike adding firebase to the project as an example - b
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06/19/2019, 5:17 PMwell, its just hxjava, so same way you normally would for a hxjava app i guess - b
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06/19/2019, 5:17 PMi mean, you can directly access most (all?) android system apis from haxe - a
ambitious-knife-25690
06/19/2019, 5:18 PMAh i've never used hxjava so I have no idea if the extern process is as simple as javascript or as complicated (at least for me) as cpp externs - b
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06/19/2019, 5:18 PMi think its pretty straight forward to be honest, i havent tried it on android, but i think (iirc) that with hxjava it works like hxCS, ie, you just point it to a jar file and thats that - b
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06/19/2019, 5:19 PMbut i might be imagining / mis-remembering that - a
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06/19/2019, 5:19 PMneat, so pure android dev is theoretically alright - a
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06/19/2019, 5:19 PMI guess ios + android is gonna be a different situation - a
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06/19/2019, 5:20 PMBasically weighing up whether I should use this or stick to haxe-react native