Yesterday's release post was about the bigger business line we will not cross: no royalties on IAP, ads, commerce or app revenue. This post is about one of the most concrete platform additions in that release. PR #5281 adds Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto support under com.codename1.car.
What is Codename One? Codename One is an open-source framework for building native iOS, Android, desktop, and web apps from a single Java or Kotlin codebase. Learn more at codenameone.com.
The first thing to know is what this is not. CarPlay and Android Auto are not second screens where your normal Codename One Form is drawn. They are driver-safe, template-based systems. Apple and Google decide which templates are legal in a car, how many rows can appear, which app categories are allowed, and which interactions are safe while driving.
Codename One now gives you one portable way to describe those templates.
The Template Model
