Native Linux, Apple Watch, A Game Builder And Crash ProtectionThis week adds a native Linux desktop port, an Apple Watch and Wear OS port, a visual Game Builder with a high-level gaming API, and seamless crash protection that symbolicates native crashes and files them as GitHub issues. We also rebuilt the…Jun 26, 2026·9 min read
Background Work, Push Topics, And Richer NotificationsConstraint-based background work, foreground services, push topic subscriptions, shared-content handling, and a much richer local notification API, all with full simulator support.Jun 16, 2026·4 min read
WebSockets, gRPC, And GraphQL In The CoreA hands-on walk through the three connectivity features that landed together this week, building a live chat over the new core WebSocket API and typed clients from a GraphQL schema and a proto file.Jun 14, 2026·7 min read
Your Codename One App, Now A Native Mac AppThe same Codename One project can now build a REAL native Mac app through the iOS pipeline, and a deeper desktop layer gives it a real title bar, a native menu bar, interactive scrollbars, and desktop notifications.Jun 13, 2026·6 min read
Mac Native Builds, Live Protocols, And Open Issues Under 350The open issue count dropped below 350 after a push through the oldest reports, and the same week brought native Mac builds, WebSockets in the core, gRPC and GraphQL integration, a new advertising API, and richer background work.Jun 12, 2026·11 min read
We Will Not Sabotage Your CodeA maintainer recently hid a destructive prompt-injection payload aimed at AI agents inside his own framework. That is a betrayal of the trust open source runs on. Here is where we stand, and why I think AI is the biggest opportunity small OSS…Jun 10, 2026·5 min read
OpenAPI, ORM, SVG and LottieAn OpenAPI 3.x client generator that turns a spec into typed Codename One code, a JPA-shaped SQLite ORM, JAXB-shaped JSON / XML mappers, build-time SVG and Lottie transcoders, plus a declarative router and deep-link API. All ride on the same…Jun 8, 2026·18 min read
