Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island From One Java APIThe new com.codename1.surfaces API describes home-screen widgets, Live Activities, Dynamic Island regions, Android ongoing notifications, and desktop widgets as data that can render while the main app is not active.Jul 26, 2026·6 min read
The Certificate Wizard Is Now A Standalone App, And It Stopped Impersonating YouJul 18, 2026·5 min read
How We Beat HotSpot Performance (By Cheating, But Not Like That)ParparVM went from 4.21x slower than warmed Java 25 to geomean parity, with six of ten benchmarks at or below HotSpot and peak memory below the JVM's. The architecture behind it: frameless C codegen, a BiBOP page heap, and a poor man's Valhalla.Jul 17, 2026·21 min read
Game Builder Tutorial 3: Build a First-Person 3D DungeonA code-included walkthrough that builds a first-person 3D dungeon with the Codename One Game Builder — pick a play style, sculpt terrain, build walls, place a spawn, then drive first-person logic in the companion class. Includes a gameplay clip and…Jul 17, 2026·10 min read
VideoIO, PCM Mixing And Timed Whisper CaptionsCodename One can now generate and inspect real video: encode app-rendered frames with audio, decode exact frames back out, mix PCM on a sample clock, and turn Whisper segment timestamps into subtitles.Jul 17, 2026·5 min read
Versioned Builds Are Back, With Master Builds For Fast VerificationVersioned builds return with a Maven-era model: pin a cloud build to a released Codename One version, or build against master to verify the current development head without waiting for a nightly package.Jul 14, 2026·4 min read
Commerce And Secrets Without An IAP TaxCommerce validates receipts and normalizes entitlements, while Secrets keeps credentials out of the binary. Both are designed to fail soft, stay optional, and avoid turning IAP into a Codename One royalty.Jul 13, 2026·5 min read
Motion, Stylus, Trackpads And Foldables In The CoreTwo new core APIs expose the hardware modern apps actually see: motion sensors and gestures on one side, rich pointer detail, wheel events, stylus input, trackpads and foldable posture on the other.Jul 12, 2026·4 min read
