• Add
  • Main navigation

    • Home
    • BikeCAD Pro
    • BikeCAD Online (Free)
    • Design Archive
    • User Guide
    • Help/ FAQ
    • Forum
    • Glossary
    • Cycling Dingbats
    • Upload a BCAD file
    • Release Notes
    • User Map
    • BikeCAD Pro Owners
    • Contact

    User account menu

    • Sign up
    • Log in
    Home
    Bicycle Design Software

    BikeCAD on the iPad

    Thunderskunk
    Framebuilder
    By Thunderskunk | 11:52 AM EDT, Sun September 04, 2011
    BikeCAD Feature Request

    I would gladly pay full price for BikeCAD Pro if it were on the iPad, especially if it integrated FullSuspensionCad.

    If it's all contained in a Java file, can that be easily packaged for iOS?

    Dunno if you've used one, but they're pretty slick, fast & clean, like bikecad itself. The iPad+BikeCad package would be really attractive for builders who are builders, and not computer guys (which seems to be common). As well, it'd be the most sophisticated design app in the appstore. You'd probably get a huge amount of exposure for doing it.

    Thoughts?

    Brent
    Profile picture for user Brent
    www.bikecad.ca
    Ottawa, ON Canada

    Brent

    14 years 10 months ago

    Permalink

    Java on the iPad

    Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, Java is not supported on the iPad at this time. I'm crossing my fingers that that might change. If anyone knows of any developments on that front, I'd love to hear about it.

    Thunderskunk
    Framebuilder

    Thunderskunk

    14 years 10 months ago

    Permalink

    Oh jeez.

    Bummer! I see on one site they say that only Java apps whose code has been converted to XMLVM will work... I have no idea what that is, but it doesn't look pretty. Lots of arrows: www.XMLVM.org/overview/

    Dang Apple sometimes, being the North Korea of the computer world, not playing nice with anybody...

    Brent
    Profile picture for user Brent
    www.bikecad.ca
    Ottawa, ON Canada

    Brent

    14 years 9 months ago

    Permalink

    Thanks for the link

    Thanks for pointing that out. Looks promising! I will be following that framework as it develops.

    StanleyJ
    Framebuilder
    Hong Kong SAR China

    StanleyJ

    14 years 6 months ago

    Permalink

    *old topic bump*

    *old topic bump*

    For what it's worth Brent... the Android platform's apps use Java and Samsung (amongst others) are flipping out Android powered tabs/slates like no tomorrow. Windows 8 which will arrive this year in ARM and x86 incarnations will also support Java (obviously)... so even if BikeCAD isn't "ported" to Android, it may be worth checking that BikeCAD plays nicely on the smaller screen format, as my current notebook with it's 1280x800 max resolution still have some of BikeCAD's dialogue boxes running off the bottom of the screen completely... :)

    Brent
    Profile picture for user Brent
    www.bikecad.ca
    Ottawa, ON Canada

    Brent

    14 years 6 months ago

    Permalink

    BikeCAD on Android

    Thanks for the note. I'm excited to see what we can do with BikeCAD on tablets in the coming months.

    polente
    Framebuilder

    polente

    2 years 8 months ago

    Permalink

    BikeCAD on ipad

    Hi Brent.

    I'd like to bring this thread up again. Afaik the new ios supports java. So I'd like to ask wether you're still plan to build a bikecad version for ios. It would be a phantastic option to use it in our shop on the ipad.

    Cheers, Stephan

    Brent
    Profile picture for user Brent
    www.bikecad.ca
    Ottawa, ON Canada

    Brent

    2 years 8 months ago

    Permalink

    In reply to BikeCAD on ipad by polente

    BikeCAD on the iPad

    I just skimmed through the summary of changes in iOS 17 and there is no reference to Java. Could you point me to some other reference regarding Java in iOS?

    In other news, I have successfully run BikeCAD on a Chromebook. I'll have to put together some documentation for that soon.

    • Log in or register to post comments

    Copyright © 1998 - 2026 The Bicycle Forest Inc. - All rights reserved

    Drupal theme by Alaa Haddad