It says the job was already posted on 19 october 2015 ?
I was about to say this. It's interesting that it's taking so long to hire someone for.
Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
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Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#92I'm currently integrating the WebRTC interface into a browser-like project by directly calling into their C++ code (when Java is the preferred interface). Most of the process so far has been trial-and-error (especially with hooking up their JNI calls back to Android from C++ land in order to access Android audio device info and state that can't be reached from C++). The code base is quite large and so gaining familia…
> especially with hooking up their JNI calls back to Android from C++ land in order to access Android audio device info and state that can't be reached from C++ Good luck with that part. I have been using C++ for hobby coding between Android and WP, and the "friendliness" of the NDK has made be look for solutions that can target Java and .NET instead. Some of those APIs that one needs JNI wrappers, are actually writt…
Currently working through that now, the issue du jour is that the class loader apparently does not find classes in the APK unless it is called from JNI_OnLoad from the application thread so I am going to have to cache references to the three or so WebRTC Java audio classes that it needs.
http://developer.android.com/training/articles/perf-jni.html...
Because I'm sure everybody on here cares haha.
Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Since when has asking "cui bono?" been considered conspiracy thinking? Sounds like somebody might be a product manager at Apple.
> Since when has asking "cui bono?" been considered conspiracy thinking? "Cui bono" is a necessary (but not sufficient) ingredient of any conspiracy thinking. > Sounds like somebody might be a product manager at Apple I rest my case.
That's actually a good argument, I'll give you that.
Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's interesting to note the unprecedented success Apple has achieved at keeping millions of its users at the very leading edge of Apple OS technologies along with its "difficulties" keeping up with new Web technologies. And it's amazing how rapidly they are able to invent a whole new programming language, compiler, toolchain, overhaul the OS APIs, add new OS features, and innovate Apple-only "native" technologies on…
I don't think you realize this, but Chrome on the App Store is actually just a shell with the Chrome UI around the embedded Safari browser, rather than the actual Chrome browser, due to Apple restrictions. Stated more plainly: http://www.howtogeek.com/184283/why-third-party-browsers-wil... I must say this fact makes reading your last sentence quite humorous.
Thank you. ;-)
Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Safari is so far behind every other browser, it's not even funny.
Really? In anything significant that people (more than 5) actually use?
Isn't arguing for adoption as a measure of value rather putting the cart before the horse?
People use things when they have utility. They have utility when developers make something cool that uses them. Developers do this if there's a chance of mainstream adoption...
Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#96Sorry to sound harsh, but why is this news?
Chrome has had this forever.
Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's interesting to note the unprecedented success Apple has achieved at keeping millions of its users at the very leading edge of Apple OS technologies along with its "difficulties" keeping up with new Web technologies. And it's amazing how rapidly they are able to invent a whole new programming language, compiler, toolchain, overhaul the OS APIs, add new OS features, and innovate Apple-only "native" technologies on…
> I might suspect that they were intentionally impeding the progress of the Web, sabotaging all of us while putting on a great show You think they aren't capable of that? Isn't it the same thing they are doing now with not supporting Vulkan and sabotaging open graphics API by pushing their lock-in Metal instead?
That's a real shame because now I'm definitely stuck using OpenGL ES for my cross-platform mobile game instead of a modern stateless API because I just don't have the bandwidth to write my rendering code twice.
Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I might suspect that they were intentionally impeding the progress of the Web, sabotaging all of us while putting on a great show You think they aren't capable of that? Isn't it the same thing they are doing now with not supporting Vulkan and sabotaging open graphics API by pushing their lock-in Metal instead?
That's a real shame because now I'm definitely stuck using OpenGL ES for my cross-platform mobile game instead of a modern stateless API because I just don't have the bandwidth to write my rendering code twice.
You can consider ditching Apple platforms for good. They don't want to support developers? They can get lost. I think it's the only language they understand.
Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#99Re: Apple is hiring engineers to bring WebRTC to Safari
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a real shame because now I'm definitely stuck using OpenGL ES for my cross-platform mobile game instead of a modern stateless API because I just don't have the bandwidth to write my rendering code twice.
You can consider ditching Apple platforms for good. They don't want to support developers? They can get lost. I think it's the only language they understand.
Yes, but that would be a rather poor business decision for us.