Feature request: Linux executables using graalvm

[dhombios]

As far as I know, codename one cannot directly generate native Linux executables and, therefore, apps need to be distributed as jar files in order to allow using them in that platform. I’ve seen in some answers in stackoverflow that there were technical reasons for this. However, using graalvm native-image compiler could allow generating executables for this platform. Additionally, it could be also used for optimizing windows and macOS executables.

Another possibility could be distributing them as an app image with a Javavm embedded

[shai-almog]

GraalVM still has issues linking to Swing last I checked. We need that and native linking (if you need a browser) for everything to work. We probably won't do this but if you can solve these two problems you can just convert the executable jar target using GraalVM.

See: oracle/graal#3084