Google Inc. is announcing that J2ObjC with version number 0.9.8.1 is already available to download.

What is J2ObjC ?

J2ObjC is An open source, lightweight library for converting Java code to Objective-C, perfect for writing multi-platform Java applications . Objective-C is the main programming language used for the OS X and iOS operating systems.J2ObjC allows developers to execute Java source within an iOS or OS X app.The purpose and principles behind something like J2ObjC is to allow developers to write an application's core in Java, which will run smoothly on Android devices, and will be compiled to Objective-C in iOS devices.This way there's only one codebase to manage, instead of two or more.Created by Google, J2ObjC is currently being used in some of its own projects. This is changelog for J2ObjC version 0.9.8.1 :

• Issues mixing Java objects in native containers, like NSDictionary.

You can read the complete changelog and also download this latest version on their homepage: j2objc.org