News Archive
2013-05-30 TinyLine 2.5 SDK for Java ME released
TinyLine 2.5 SDK for Java ME returns back Java ME and Nokia Asha platforms support.
2012-05-05 TinyLine 2.5 SDK released
TinyLine 2.5 SDK adds style attribute for better Inkscape SVG files support.
Android version now has an example of loading SVG assets into bitmaps.
Version for GAE contains fix for PNG alpha channel.
J2ME code is no longer supported.
2010-08-22 TinyLine 2.4 SDK released
TinyLine 2.4 SDK adds the support of Google App Engine.
Google App Engine is a cloud-computing infrastructure for creating and
running web applications. Google App Engine provides a limited support
for the server side graphics. TinyLine fills the gap and brings in the
vector graphics to Google App Engine.
2010-02-12 TinyLine 2.3 SDK released
TinyLine 2.3 SDK introduces an improved 2D rendering engine for Java platform
with much better performance. Also this version includes drawing images with anti-aliasing.
The Programmers Guide is updated.
2009-04-25 TinyLine 2.1 SDK Update Includes Android Support
TinyLine 2.1 SDK Update includes Android support!
Android developers will now be able to incorporate SVG Tiny graphics into their applications.
TinyLine SVG 2.1 implements an SVG Tiny 1.1+ engine for Android and Java
(J2ME CLDC/MIDP, CDC/PP, J2SE) platforms.
2009-04-14 Sneak Preview: TinyLine SVG 2.1 Viewer for Android
This update provides the sneak preview to TinyLine SVG 2.1 for Android.
Please read the
User Guide and download
TinyLine SVG 2.1 Viewer for Android
The TinyLine SVG Viewer is an example from the TinyLine SVG 2.1 for Android.
It supports user interaction, SMIL animations and hyper linking.
TinyLine SVG 2.1 implements an SVG Tiny 1.1+ engine for Android platform.
2008-11-21 TinyLine 2.1 SDK released.
This release features the latest TinyLine 2D 2.1 and TinyLine SVG 2.1 engines
that now bundled in a single TinyLine 2.1 SDK.
The Indie License has been introduced for "Indie" developers.
TinyLine 2D 2.1 adds full 2D types support to TinyInputStream and TinyOutputStream,
sprites drawing and includes a list of bugfixes.
TinyLine SVG 2.1 features TinyLine 2D 2.1 renderer and includes a list of bugfixes.
2008-07-04 TinyLine Forum is up
TinyLine Forum
is on the air!
In order to make it more secure, all new members are registered by the forum administrator.
So please send an email to lab (at) tinyline.com
Unfortunately, the old forum was lost and now we are starting a fresh new and better one!
2008-06-24 TinyLine.com moved
Unfortunately, because the old hosting seems to stop functioning,
tinyline.com moved to the new one.
During last few days tinyline.com was not available.
Please excuse us for these problems.
We are trying to recover the forum.
Please recent you last mails because it possible they were lost.
2008-01-21 TinyLine 2D 2.0_HFA_1 and TinyLine SVG 2.0_HFA_1 released
The latest Hotfix Accumulator -
TinyLine 2D 2.0_HFA_1
and
TinyLine SVG 2.0_HFA_1
is solving the "circle stroking problem" - rounding error
occurred when stoking circles. Tiny Lab recommends that you use
the latest HFA in order to stay current with the latest software
updates.
2007-11-25 TinyLine 2D 2.0 and TinyLine SVG 2.0 released
This major release features the latest
TinyLine 2D 2.0
and
TinyLine SVG 2.0
engines for Java CLDC/MIDP2.0, CDC/Personal Profile and J2SE platforms.
TinyLine 2D 2.0 introduces multiple target surfaces, binary TinyFont format,
etc. TinyLine SVG 2.0 now uses TinyLine 2D 2.0 renderer, improves SMIL
animations support, optimizes events handling. Go get them!
2007-10-29 Sneak Preview: TinyLine 2.0
This update provides the sneak preview to the latest TinyLine 2D 2.0
and TinyLine SVG 2.0 engines for the wide range of Java profiles:
CLDC/MIDP2.0, CDC/Personal Profile and J2SE platforms.
2007-06-08 The TinyLine 2D Benchmark 1.12 released:
TinyLine 2D Benchmark released. Tiny2DBench is a MIDLet suite of
benchmarks that allows the user to approximate the performance of
TinyLine 2D for J2ME CLDC/MIDP2.0 applications in products such
as mobile phones and PDAs.
Tiny2DBench benchmark tests measure how TinyLine 2D handles basic shapes,
paths, texts, outlined fonts and images. In addition, it evaluates
TinyLine 2D powerful features as transparency, offscreen rendering,
advanced color management and antialiased rendering.
2007-01-27 The TinyLine 2D 1.11 for CLDC/MIDP2.0, CDC/Personal Profile and J2SE platforms:
This update provides the latest TinyLine 2D engine for wide range of Java profiles:
CLDC/MIDP2.0, CDC/Personal Profile and J2SE platforms.
2006-12-01 The TinyLine 2D 1.11 released:
This commercial release introduces the new fast direct rendering model,
the Programming Guide and Examples. New features include
right-to-left and vertical text layouts, paths and text hit tests.
2006-06-07 The TinyLine 2D 1.11 BETA released:
This beta release introduces direct and retained rendering models,
improved Opacity and Gradients support. New features include
right-to-left and vertical text layouts, paths and text hit tests.
New examples include direct rendering model, text line breaker,
text layouts.
2006-03-23 TinyLine SVG Toolkit 1.10 (2) released:
This second release introduces the performance improvement of the
1.10 version. The significant improvement of performance is about
the events loop and I want to thank Marcel for his idea and Daniel
for testing the second release. I encourage everyone who downloaded
the first release (before March 23) to update it to the second
one.
2006-03-11 TinyLine SVG Toolkit 1.10 released:
TinyLine SVG Toolkit 1.10 introduces the Gradients and Opacity
support for its SVG Tiny rendering engine for Java platform.
TinyLine SVG Toolkit is set of SVG Tiny Players and SDKs. It runs
on various Java flavors: J2ME MIDP2.0, J2ME Personal Profile, and
J2SE.
The online W3C SVG Tiny Test Suite using TinyLine now includes
Opacity and Gradients tests.
Applications programmers could be interested in the TinyLine SDK
v1.10 API Specification and the Programmers Guide to TinyLine SVG
API.
2005-12-10 TinyLine SVG Toolkit 1.9 released:
TinyLine SVG Toolkit 1.9 introduces an upgraded SVG Tiny rendering
engine for Java platform with 3GPP SMIL Profile Animations support
and the new renderer (TinyLine 2D 1.9) based.
TinyLine SVG Toolkit is SVG Tiny Players and SDKs. It runs on
various Java flavors: J2ME MIDP2.0, Nokia Series 60 MIDP, J2ME
Personal Profile, and J2SE.
Applications programmers could be interested in the Programmers
Guide to TinyLine SVG API with examples.
2005-11-13 TinyLine SVG SDK 1.9 Prerelease 2:
TinyLine SVG 1.9 Prerelease 2 is an SVGT SDK and player for J2ME
MIDP 2.0 platform. It adds 3GPP SMIL Profile Animations support to
the Prerelease 1 and has bug fixes. Downloads provide the TinyLine
SVG 1.9 Prerelease 2 SDK and player for MIDP 2.0 devices.
2005-10-08 TinyLine SVG SDK 1.9 Prerelease:
TinyLine SVG SDK 1.9 Prerelease is a SVGT Static SDK for J2ME MIDP
2.0 platform. It addresses performance and memory issues found in
the 1.7 and 1.8 versions and bug fixes. Downloads provide the
TinyLine SVG SDK 1.9 Prerelease for MIDP 2.0 devices.
2005-07-17 TinyLine 2D SDK 1.9 released:
TinyLine 2D SDK 1.9 introduces an upgraded 2D rendering engine for
J2ME platform with much better performance and memory usage. Also
this version launches gradient and pattern colors. The Programmers
Guide is updated. Downloads provide SDKs for MIDP 2.0 devices,
Nokia Series 60 phones, and J2ME Personal Profile.
2005-05-04 TinyLine and SVG Tiny users and developers forum
at forum
I set up the TinyLine developers and users forum at
forum, where all questions, as wells as
answers ;), about TinyLine, J2ME and SVG Tiny are welcomed.
2005-03-10 TinyLine SVG Player and SDK 1.8.2
released:
TinyLine SVG Toolkit is SVG Tiny Player and SDK. TinyLine is Java
and runs on various Java flavors (J2ME MIDP2.0, Nokia Series 60
MIDP, J2ME Personal Profile, Java 1.1 - Java 1.5).
TinyLine can be used on variety of devices that are not shipped
with built-in SVG implementations: mobile phones, handhelds and
desktops.
The TinyLine SVG Player provides precise and accurate SVG Tiny
rendering, full support of animations and events. See samples at
http://www.tinyline.com/svgt/samples/samples/index.html
The TinyLine SVG SDK makes it easy for Java applications to deal
with SVG Tiny content. Using TinyLine SVG SDK, a Java application
can straightforwardly integrate SVG Tiny viewing
capabilities.
This release contains a large number of improvements, bug fixes
and some new features. People using SVG Tiny through the TinyLine
are highly recommended to upgrade to this release.
http://www.tinyline.com/svgt/index.html
2005-03-06 TinyLine GZIPInputStream 1.8.2 for J2ME CLDC
released:
TinyLine GZIPInputStream is a J2ME CLDC implementation of the
standard java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream API that defines an input
stream for reading compressed data in the GZIP format. The 1.8.2
version has a smaller size and the skip length bug is fixed. See at
2005-01-29 TinyLine SVG Player for Web released:
By public request, I released TinyLine SVG Player for Web
(tinyline4web).
Not everybody is able (or willing to) install SVG plug-ins. The
tinyline4web is a pure Java[tm] solution so there is nothing for
you to install. There is no plug-ins or installable components
needed for you to worry about. All you need is a web browser!
The tinyline4web works on all the major browsers (tested on
Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Opera with Java[tm]) and
thanks to the platform independent nature of Java[tm] it will work
on all platforms as well. (Tested on PC, Mac and several Linux and
UNIX configurations.)
It has a small size of only around 100K and allows for fast
loading and display SVG Tiny files.
2004-11-14 TinyLine SVG Player and SDK 1.8
released:
The TinyLine SVG Player 1.8 provides precise and accurate SVG Tiny
rendering, full support of animations and events. The TinyLine SVG
SDK 1.8 makes it easy for J2ME applications to deal with SVG Tiny
content. Using TinyLine SVG SDK, a J2ME application can
straightforwardly integrate SVG Tiny viewing capabilities.
2004-11-14 TinyLine GZIPInputStream 1.8 for CLDC
1.0:
TinyLine GZIPInputStream is a CLDC 1.0 port of the standard
java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream class that implements an input stream
for reading compressed data in the GZIP format. In order to be
compartible with the NTT MIDP DoJa platform the
java.lang.IllegalStateException was replaced with the
java.io.IOException. The big files bug is fixed.
2004-09-07 TinyLine at SVG Open 2004:
See SVG
Tiny cartoons on Java devices at SVG Open 2004
Conference and Exhibition Tokyo, Japan. Sept 7-10, 2004, 3rd Annual
Conference on Scalable Vector Graphics. [SVGOPEN 2004]
2004-05-10 TinyLine SVG Player 1.7 released:
The TinyLine SVG Player 1.7 provides precise and accurate SVG Tiny
rendering, full support of animations and events. It passes all the
SVG Tiny tests except for one. The Sample section now has a gallery
of nice SVG Tiny cartoons! Downloads provide SVG Tiny players for
MIDP 2.0 devices, Nokia Series 60 phones, and J2ME Personal
Profile.
2004-03-15 TinyLine 2D Toolkit 1.7 released:
TinyLine 2D 1.7 introduces a new high-class rendering and an
improved support of stroking and dashing. The Programmers Guide is
updated. Downloads provide SDKs for MIDP 2.0 devices, Nokia Series
60 phones, and J2ME Personal Profile.
2004-01-25 TinyLine SVG Toolkit 1.6 released:
TinyLine 1.6 includes a new high-class rendering and an improved
support of animations and events. Downloads provide SVG viewers for
MIDP 2.0 devices, Nokia Series 60 phones, and J2ME Personal
Profile.
2003-09-30 TinyLine 1.5 API is published:
TinyLine 1.5 API JavaDocs is published. Currently only the
TinyLine for J2ME Personal Profile is in sync with the API.
2003-09-22 TinyLine SVG Toolkit version 1.5 is
released:
TinyLine SVG Toolkit is the pure J2ME solution that brings SVG
power and advanced 2D graphics to J2ME platform. The toolkit can be
used for a wide range of graphic centric applications and services:
multimedia messaging, personalization, entertainment, maps, weather
info, financial info, sports.
2003-07-10 TinyLine at SVG Open 2003:
See
Incremental SVG mobility and update at SVG Open 2003
Conference and Exhibition Vancouver, Canada. July 13-18, 2003, 2nd
Annual Conference on Scalable Vector Graphics. [SVGOPEN 2003]
2003-05-05 TinyLine SVG Minute Toolkit: version 1.4
released
TinyLine SVG Minute Toolkit is targeted at Java developers that
want to use SVG for advanced visual messaging and personalization
on J2ME platform. TinyLine SVG Minute Toolkit is the first FREE
pure J2ME solution, that implements advanced graphics on Java
mobile phones, based on the open W3C standards for Mobile SVG, and
brings SVG power to J2ME platform.
2003-04-14 TinyLine GZIPInputStream for CLDC 1.0 is
published.
TinyLine GZIPInputStream is a CLDC 1.0 port of the standard
java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream class that implements an input stream
for reading compressed data in the GZIP format.
2003-02-23 TinyLine 2D: version 1.4 released
TinyLine 2D is a light weight 2D Graphics for J2ME Platform. It is
written in optimized Java, and is fully compatible with CLDC. With
a small footprint of less then 30k of byte code, it is especially
suitable for embedded applications. TinyLine 2D is currently being
used in TinyLine SVG Toolkit project and several others under
development. Downloads for MIDP 2.0, Nokia series 60 and J2ME
Personal Profile are provided.
2003-01-14 TinyLine SVG toolkit: version 1.3 beta
released
Core classes of the TinyLine SVG Toolkit now CLDC/MIDP based. It
means that the TinyLine can run over virtually all J2ME profiles.
Java APIs and TinyLine SVG Viewers with source codes for J2ME MIDP
2.0 and J2ME Personal Profile are provided. The results of TinyLine
tested against the SVG Conformance Test Suite (Tiny) are
included.
2002-10-17 TinyLine SVG toolkit: version 1.2
launched
Dowload section has ready to run TinyLine SVG Viewer 1.2 for IPAQ,
Zaurus and any J2ME Personal Profile empowered device.
2002-10-17 Programmer's Guide to the TinyLine 2D
launched
TinyLine 2D is a lightweight 2D graphics for PersonalJava devices
developed as a part of the TinyLine SVG Toolkit.
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