Java Support for iPad/iOS

You can install Java on Macs, but not iOS devices. Primarily because having a Java Virtual Machine on any computer is an open door to hackers around the world. You will get all kinds of warnings installing Java on a Mac, but it will let you.

It appears you are talking to Apple here

Apple is not here

You can tell them this if you post it at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.htm

vesu0073 wrote:

If you really want me to consider iPad over something akin to a Surface Pro 4 or any traditional PC/laptop, you have to give me all of the functionality I need on top of everything I know iPad can do. It's Apple so I know you're capable of doing it. Hopefully, one day you choose to act on it. Thanks.

I don't really want you to do anything. This is a user-to-user technical support forum. You're not addressing Apple.

Submit your feedback to Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

However, from what I understand, Java represents a greater security risk than Apple is willing to expose iOS devices to.

The vast majority of malware and virus infections on computers come through hacking into client-side Java and Adobe Flash. For this reason most security experts strongly recommend having neither Java nor Flash on your computer. Apple apparently took this advice to heart and supports neither on iOS devices. It seems to have worked, because there is no known malware that affects iOS devices. Contrast this with over 300 known viruses and other malware that infect Android devices, and tens of thousands that affect Windows computers.

And the old argument that it's simply because there aren't enough Apple devices for hackers to bother with is rendered invalid by the fact that there are now over 1 billion iPhones in use worldwide.

If Java is essential to you then the iPhone is not your best choice, as it is unlikely that Apple will ever support it.

I recommend you get a device that meets your needs (not an iPad as it won't meet your needs).

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

These run java on a server and pass the results to the ipad pro app.

"java for iPad is now a reality! If you were ever wondering how to use java for iPad, now you can! With the Virtual-Browser for Firefox App, java for iPad is possible with one simple app download! Virtual-Browser for Firefox App opens up a wide variety of apps and games – like java for iPad – that you can use from your iPad"
http://www.virtualfirefox.com/java-for-ipad

VirtualBrowser for Firefox with Flash-browser, Java Player and Add-ons - iPhone Edition
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/virtualbrowser-for-firefox/id609289360?mt=8

I have the same problem. I need to do medical charts at home but can't on any Apple device. My iPad is now only used to browse mail. A complete waste.

See my post just above yours.

The medical industry needs to wise up to security issues.

R