[ntherning]

Codename One and RoboVM solve different use cases. If you can live with the limitations of a "common denominator" API, a UI toolkit that tries to mimic the native look and feel ala Swing and a limited subset of Java 5, Codename One is great since it allows you to use a single codebase and deploy to many different device types.

RoboVM on the other hand lets you use all the native iOS APIs from within Java and has a runtime library based on Android which limits you only to roughly the Java 6 APIs. As long as you structure your code properly RoboVM makes it possible to reuse large portions of your code between the Android and iOS versions of your app. So if you'd rather build an app that is truly native with a native UI and still want to be able to share code with Android RoboVM may be a better fit. And it's definitely not just for games even though libgdx+RoboVM is a killer combination.