[LAD] Android Java stack

[Olivier Guilyardi]

On 06/30/2011 09:26 AM, Jens M Andreasen wrote:
> On a related subject ... What is the Java implementation like on
> Android? Is it the "normal" Java as we have it in Linux/OSX/etc or is it
> one of those Mobile variants, having its own set of API's?

On Android, it's pretty standard. You can rely on most Java SE library
primitives. Check this post, it's a bit old, but still informative:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/java-vs-android-apis/504

For all official packages included in the Android SDK, check this:
http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html

When building with the SDK, the standard javac from Oracle JDK is used, and then
the classes are compiled to dex format, before then can be run on the Dalvik VM.
But this is transparent for the developer.

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  Olivier