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No it hasn't. According to TIOBE it was down to 13.5% in Oct 2014.

• coldtea 11y ago
  Which is totally irrelevant -- not to mention re-inforcing my argument that Android is not what made Java #1 language. Java has been #1 from at least 2002 (and even before, long before Android) until now according to TIOBE -- the fact that it had a dip to #2 in 2014 doesn't change anything substancial to what I said, which was: "Java has been #1 nearly a whole decade before Android even appeared." http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....
  • bitmapbrother 11y ago
    You stated Java was #1 according to TIOBE a decade before Android was released. Android was released in 2008. Looking at the data it's clear your statement is incorrect. Furthermore, according to the TIOBE long term index, Java was #2 in 2005 and #3 in 2000.
    • coldtea 11y ago
      >You stated Java was #1 according to TIOBE a decade before Android was released. No, I wrote (quote) "nearly a whole decade before Android was released". Besides, you couldn't have missed the point more. First the whole thing in discussion is whether Java became #1 due to Android or not (and it hasn't: it was #1 way before Android, and kept it until now for over a decade). Second, TIOBE is indicative, not absolute. A language that's #1 with 25% in early 2014 doesn't suddenly drop 5-10 points to go below another for a few months -- that's just a momentary trend in searches or repos and other things that TIOBE looks at, not some indication that millions abandonded Java and adopted C for six months and then came back.