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> In general, no Java library works on Android except by happy coincidence Well that's just not true now is it.
by orf 11y ago
> In general, no Java library works on Android except by happy coincidence
Well that's just not true now is it.
- pron 11y agoIt is true. No Java standard is supported by Android: not SE (maybe some of the new SE compact profiles, but those don't apply to Android's version of Java), not any ME profile, and not any other more obscure Java standards. If a Java library happens to only use the "Android subset" then it will work, but as that subset is not specified by any Java edition or profile, such compatibility can only be coincidental (of course, Google made sure that the libraries they thought may help their ecosystem will work, so it's not a coincidence from that perspective, but it certainly does not make their case for interoperability).
- incepted 11y agoYou are technically right on all these points and yet, wrong overall. See my response above [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10850585 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10850585