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If copying the APIs is only valuable for compatibility, why did Google do it? Android isn't compatible with any Java apps.
by cwyers 11y ago
If copying the APIs is only valuable for compatibility, why did Google do it? Android isn't compatible with any Java apps.
- wcummings 11y agoLibraries, though.
- AnthonyMouse 11y agoIt's compatible with many Java libraries and IDEs etc. It isn't compatible with Java apps because the UI framework has to be different on a phone. Porting Java apps thereby requires changing only a minority of things rather than everything. It's like asking why you can write C programs on Windows even though it doesn't provide an X server.