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Note that Android does not use the Java VM. It never has. Initially code was compiled for the Dalvik VM, but more recently code is compiled for Art: https://en

Note that Android does not use the Java VM. It never has. Initially code was compiled for the Dalvik VM, but more recently code is compiled for Art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Runtime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Runtime

johncolanduoni 9y ago
There is no single Java VM. There's a specification with a significant number of different implementations, and the OpenJDK-based one is far from the only one in use today. Also code is still compiled to the same format that the Dalvik VM consumed. ART is just a different system for getting from Java bytecode to something executable.
- bitmapbrother 9y ago
  They aren't even architecturally similar. The ART VM is register based while the JVM is stack based.
giancarlostoro 9y ago
To be fair I did say Java based VM.