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Umm, with android apps being written in java, I don't think most developers or users worry about POSIX, and Linux isn't fully posix anyway.
by amaccuish 9y ago
Umm, with android apps being written in java, I don't think most developers or users worry about POSIX, and Linux isn't fully posix anyway.
- saagarjha 9y ago> with android apps being written in java Many Android apps drop down to the NDK, where POSIX does matter. > Linux isn't fully posix anyway It's close enough that the difference really is just an issue of not getting certification.
- pjmlp 9y agoFrom POSIX, only the thread APIs are officially supported on Android. Everything else on the NDK has nothing to do with POSIX. https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis.html https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis.html
- tracker1 9y agoNot to mention other higher level languages that have an abstract for io. (libuv in node and elsewhere for example)