I understand the short-term reasoning for choosing Java. Unfortunately mobile is one platform where transparent access to native code is a huge advantage and Ja

I understand the short-term reasoning for choosing Java. Unfortunately mobile is one platform where transparent access to native code is a huge advantage and Java/JNI puts Android at a huge disadvantage here compared to Obj-C/C++. This is why writing something like a Twitter client is actually much easier in Android but doing something really interesting like realtime multimedia or highly responsive, complex UIs is difficult to the point of impossible in some cases.