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Firefox OS does not run on top of Android. The Android Linux kernel is used but that is it. All the Java/Dalvik code was removed well before the initial release
by kbrosnan 13y ago
Firefox OS does not run on top of Android. The Android Linux kernel is used but that is it. All the Java/Dalvik code was removed well before the initial release.
- artlogic 13y agoI may be splitting hairs here, but I'm fairly sure it's a bit more than just the kernel. Fastboot, and ADB function identically. The partition/imaging layout is identical, so much so that I was easily able to run CWM Recovery on my ZTE Open. On top of that the build processes are very similiar and a large number of repos that appear to be forks of AOSP are included. Perhaps there's another name for this shared part, but I just figured all a good part of the native base was borrowed from Android. If I made it sound like Firefox OS was just a fancy application launcher, that was not my intent.