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Android JVM Misconceptions

Comments repeatedly clarify that Android does not use the standard JVM or full Java, but instead runs on Dalvik/ART with a custom Java implementation, while critiquing its limitations and suggesting alternatives like Kotlin or Go.

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lenkite • Sep 20, 2021 • View on HN

Since Java is now a neglected, second-class, incompatible elder citizen on Android, this is unlikely to happen.

hota_mazi • Feb 6, 2020 • View on HN

Absolutely not. If you want a better Java on Android, pick Kotlin, which is supported by Google at least.

heavyset_go • Oct 31, 2023 • View on HN

Android doesn't use the JVM.

eip • Sep 8, 2016 • View on HN

Android doesn't use the JVM.

Phelinofist • Sep 17, 2023 • View on HN

We have an app that also needs to be able to run on Android, so we are held back by the shitty Java Google implements for Android.

ascii_only • Jan 28, 2019 • View on HN

Isn't this the same approach that Google used with Android version of java and it didn't work out for them?

monocasa • Dec 5, 2020 • View on HN

Android doesn't run JVM bytecode, so no.

vegabook • Sep 28, 2015 • View on HN

Android basically forces you to use Java. Enough said.

enitihas • Mar 12, 2018 • View on HN

Android does not run anything on the JVM AFAIK.

andybak • May 2, 2015 • View on HN

Android doesn't use the JVM