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Subject: Re: Why Is Android Dependent on Java 6?
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"John Savard" <quadibloc@barney-mail.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> Android uses its own engine to run Java bytecode, the Dalvik compiler.
>
> On top of that, Eclipse, the preferred development tool for writing
> Android programs, has its own open-source compiler for the Java language,
> the Eclipse Java Compiler.
>
> So why does one have to install any software from Oracle on one's system
> to develop for Android anyways?

Since Eclipse is written in Java, a JRE is required in order to run it.

Also, if you want javadocs and source code for the predefined Java classes to be available,
you will have to install a full JDK.