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From: John Savard <quadibloc@barney-mail.invalid>
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Subject: Why Is Android Dependent on Java 6?
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 21:13:46 +0000 (UTC)
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Currently, the latest version of Java is Java 8.

Installing Java 6 instead creates security problems if one wants to use 
Java when viewing Internet sites as well, and on top of that, there's a 
problem (at least on 64-bit Windows) installing 6u45; it says a file is 
missing; one has to install an earlier version instead.

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?

John Savard