[android-developers] Re: Which version of Java is used in Android?

2010-03-29 Thread Streets Of Boston
The Android SDK in Java 1.5 (v5) compatible. On Mar 26, 8:40 pm, Poldie wrote: > I've read that Android apps use Java syntax, and not Java per se, > presumably because of the Davlik VM.  I'm a Java noob, so I may not be > making sense here,  but don't different versions of Java support > differen

[android-developers] Re: Which version of Java is used in Android?

2010-03-29 Thread Bob Kerns
A good set of questions, given your partial information. Android runs Java. It does so using the Dalvik VM, which uses a different set of bytecodes. The tools for packaging an application take care of converting the bytecodes. So Android runs Java 1.5 -- but it doesn't include the full J2SE libr