This would be horrible for people who enjoy sideloading APKs.

  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I mean, on some level it’s accurate, but only as accurate as saying any Linux distribution running a web browser with JavaScript-support is Linux but with JavaScript.

    Android apps in themselves are not based on JavaScript - some of them bundle a JavaScript runtime, but it’s by no means required.

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      1 year ago

      Wait, really? I thought android apps could be written in java and in fact alot of them are. I know that you can use c# and c++ or some others, (python?) but i thought navascript was the majority of the apps.

      Although i suppose it doesnt make your statement untrue, if java is not the only language but only the primary language then it wouldnt be accurate to call android linux with java.

      I would say though its likely that this statement would be more true several years back.

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        Java has been the primary language for Android for much of its life.

        There’s an important distinction to be made here - Java and JavaScript are not the same, and in fact really have nothing to do with each other.