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Re:SQLite and Android N (2016) by iainmerrick on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:48PM (#13501286)
Yes! But why?

As an earlier commenter mentioned, games are one of the biggest app categories and many games rely on the NDK. Pro audio could be another big category, but I think Apple has the market sewn up there because Android is still way behind.

Re:SQLite and Android N (2016) by pjmlp on Friday January 27, 2017 @01:22PM (#13501493)
I guess, because a few key figures come from Sun's Java team and WebOS, with politics having a big role.