Re:Why did Microsoft create C#? Wasn't Java good enough in t...
by pjmlp on Monday February 12, 2018 @03:22AM
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> Java is the primary development langauge for Android.
Kind of.
First Google pulled an old style Microsoft move, by only implementing what they cared about.
With Android Oreo, they finally added proper support for most of Java 8, but given the fragmentation history, one only gets to use it fully when targeting Oreo or better devices.
Then now with Kotlin adoption, their silence on Java 9 support and the 6 months release plan for Java, I have this feeling Android will be stuck at the current level of Java 8 support.
Kind of.
First Google pulled an old style Microsoft move, by only implementing what they cared about.
With Android Oreo, they finally added proper support for most of Java 8, but given the fragmentation history, one only gets to use it fully when targeting Oreo or better devices.
Then now with Kotlin adoption, their silence on Java 9 support and the 6 months release plan for Java, I have this feeling Android will be stuck at the current level of Java 8 support.