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Re:Oracle v. Google: Judge leaves Oracle reeling on viabilit... by prudhvis on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @03:51AM (#3503999)
*Android OS in unable to run untouched .class/.jar apps.

Im not sure if that is correct. I have implemented a VoIP application using JAIN SIP jar files compiled with Standard JDK 1.6 that ran fine on Dalvik. This was of-course pre Android 1.0 days. Im not sure if that is the case today.

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Re:Oracle v. Google: Judge leaves Oracle reeling on viabilit... by vetinari on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @03:02PM (#3511456)
I'm sure that's correct.

Sure, you can take jar file compiled using JDK's javac (actually, most android apps are compiled using JDK's javac), but you can't run it on device. You have to run it through dx tool, which combines all class and jar files and converts them into dex file. With different instructions than JVM.

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