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Google Confirms Next Android Version Won't Use Oracle's Proprietary Java APIs
An anonymous reader writes: Google is ditching the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android and moving to only OpenJDK. The news first came by a "mysterious Android codebase commit" from last month submitted to Hacker News. Google confirmed to VentureBeat that Android N will rely solely on OpenJDK. “As an open-source platform, Android is built upon the collaboration of the open-source community,” a Google spokesperson told VentureBeat. “In our upcoming release of Android, we plan to move Android’s Java language libraries to an OpenJDK-based approach, creating a common code base for developers to build apps and services. Google has long worked with and contributed to the OpenJDK community, and we look forward to making even more contributions to the OpenJDK project in the future.”
As long as it pisses off Larry Ellison, it's worth it.
I'm sure Google is telling Larry that he can kiss their puckered brown Oracle.
Google could tell Larry to go fuck himself.
But I wouldn't be surprised if he married himself.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
The difference between OpenJDK and Java JDK is meaningless (In Android), so nothing will break
If that's true, why haven't they been using it all along? The first commercial Android phone was unveiled in late 2008. The OpenJDK class library was pretty complete by then.
The answer was Eclipse. Eclipse didn't work very well with the OpenJDK.