Ars Technica

Google’s Dart language on Android aims for Java-free, 120 FPS apps

Non-game Android apps are normally written in Java, but a group inside Google is experimenting with a whole new way of writing Android apps using Dart, Google’s in-house Web development language. It’s ...
Android Authority

Kotlin vs Java for Android: key differences

Java may still be the first programming language that springs to mind when you think about Android, but you don’t have to use Java for Android development. In fact, Kotlin is now Google’s preferred ...
CNET

Android, Java, and the tech behind Oracle v. Google (FAQ)

Sun Microsystems’ years-long effort to profit from Java has come to this: the chief executives of two of tech’s most powerful companies, Oracle and Google, being grilled in court. Scrapping over ...
ZDNet

Oracle vs. Google over Java: Android lawsuits may begin to pile up

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Hackaday

Writing Android Apps In C, No Java Required

Older Android devices can be had for a song, and in many cases are still packing considerable computational power. With built in networking, a battery, and a big touch screen, they could easily take ...
ZDNet

The real history of Java and Android, as told by Google

The ongoing legal battle between Google and Oracle is complicated. But Oracle has a strong case. Don't just take my word for it. Here's what Google's own lawyers have to say. My ZDNet colleague Steven ...
CNET

Android chief Andy Rubin said java.lang APIs are copyrighted in 2006 email

As the second week of the Oracle-Google trial got underway Monday, Andy Rubin, the man behind the Android platform, took his turn on the witness stand. Oracle’s lead lawyer, David Boies, quickly got ...