LOL, Thanks Mark.
On Jan 12, 8:36 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > gymshoe wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > Thanks for the comments. I will check out the GNU Classpath. > > > However, I am confused. Does it matter what the size of the external > > jar or library is? > > Sure. For starters, Android apps can only be so big, and you really > really really don't want to chew up 5MB of space just for two classes > and their dependencies. The expression "trying to swat a fly with a > Buick" comes to mind... > > > Doesn't your program just import the API's that > > you tell it to from the library (and presumeably those superclasses > > that it descends from)? It doesn't try to include them all does it? > > There is compile-time packaging, and there is loading into RAM at runtime. > > AFAIK, everything is included in the APK, because there is no way to > know up front if you are using reflection or something and need the > other classes. > > In terms of how classes are loaded into RAM at runtime, that's a > complicated question even on "regular" Java (look up "classloaders" > sometime), and I haven't the foggiest notion how Dalvik handles it on > Android. > > So, my gut instinct still holds: it would shock and amaze me if rt.jar > actually worked on Android. Now, I could be wrong -- given my surname, > I'm used to things going wrong... ;-) > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Published! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
