Hi folks, I do currently not have any Android project, but however, as so much time is taken for Android on the podcast, I would like to know
I got a short overview at: http://www.dalvikvm.com/ which I found by searching the internet - currently the shortest understandable introduction I got: === Cited from the link above: The Dalvik virtual machine is a register-based virtual machine, designed and written by Dan Bornstein with contributions from other Google engineers as part of the Android mobile phone platform. It is optimized for low memory requirements, and is designed to allow multiple VM instances to run at once, relying on the underlying operating system for process isolation, memory management and threading support. Dalvik is often referred to as a Java Virtual Machine, but this is not strictly accurate, as the bytecode on which it operates is not Java bytecode. Instead, a tool named dx, included in the Android SDK, transforms the Java Class files of Java classes compiled by a regular Java compiler into another class file format (the .dex format). Android programs are compiled into .dex (Dalvik Executable) files, which are in turn zipped into a single .apk (Android Package) file on the device. .dex files can be created by automatically translating compiled applications written in the Java programming language. === End of citation What I am still missing is an overview of what classes are available on the Android as I am pretty sure that not every Java application can be converted to Android without error. And second: Is that Android package created by NetBeans automatically in the dist folder if I do an Android project using the plugin (http://wiki.netbeans.org/IntroAndroidDevNetBeans - unfortunately this is an old entry at the NetBeans Wiki and I don't know if still applicable)? But basically I would just like to know the limitations of Android as I expect customers asking what could be done on the Android. -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
