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pjmlp 48 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin

Android folks were forced to acknowledge modern Java, otherwise they would lose access to Maven Central ecosystem, as everyone adopts newer Java versions.

Hence ART is updatable via Play Store since Android 12, and is currently on Java 17 LTS.

wiseowise 47 days ago [–]

Is it even full Java 17?

pjmlp 47 days ago | [–]

Of course not, it is Android we're talking about.

It is good enough Java for relevant libraries to work on Android.

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