SCOTUSblog

Justices validate Google’s use of Java platform in Android software code

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Monday’s decision in Google v. Oracle reminds us that occasionally the Supreme Court can take a big case and actually decide ...
ZDNet

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

My ZDNet colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is eager to step up to Google’s defense in the company’s legal battle with Oracle. To that end, he has written “A Google Android and Java history lesson” ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: Why Meta is moving its Android apps from Java to Kotlin

Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...
SCOTUSblog

Argument analysis: Justices debate legality of Google’s use of Java interfaces in Android software code

The justices finished up the first week of the new term by finally hearing argument in Google v. Oracle, a case that has been pending at the Supreme Court since the fall of 2018. The high-stakes ...
Android Authority

Java vs C app performance - Gary explains

Java is the official programming language of Android and it is the basis for many components of the OS itself, plus it is found at the core of Android’s SDK. Java has a couple of interesting ...