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If you can tell from what your app needs to do that you will need to go native, bite the bullet and learn one of the native tongues (Objective C for iOS or Java for Android.) Bell strongly advises that if you go the mobile route, pick iOS or Android and build for that first.
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Oracle had sued Google in 2010, asserting that Android infringes Java patents.
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And this is not just about Android: Java is one of the most popular languages on the Internet, used by millions of users.
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The GoldMoney iPhone app comes to mind, WebMoney offers iPhone, Android and java along with a number of vouchers that can be used in stores with ease.
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Google is accused of using the Java programming language in its Android mobile operating system unlawfully.
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Google just wanted to develop mobile-phone software that worked well, he argued, adding that existing Java-based phones at the time Android was developed were lacking.
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So the question of how Oracle can profit from the success of Android and the role of Java in that success now hinges on whether one can assert a copyright on an API.
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In Android, which is primarily a Java-like development environment, it solves a different problem.
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By September 2009 and after a few bumps in switching from the Java platform to focus instead on the open Android platform, she says the startup was profitable.
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Oracle is suing Google over the Android operating system and concerns that it violates Java patents.
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Well, everyone who uses Android for a start, which is really just Linux with a layer or two of Java.
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