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? Java->Dalvik == C->C++ ?

Not really.

Android uses Java syntax and keywords, but doesn't really support new ones. It pretty much uses java as a language. The differences are that the VMs are implemented differently, bytecodes and compiled code are not compatible, and a different subset of APIs are provided.

The only different syntax that's really used is the XML layout stuff, and app config files - which are just "compiled" into regular java source files by the SDK tools as and when they are changed. I think similar ideas are in play in some of the J2EE config files.

I don't think the comparison is a good one

In terms of the difference in supported APIs, android is perhaps more comparable to J2ME vs J2SE conceptually (though massively more powerful and useful), but that misses the differences in bytecode and VM architecture.

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• Android != JME - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 22 2012 @ 01:56 PM EDT