Chapter 5
Android Framework Overview
The primary programming language used in developing your Android applications is Java SE, from Oracle (formerly Sun Microsystems). As noted in Chapter 1, Java SE stands for Java Standard Edition, and many people shorten this to just Java when referring to the programming language. Two other editions of the Java programming language are called Java EE, short for Java Enterprise Edition, and Java ME, for Java Micro Edition.
Java EE was designed for use on potentially massive computer networks, such as vast collections of blade computers that are used to run large enterprises or corporations with thousands of active users, although Java EE also can be run on smaller installations as well as long as they ...
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