the overkill that comes from running a full smartphone operating system on a product as simple as a smart display, has inspired Amazon to move to an in-house OS called “Vega.”
The Linux-based, web-forward operating system would replace Android on Amazon’s TVs and rely on React Native to develop apps in Javascript
So they’re trading Google’s locked down Linux distro for their own locked down Linux distro, but with JavaScript.
I mean, on some level it’s accurate, but only as accurate as saying any Linux distribution running a web browser with JavaScript-support is Linux but with JavaScript.
Android apps in themselves are not based on JavaScript - some of them bundle a JavaScript runtime, but it’s by no means required.
Wait, really? I thought android apps could be written in java and in fact alot of them are. I know that you can use c# and c++ or some others, (python?) but i thought navascript was the majority of the apps.
Although i suppose it doesnt make your statement untrue, if java is not the only language but only the primary language then it wouldnt be accurate to call android linux with java.
I would say though its likely that this statement would be more true several years back.
So they’re trading Google’s locked down Linux distro for their own locked down Linux distro, but with JavaScript.
I thought android was already linux, but with javascript
No, it’s got Java in between.
I mean, on some level it’s accurate, but only as accurate as saying any Linux distribution running a web browser with JavaScript-support is Linux but with JavaScript.
Android apps in themselves are not based on JavaScript - some of them bundle a JavaScript runtime, but it’s by no means required.
Wait, really? I thought android apps could be written in java and in fact alot of them are. I know that you can use c# and c++ or some others, (python?) but i thought navascript was the majority of the apps.
Although i suppose it doesnt make your statement untrue, if java is not the only language but only the primary language then it wouldnt be accurate to call android linux with java.
I would say though its likely that this statement would be more true several years back.
Java has been the primary language for Android for much of its life.
There’s an important distinction to be made here - Java and JavaScript are not the same, and in fact really have nothing to do with each other.
Fair enough. Im not a coder or programmer so im not too clued in.
It is, anyone surprised by the comment above doesn’t understand that
I just threw up a little in my mouth.