What language is Android written?

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Old 05-10-2010, 06:45 PM   #1
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What language is Android written?

When modders like Cyanogen work on Android, what programming language is it they are using? I'd like to figure out how to tweak Android myself.
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Re: What language is Android written?

It's written in Java I believe.

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It's written in Java I believe.
Depends on what you are talking about. Most 3rd party apps are written using the Java SDK. However, the OS itself is not based on Java. The kernel is Linux (C/C++) and there are several different libraries in use on top of the kernel that use various languages.
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