I just purchased an Archos 5 and I'm wondering if it is possible to put a .JAR file on it and use it as an application. I read somewhere that it is possible but saw somewhere else that it wasn't. If it is possible, is there anything I have to do differently? Or do I just run it like I would on my computer?
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A:
Android devices run Android applications, not ordinary Java applications, and the ARCHOS 5 is no exception. While Android applications are written in Java, an ordinary Java desktop application uses a different GUI framework than Android offers.
CommonsWare
2009-11-13 02:28:41
+1 Android is not java, although applications are developed in Java, bytecode is then compiled so that is can run on the dalvik vm. You can not currently run a java application on Android.
broschb
2009-11-13 02:32:17
Seeing +1 in the text of a comment yet no upvotes for the answer has to be the most bizarre thing I've seen on SO yet!
danio
2009-11-13 14:00:05
my bad, I forgot to do that, nice catch
broschb
2009-11-14 02:10:26