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249 - Java and the JDK: Powering the Android Landscape with Michael Bailey

Fragmented - Android Developer Podcast

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The OpenJDK and Distributions

The OpenJDK is a full implementation of everything you need to build. It's similar in some ways to what the Linux kernel is to Linux distributions. The average developer just wants the bits that they can use to do their work. There are different JDKs that can be installed on my machine for Android Studio versus the command line.

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