Follow us on social: Google confirms next Android version won't implement Oracle's proprietary Java APIs Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK , the open source version of Oracle's Java Development Kit ( JDK ). The news first came by a "mysterious Android codebase commit" from last month submitted to Hacker News . Google confirmed to VentureBeat that Android N will rely solely on OpenJDK, rather Android's own implementation of the Java APIs. "As an open-source platform, Android is built upon the collaboration of the open-source community," a Google spokesperson told VentureBeat. "In our upcoming release of Android, we plan to move Android's Java language libraries to an OpenJDK-based approach, creating a common code base for developers to build apps and services. Google has long worked with and contributed to the OpenJDK community,
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