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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Getting Started with Android Android Setup and the Crystal Ball Project

Posted by Oliver axby
Oliver axby
65 Points

Is it possible to take what I learn about Java on android and convert it to the computer?

I was wanting to create Java applications on the computer instead of on Android tablets and phones. Is his possible?

1 Answer

Alan Bishop
Alan Bishop
14,402 Points
Alan Bishop
Alan Bishop
14,402 Points

Of course. Android is simply a framework that using the Java programming language. You can create both desktop and web applications using Java, and there are a wide variety of applications for the language.