The best paid Android app development courses Android Kotlin Development Masterclass Using Android Oreo Java is not the only official language supported by Android however.

Wondering what the lawyers and programmers are talking about in the highest-profile tech trial in years? Here's a guide to the ties between Android and Java -- and the history leading up to the case.

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.

The real history of Java and Android, as told by Google The ongoing legal battle between Google and Oracle is complicated. But Oracle has a strong case. Don't just take my word for it.

Oracle contends that Google's Android platform violated some of its patents and copyrights around Java and its APIs, which it acquired from Sun in a $7.4 billion deal at the beginning of 2010.

Google acquired an existing Android project in 2005, which was essentially an offshoot of Danger, the Java platform powering TMobile's SideKick slider phone.