@cromwellian My understanding of Android, is that... - Jeremy Chone

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@cromwellian My understanding of Android, is that it uses Java as a programing language, but then compile it to its own bytecode.

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That doesn't really alter the equation much. GWT compiles to Javascript, yet I run the same code on Android and as an Applet. - Ray Cromwell

Also, the dex tool from the Android SDK converts bytecode to Dalvik .dex code - Ray Cromwell

@cromwellian I think it is another order of complexity. JavaFx is NOT Java. It get compiled to Java ByteCode. - Jeremy Chone

@cromwellian So, running JavaFx without a JavaVM would require a JavaFX runtime and a JavaFX cross compiler (not the same a the Java one) - Jeremy Chone

@cromwellian Moreover, what Larry/Sun meant, was to run JavaFX on Java capable devices, which Android is not (at least out of the box). Java on mobile has not be very successful, despite Sun's assertion. - Jeremy Chone

Semantics. In practice, most jar files run unchanged on Android. Whether something has a trademark doesn't influence execution. - Ray Cromwell

@cromwellian Man, if you can make JavaFX app run on Android (without Java VM), I would be super impressed! I think it is more complex that just running a .jar file. - Jeremy Chone

Of course, the gfx layer isn't Swing/AWT, but I bet it's less than 1 month of work. 90%+ of the code probably works. - Ray Cromwell