Google's next Android release will use Oracle's OpenJDK APIs
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According to VentureBeat, Google is replacing its homegrown implementation of Java APIs in Android with Oracle's open-source OpenJDK. Google's Narayan Kamath let the cat out of the bag by making some interesting additions to the Android source code tree, under the label "Initial import of OpenJdk files." Google itself then confirmed the move to VentureBeat with the following statement:
"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. ...