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Is there a possibility to run applets on Android or Blackberry?

This is what the Java site www.java.com says:

"KVM, the virtual machine for mobile devices, is the counterpart of JVM (Java virtual machine). It is used to run applets and applications written with Java technology on mobile devices. KVM must be installed by the manufacturer. It is NOT available for download or installation by consumers".

Now Android has a customized virtual machine called DVM (Dalvik Virtual Machine). Can we compare it with KVM? Wonder if we can further reprogram DVM to incorporate features of KVM to run applets on Android? Same goes for Blacberry, is there a possibility?

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Muhammad Maqsoodur Rehman Avatar asked Mar 12 '10 14:03

Muhammad Maqsoodur Rehman


2 Answers

Jave applet is still alive, many organizations use it, a lot of HMI's use it,also banks, I wanted to buy few android tablets and use it in our factory for our technicians, But no applet support, so i will go on use my android tablet as game machine for my children.

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adw Avatar answered Nov 03 '22 01:11

adw


Wonder if we can further reprogram DVM to incorporate features of KVM to run applets on Android?

There is very little overlap between what Android provides and what an applet needs, such as AWT. Since applets, as a technology, have been dead for over a decade, I cannot imagine that it would be worth anyone's effort to modify the Android firmware to include the necessary classes and figure out how to run an applet in an Android activity.

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CommonsWare Avatar answered Nov 03 '22 01:11

CommonsWare