Run applet in Android tablet

Asked 27/6, 2012 at 10:53 Answered 20/8, 2013 at 20:41

I have already some applets ready. I tried to run it on android tablet. Will it not work at all? I am not sure? Do any one knows this?

Or is it like after android. Java is not platform independent - ;)

Thar answered 27/6, 2012 at 10:53 Comment(1)

possible duplicate of Is there a possibility to run applets on Android or Blackberry? – Marentic 27/6, 2012 at 10:58

AFAIK there is no JRE (Java Runtime Environment) for Android so there is no way of running applets. For more detailed information, see the following page: http://www.technipages.com/can-java-applets-run-on-android.html

Here is an interesting article about someone porting a Java Applet to Android: An Adventure in Porting a Java Applet to Android with no Previous Experience with Android

Parasynapsis answered 27/6, 2012 at 10:56 Comment(6)

So, java is not platform independent now?? :) – Thar 27/6, 2012 at 10:57

This can be seen as: web-browsers are usually C++ based, why don't they handle C++ apps. Also see updated answer for more information. – Parasynapsis 27/6, 2012 at 11:0

@Software Guruji, "java platform independence" is a myth however that has nothing to do with your issue. It's not the language that's mythed to be platform independent, it's the environment (the Java Virtual Machine); the language is simply a tool to develop code for the JVM. Your problem with Android though is there is no JVM... Android primarily uses the same Java language, but the back end is not providing a compatible (or even close) execution environment. You're fortunate that bytecode is in the build path, but for a JVM it's the destination, and just an intermediate step for Android. – Respectable 27/6, 2012 at 11:32

@Respectable what I mean was, There is a myth "java is platform independent" and wherever we install JVM (if it exist) then we can run .class file or an applet on that machine. But here there is NO jvm for android so I was sarcasm for that myth... Java a platform independent as I learnt it when I started my study for Java... :) – Thar 27/6, 2012 at 13:15

@Software Guruji Please accept if it answers your initial question. – Parasynapsis 28/6, 2012 at 7:43

as @Software Guruji stated, JVM is a myth, oracle faced the ugly truth. – Luganda 25/2, 2013 at 20:38

Java is not platform independent..

Java SE is intended for desktop and laptop use, and together with Java EE, servers.

An Applet would not work (even) in the runtime intended for phones - Java ME. There are GUI elements in desktop apps. & applets that are unusable on a small screen. Even if they were, many dialogs and other elements would not have the 'look and feel' of the native phone equivalents (even using PLAFs).

Daile answered 27/6, 2012 at 13:0 Comment(0)

It wont run because the api for running applets is not writen on the android jvm. There was or is a legal battle between google and oracle involving Java(tm) and I think that's the main reason this api is not implemented neither by 3rd parties neither by google.

Upanchor answered 20/8, 2013 at 20:41 Comment(0)

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