Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Jul 2009 13:40 UTC
General Development The Android operating system provides a powerful, open platform for mobile development. It leverages the power of the Java programming language and the Eclipse tools platform. Now you can add the Scala programming language to that mix. In this article, see how you can use Scala as the primary development language on Android.
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not really
by ahmetaa on Tue 7th Jul 2009 16:21 UTC
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i don't see Scala giving much advantage over Java, plus it is not well supported as Java generally. Language itself seems complicated like C# fitting only power users. it would be only "exotic" to use it for Android development IMO.