Why cannot you run standard Java bytecode on Android?

[Android Central Question]

Android uses Dalvik Virtual Machine (DVM) which requires a special bytecode. First of all, we have to convert Java class files into Dalvik Executable files using an Android tool called "dx". In normal circumstances, developers will not be using this tool directly and build tools will care for the generation of DVM compatible files

 

[belodion]

Would you like this to be moved to our developers' forums?

 

[B. Diddy]

I went ahead and moved this to the Developers Lounge.

 

[belodion]

Much good it’s done, 3w later.