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by bruce_one 4126 days ago
Wouldn't that definition make Dalvik(/Java) applications on Android non-native?
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Yes, that is why there is the NDK, aka Native Development Kit.

Java only became native code on Android with the ART bytecode to native compiler.

However, native can also mean, native to the platform. In this case, Java even with Dalvik is native to the Android platform.