Why is Android API written in Java?

Question

why is Android API written in Java? What advantage did Java have over other languages?

Answer 1

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Google-choose-Java-as-the-programming-language-of-Android-and-not-JUMP_LINK__&&__Python__&&__JUMP_LINK-or-something-else

Answer 2

Andy Rubin is the best person to answer that.

Answer 3

Probably because Java was popular at the time and easier than C++.