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Direct link to the question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3meJyiYWFw#t=1566

That wasn't linked correctly.

In all fairness they also explained that they don't communicate about what they will or might do. Although some core members of the Android team are indeed very outspoken on their opinion that a switch to another language would have a way too big cost/benefits ratio, it does not mean that it cannot happen at some point in the future.

In the meantime, the android tools team is hard at work improving the usage of Java on Android. Some examples that should be coming soon : -the end of the 65k limit. -enums with int performances/costs, at least for basic cases. -code hot-swaping (for 2015).

If I asked a restaurant if they would serve something besides bowls of gruel I would at least expect some sympathy like "we wish we could, but..." Instead they were actually mocking the idea and seem to have no clue how bad Java is.