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Android

db4o runs seamlessly on Android, enabling native storage and retrieval of objects of any complexity. db4o is a powerful alternative to the built in persistence-capabilities of the Android-platform. See "Comparison With SQLite"

It's easy to start.Setting up db4o only takes a few steps. See "Getting Started".

Due to differences between Android and other Java platforms, there are some additional pitfalls. See "Pitfalls and Tested Functionality"

Android uses a special virtual machine which prevents db4o from optimizing native queries at runtime. The solution is optimize the queries as build-time. See "Native Queries"