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title: 'Google Android likes Jive Smack'
date: '2008-01-16T12:38:28-08:00'
type: post
word_count: 297
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categories:
  - Android
  - Google
  - Jive
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Smack
  - XMPP
---

# Google Android likes Jive Smack

If you don’t think that’s the weirdest headline I’ve ever written, I’ll give you five bucks. But you have to cite the weirder one.

Portland-based [Jive Software](http://jivesoftware.com "Jive Software") has just [announced](http://www.jivesoftware.com/community/blogs/jivetalks/2008/01/16/jive-code-to-be-in-millions-of-phones "Jive code in mobile phones") that [Android](http://code.google.com/android/ "Android"), a free mobile platform designed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, incorporates Jive’s open-source [eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol "XMPP") library, [Smack](http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/smack/index.jsp "Smack").

> Recently Gato, the lead engineer for Jive’s Real Time team, came across [this post](http://davanum.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/android-just-use-smack-api-for-xmpp/) from Davanum Srinivas that talks about how to use the Smack XMPP library built into Android. Smack’s inclusion in Android was news to us, but we’re honored that our work will be included in one of the most anticipated technology releases in the mobile world since the iPhone.

What’s that mean? Well, in simple terms, it means that, in the future, Jive’s contribution to the project could be helping to power instant messaging on millions of mobile phones.

For more information, see the original post about [Android and Smack](http://davanum.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/android-just-use-smack-api-for-xmpp/ "Android uses Smack") or the [Jive posting](http://www.jivesoftware.com/community/blogs/jivetalks/2008/01/16/jive-code-to-be-in-millions-of-phones "Jive code to be in millions of phones"). Paul Biggs also [covers the announcement](http://www.techpaulogy.com/2008/01/jives-code-to-b.html "Techpaulogy on Android and Smack"), as does [Metafluence](http://www.metafluence.com/jives-code-to-be-in-googles-android/ "Jive code to be in Google's Android") and [Fast Wonder](http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/01/16/why-i-love-open-source-google-android-uses-jive-code/ "Fast Wonder on Google Android and Jive Smack").