<s>
The	O
Scripting	B-Application
Layer	I-Application
for	I-Application
Android	I-Application
(	O
abridged	O
as	O
SL4A	B-Application
,	O
and	O
previously	O
named	O
Android	B-Application
Scripting	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
or	O
ASE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
library	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
and	O
running	O
of	O
scripts	O
written	O
in	O
various	O
scripting	O
languages	O
directly	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SL4A	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
for	O
developers	O
with	O
its	O
main	O
branch	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
under	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
scripts	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
APIs	O
available	O
to	O
normal	O
Java	B-Language
Android	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
simplified	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripts	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
interactively	O
in	O
a	O
terminal	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
using	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
services	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SL4A	B-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
by	O
Google	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
named	O
"	O
Android	B-Application
Scripting	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
"	O
(	O
ASE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
