I don't think so: https://trends.google.pl/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F02...
From that you see that interest in Java is slowly declining since 2004, release of Android didn't even move it up a bit.
From that you see that interest in Java is slowly declining since 2004, release of Android didn't even move it up a bit.
If we're using Google Trends as a proxy for what happened, then I'd say there's some truth to Android saving Java from its decline.