You stated Java was #1 according to TIOBE a decade before Android was released. Android was released in 2008. Looking at the data it's clear your statement is incorrect. Furthermore, according to the TIOBE long term index, Java was #2 in 2005 and #3 in 2000.
>You stated Java was #1 according to TIOBE a decade before Android was released.
No, I wrote (quote) "nearly a whole decade before Android was released".
Besides, you couldn't have missed the point more.
First the whole thing in discussion is whether Java became #1 due to Android or not (and it hasn't: it was #1 way before Android, and kept it until now for over a decade).
Second, TIOBE is indicative, not absolute. A language that's #1 with 25% in early 2014 doesn't suddenly drop 5-10 points to go below another for a few months -- that's just a momentary trend in searches or repos and other things that TIOBE looks at, not some indication that millions abandonded Java and adopted C for six months and then came back.
