Why Is File.separator In Android Using?

There's many projects which are using File.separator as path separators. But why do it's using on Android? I know that it can be useful on cross-platform apps, where Windows using

Solution 1:

Android runs on top of Linux. So all file separators and similar settings use the same as Linux. People using File.separator are either running (or copying) Java code meant to be multi-platform, or are being extremely cautious.