Introduction to ART (Android Runtime)

Slides to a lightning talk that introduces you to the new Anrdoid Runtime added in Kitkat.

1. Iordanis “Jordan” Giannakakis
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Introduction
to ART

2. Introduction

•Iordanis “Jordan” Giannakakis
•Android Team Lead – Shazam
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3. What is ART?



New runtime shipped
in hidden experimental mode
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4. Dalvik vs ART
•JIT vs AOT
•Real-time vs installation compilation
•Memory efficient vs ???
•Profile-based vs everything
•Later vs immediate effect

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5. Sadly...
•Only benefits CPU-bound apps *
•Requires more storage space
–register machine instructions are longer
•Very little documentation
•Still under development
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6. But also
•FASTER!
•Battery life
•Better GC
•Default runtime soon (maybe?)
•Still under development

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7. Everybody will win eventually
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8. Demo time
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9. Questions?
Hiring...
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