Firstly - I have moto G with kitkat 4.4.4, so I tried switching runtime to android ART.
After the phone rebooted, it started saying - "Android is upgrading, optimizing app xx out of 177", while I didn't have so many apps installed.
Anyways, I reverted back to dalvik after using it for a couple of minutes. And now after reboot it says - "Android is upgrading, optimizing app xx out of 78".
Why the change??
Secondly - After using ART my remaining storage fell from 8.61 GB to 8.46 GB. I'm assuming it was because of the cache generated for the AOT compilation; like how there's dalvik cache for dalvik which you can clear from recovery, but I'm not sure.
Is my assumption right, if yes, how do I clear it?
I know it shouldn't be bothering me much, but I want my head cleared about this anyways.
Thank you
I dont know, bro, but i would also like to know if possible.
don't understand why i can't switch to art. i have developer options enabled and i can select to switch from davlik to art runtime, i choose to reboot for the settings to take effect.
well, i reboot and i'm always still in davlik. any idea what the problem could be i'm running android 4.4.4 gpe
****solved, well i guess the problem is xposed. ****, no way i'm getting rid of xposed to try art
I keep reading articles about ART replacing Dalvik but, as far as I can determine, the ART Runtime is replacing the Dalvik Runtime, but that Dalvik bytecode (namely dex files) are still being used in ART. It looks as if, at the Dalvik bytecode level, nothing has changed. (There's no such thing as a specific ART bytecode.) Am I correct in my understanding?
One of the reasons to upgrade to KitKat was to use ART instead of Dalvik.
However, running rooted S227_ROW, I have enabled the developer options, select ART as runtime, phone reboots, but it's still in Dalvik mode.
Cannot seem to switch to ART, am I missing something here ?
Thanks!
Since the Xperia Z2 now has lollipop, and as to my knowledge, ART is default for LP, are we running ART now? Or still on Dalvik? I just want to clear that up.
iArvee said:
Since the Xperia Z2 now has lollipop, and as to my knowledge, ART is default for LP, are we running ART now? Or still on Dalvik? I just want to clear that up.
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Default runtime for Lollipop is ART, so yes
The checker says dalvik... And i dont see much of an improvement in speed
I ran Quick System Info Pro to check this. It has many references to Dalvik so I'm also confused. I know the default Lollipop VM is ART, but have Sony done something to keep Dalvik?
There is no way for anyone to create a Lollipop version which runs on Dalvik. Where there is Lollipop there lies ART underneath.
However, as for the compatibility concerns, ART can fake itself like there is still a Dalvik VM around, thus allowing older apps to be able to run on Lollipop. When a software wants to recognise if a system is running on Dalvik, probably it requests info about Dalvik's existence (I'm not a software developers, just thinking outloud here) and this makes ART think that there is an old app depending on Dalvik and the device fakes Dalvik's existence..
So just to clear it all up, we're running ART now on LP?
no better battery,no better respond, so still running dalvik!!!cpu-z and ART checker say it too!!
Lollipop runs ART people. It entirely replaced dalvik in Lollipop.
Since none of you (apart from bdithug, Jackos and _delice_doluca_) have bothered to look into this, take a look at the post I'm going to refer you to. Look at the part infected_ underlined in his quote, that's why the apps think you're running dalvik.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59372603