ART] is a new Android runtime being introduced experimentally in the 4.4 release. This is a preview of work in progress in KitKat that can be turned on in Settings > developer options. This is available for the purpose of obtaining early developer and partner feedback.
Important: Dalvik must remain the default runtime or you risk breaking your Android implementations and third-party applications.
I just booted my phone in ART runtime from developer options.
ART vs Dalvik / AOT vs JIT
Android apps are deployed in Dalvik bytecode, which is portable, unlike native code. In order to be able to run the app on a device, the code has to be compiled to machine code.
Dalvik is based on*JIT (just in time) compilation. It means that each time you run an app, the part of the code required for its execution is going to be translated (compiled) to machine code at that moment. As you progress through the app, additional code is going to be compiled and cached, so that the system can reuse the code while the app is running. Since JIT compiles only a part of the code, it has a smaller memory footprint and uses less physical space on the device.
ART, on the other hand, compiles the intermediate language, Dalvik bytecode, into a*system-dependent binary. The whole code of the app will be pre-compiled during install (once), thus removing the lag that we see when we open an app on our device. With no need for JIT compilation, the code should execute much faster.
Except for the potential speed increase, the use of ART can provide an important secondary benefit. As ART runs app machine code directly (native execution), it doesn't hit the CPU as hard as just-in-time code compiling on Dalvik. Less CPU usage results in less battery drain, which is a big plus for portable devices in general.
ADVANTAGES
> increased speed in CPU floating operations by approx. 20%
> increased speed in RAM operations by approx. 10%
> increased speed in storage operations by approx. 10%
> CPU integer operations - slight advantage goes to Dalvik
Pretty neat, don't you agree? There is one more hidden, but very important benefit of ART. When you ask iPhone users how they feel about the look and feel of Android smartphones, they often complain thatAndroid feels laggy, despite the fact that hardware on both phones is top notch. Perceived lag/delay is the result of JIT compilation and it more or less disappears after switching to ART.
If u want to experience it just try it out.
CAUTION
THE BOOT TIME IS TOO LONG ,JUST DONT SWITCH OFF PHONE BY GETTING SCARED IT'S ALRIGHT
Caution :
DONT USE ART IF U HAVE LOW INTERNAL SPACE .
THERE ARE CHANCES OF BOOTLOOP OR ALL APPS FC .
IF U FACE THIS PM ME .
REGARDS,
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thnx for this awsome easy to digest comparison between art and dalvik runtime.. gonna try out ART and see...
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cool info.. thnx.. gonna try out ART amd see..
Did someone else test?
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Am I doing This right? I went to dev options. And in sect runtime, chose art. And then the next time I reboot it's back to dalvik.
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Am I doing This right? I went to dev options. And in sect runtime, chose art. And then the next time I reboot it's back to dalvik.
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If you have Xposed Framework installed it only work on Dalvik, and force the phone to boot on dalvik, otherwise it'll brick the phone.
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If you have Xposed Framework installed it only work on Dalvik, and force the phone to boot on dalvik, otherwise it'll brick the phone.
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Yup I have xposed installed. Thanks for the info
I changed to art the day I got the phone. I had been using art on my N4 due some time. Quite smooth I would say with art. But yes, it consumes double the space for apps.
Is root is required to change runtime from delvik to ART?
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Is root is required to change runtime from delvik to ART?
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no root is need go to developer setting and change runtime to art.
Been using ART for two days... It seems a bit faster. Don't know if it's worth the space difference.
is it suppose to upgrade all the apps on each reboot?
No it shouldn't. It should do this exactly once (and on 'special occasions' such as upgrading the rom).
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is it suppose to upgrade all the apps on each reboot?
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are u getting that or u just ask in?
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startracker said:
are u getting that or u just ask in?
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My phone is upgrading everytime i reboot
same problem here in art android is upgrading each boot.back to dalvik
do a factory reset .after all art is experiment for kk .it will go full throttle in android l
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i have a problem with my texts wont send while on ART
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i have a problem with my texts wont send while on ART
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just reverte
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Same problem here, each time it is upgrading all apps. So reverted back to Dalvik for now.
art is same in new version
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hello guys
I noticed that my games are opened so slowly in my Nexus 4 in compare with the other android phone like SGS 3 or Note 2 for example for opening Temple Run OZ it takes me about 1 minute while I have watched in Youtube that Note 2 open it in about 9 or 10 sec and also my phone open Dead trigger slowly and takes me a lot of time?
why it is like that?
Note:My android version is 4.2.2
Excuse me for my english
What did you do with your device
Because I don't really know what you have installed,etc. , I would suggest you to do a factory reset.
Try to update on 4.3 first, maybe that helps (but I don't think so )
Do you use any custom kernels or ROMs?
Maybe somebody has a better solution
Are you on a custom rom? Kernel? Are you doing anything in an attempt to save battery like under volting or under clocking. Using any battery saving apps?
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I don't know why my phone is like this but my rom is stock and isn't custom ROM And also I haven't changed my kernel too
if you have root, then wipe your dalvik cache. also, how much free storage space do you have left?
Just tried OZ, opens in around 15 seconds
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if you have root, then wipe your dalvik cache. also, how much free storage space do you have left?
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I haven't root my phone!
I have seen a button named ram cleaner in SGS 3 , is there any button like this in nexus 4 or at least an app?
I have seen a button named ram cleaner in SGS 3 , is there any button like this in nexus 4 or at least an app?
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I have seen a button named ram cleaner in SGS 3 , is there any button like this in nexus 4 or at least an app?
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You do not need to do this. But I think the previous person was on to something.. check your available storage space. I bet its low.
If not dude you should just factory reset and see f that fixes it.for ya.
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You do not need to do this. But I think the previous person was on to something.. check your available storage space. I bet its low.
If not dude you should just factory reset and see f that fixes it.for ya.
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I checked my available space and was like this:
total space:12.92 GB
Available:7.64 GB
and also I Have about 800 MB Cache
Should i remove it?
Help please!!!
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Help please!!!
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Factory reset didnt fix?
Hi, if you've been using ART on 4.4 Roms, would you say the increase in speed is real, and have you noticed an improvement in battery life?
I tried ART yesterday and I thought it was incredibly fast, but now I wonder if it wasn't placebo.
I had to revert to Dalvik, though, because Whatsapp doesn't work in ART, but I am interested in people's opinions of ART.
No and no. Everything feels quite the same. I think it's placebo at the moment.
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Apps have not been built for art yet.
Good, then we shall fight in the shade!
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Apps have not been built for art yet.
Good, then we shall fight in the shade!
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You dont need to rebuild applications except few cases - they will crash anyway on ART.
They just replaced JIT with AOT compilation and threw away Dalvik as its not needed in case of AOT translation anymore.
Well, not yet but they plan to do so.
After I switched to ART I had constant force closes from Gapps to the point of almost having to factory wipe from recovery.
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Try odexed gapps
I think/know it is faster. (mostly in listviews)
You can tell it in apps such as XDA developers -> there are no to far less hickups/stutters with ART.
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Uups: Thought I'm in the Nexus5 forums,
so my comment is based on my experience with ART + Nexus5.
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Chrome seems faster but I'm not sure yet. The only app I had trouble with is Ti backup. I'm sure he'll release an update for it.
Does it make a difference to ART being on official Kit Kat or is it the same?
It does feel a little bit faster. It's gonna take a little while longer until we feel the real difference between ART and Dalvik.
Soon as ART ready apps start to come out, then we might have a show
So although I tried it, I went back to Dalvik for app compability reasons. I'll give it a try in a couple weeks or so.
When I enabled ART
My Nexus Boot looped..
Im running stock 4.4 ota, Deodexed.
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My Nexus Boot looped..
Im running stock 4.4 ota, Deodexed.
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You need to be running an odexed rom to use ART.
Yeah..
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You need to be running an odexed rom to use ART.
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I sort of figured that.. I originally put on the Stock OTA, had everything going well..
Then I flashed a Deodexed version someone shared..
Made a Nandroid backup so if I want to play with Stock.. Ill give it a whirl..
So far I've had no issues, but I really dont see much benefit from upgrading..
I was so looking forward to using the new Launcher.. I might just flash back to my trusty Carbon Rom with Faux kernel.
Ill wait until the kernel source and the Stock image is posted
Running non rooted N7 fhd with official 4.4. Changed to ART and the tablet is literally flying.
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Can anyone running art say how much the droidbooster app says the performance increase is? On jb it was 5.5-6 times, I wonder how much increase we can still expect from the flexycore acquisition.
http://wap.stevebasu.net/android-app-download/en/50435/DroidBooster_1.0-apk.html
Modern Combat 4, FIFA14, and Dead Effect all crashed using ART
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Modern Combat 4, FIFA14, and Dead Effect all crashed using ART
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It's hard to notice any differences in speed when using ART, I tried it on my N5 but quickly went back to Dalvik because of WhatsApp being broken,
saying that, I am trying it on my Nexus 7 now. I regularly use the app 'UberSocial' for Twitter. It has always lagged when scrolling through my timeline but I continued to use it because of functionality. After I switched to ART, it no longer lags. No placebo, I use the app frequently enough to notice and it's a huge improvement. Scrolling is WAY smoother than I've ever experienced on this app before now.
So yeah, things are looking promising for Android 5.0.
True, but you only had your new phone for weeks. I had my tablet for 3 months now. It should be it noticeable when opening and closing apps
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so far
I can feel a difference when using cool reader and i open books that are very large, also when i use adobe for reading sfx magazine its amazing now there is no lag no matter how large the filesize... the only real dissapointment for me was that camera VF-5 doesnt work on art sniff sniff
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Can anyone running art say how much the droidbooster app says the performance increase is? On jb it was 5.5-6 times, I wonder how much increase we can still expect from the flexycore acquisition.
http://wap.stevebasu.net/android-app-download/en/50435/DroidBooster_1.0-apk.html
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2.6 with ART
5.8 - 6.0 with Dalvik
Why isn't possible to enable it? What's the point of getting KitKat without option to enable it?
On devices such as the nexus 5 it is still only available through the developer options and to be quite honest from my own experience (ex nexus 5 owner) I didn't notice a blind bit of difference between ART and Dalvik. In my limited knowledge I believe apps and such need to be optimised to benefit from using ART and very few are at this time. What exactly do you think you are missing out on?
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On devices such as the nexus 5 it is still only available through the developer options and to be quite honest from my own experience (ex nexus 5 owner) I didn't notice a blind bit of difference between ART and Dalvik. In my limited knowledge I believe apps and such need to be optimised to benefit from using ART and very few are at this time. What exactly do you think you are missing out on?
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samsung apps and TW probably dont work with it...
Stability & Compatibility
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Stability & Compatibility
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This ^^
And to note also, ART is technically still in beta stage. Hence Samsung not putting it in their ROM's (yet)
crash_194 said:
On devices such as the nexus 5 it is still only available through the developer options and to be quite honest from my own experience (ex nexus 5 owner) I didn't notice a blind bit of difference between ART and Dalvik. In my limited knowledge I believe apps and such need to be optimised to benefit from using ART and very few are at this time. What exactly do you think you are missing out on?
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The N5 is already godamned smooth thats why both Dalvik and ART dont show much difference. For lower end phones, ART showed much improved performances like opening applications
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I think that ART will fix some situations in which this phone (or any Android) isn't that good. For example, when I try to pitch to zoom very fast when I'm browsing, it isn't smooth at all and it's quite laggy. But just that first second (or less), later is everything smooth. I think it's because of the Dalvik's JIT anf that ART will fix that
How is G3 performing with ART? Any cons, incompatibility issues etc. Please share your thoughts and experiences here.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...phone-now-swap-Dalvik-to-ART-tutorial_id57645
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Actually it kills some lags.
let me ask, can we switch back and forth between dalvik and art without any consequences? especially when we cannot know whether or not the switch could make some apps stop running.
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let me ask, can we switch back and forth between dalvik and art without any consequences? especially when we cannot know whether or not the switch could make some apps stop running.
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Ive switched back and forth and its fine.
I made the switch this morning. I'll update a bit later when I've had some time with the device. I'm using Nova which changes how the device feels from stock anyway but I'll be keen to see if there is any improvement in app switching.
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I haven't had any issues with ART and compatibility so far. My phone does get a lot of force closes on XDA's app whether I use dalvik or art it happens 10 times a day. ART sends slightly faster to me but not a huge jump like it's supposed to be.
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Little update after all day with art. Noticeable more lags- lg ui, chrome, internet, youtube. In my opinion phone much slower, battery drain much faster, compatibility- all LG apps full compatible ie camera, IR remote.
I'm back on Dalvik
I'm using art and so far it's working great. Launcher feels a bit smoother and apps open a tiny bit faster.
Both negative and positive opinions on same... confused ?
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I'm testing today... Turning on.
please those who will or is trying ART, could you check if it affects xposed modules such as gravity box, and xblast?
thanks.
cnn888 said:
please those who will or is trying ART, could you check if it affects xposed modules such as gravity box, and xblast?
thanks.
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I read that Xposed doesn't work at all on ART
Barclaycard and Blinkbox Music don't work on ART in fact Blinkbox doesn't even work on Dalvik either.
Xposed doesn't work on ART yet. A few other apps won't either but that will change over the coming months seen as android L will be ART only.
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In theory, ART should be smoother and faster, and battery life should be better.
But alot of apps, especially mod app doesn't support ART. I suggest keeping it on Dalvik until the community/google makes the switch.
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Xposed doesn't work on ART yet. A few other apps won't either but that will change over the coming months seen as android L will be ART only.
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Exactly; ART is the future of Android.
According to the article on PhoneArena (link given in first post) apart from Nexus, only the KK devices (4.4.0 and newer) having ART option natively in its firmware (2014 devices like S5, M8, Z2 and G3 as well) are to support ART, and Android L in this case, if I didn't get it wrong.
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L is supposed to be ART by default.
Curious, have it ever occurred that enabling art actually make the battery life worse?
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Curious, have it ever occurred that enabling art actually make the battery life worse?
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There's no reason why it would. ART compiles the dalvik byte code on first run of the Rom whilst dalvik does it every time you start an app. To convert it to the machine code uses CPU cycles and therefore more battery and dalvik does this every time you open an app.
The only thing it does is use more storage space as the pre compiled byte code has to sit on the device.
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Curious, have it ever occurred that enabling art actually make the battery life worse?
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The only way it will make battery life worse is if a core app doesn't work properly with ART and therefore puts more of a strain on the system as it keeps trying to work.
However this would usually give an error message that we can all see to show its not working properly.
That being said, today is my first full day on ART and I have had terrible battery life, but I do not think (yet) that ART is to blame.
Does the S5 on Verizon run well using ART? If enabling ART, what Apps don't work? Lastly, If I root the S5 and use Titanium to freeze or uninstall Apps, Will Art effect it ?
Thanks!
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Does the S5 on Verizon run well using ART? If enabling ART, what Apps don't work? Lastly, If I root the S5 and use Titanium to freeze or uninstall Apps, Will Art effect it ?
Thanks!
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I personally didn't care for ART as it was glitchy on my device. Your results may be different. I encountered more than a few apps while running ART that force closed a lot. Can't remember them now as I am rooted on Dalvik. Can't speak for the last question.
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Does the S5 on Verizon run well using ART? If enabling ART, what Apps don't work? Lastly, If I root the S5 and use Titanium to freeze or uninstall Apps, Will Art effect it ?
Thanks!
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I ran ART on my Dev Edition S5 for a day or two and didn't experience any FCs on apps. What I did notice is a pretty significant decrease in available system memory when running ART. I have since discontinued using ART, I didn't see any improvements and didn't like the significant decrease in available system memory.
I didn't notice any difference in speed. But I figure it's the future so what the hell.
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I feel pretty much the same as everyone else about art at this point in time. I don't bother with it. I don't see any value in it.
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