Anyone Running on ART?

[mkhilario]

Has anyone switched to ART from Dalvik? If so, how's it working for you? Problems? Improvements?

I have been running ART on my Nexus 5 for 8 months and it works fine. I am thinking of doing same with my Moto E.

 

[TommyPepe]

It's working fine but the only problem of using ART on moto E is the space available on the device. As to use ART it converts the runtime to libdvm.so to libart.so . Which makes each and every app memory size more. So only problem is the space, apart from that every thing is fine.

 

[stravedere]

Can us with lollipop expect some optimization in performance and increase apps size?

 

[mkhilario]

Lollipop runs exclusively on ART, so it may be a good idea to switch over to ART before installing 5.0

 

[mkhilario]

Well I finally got my Moto e and immediately switched to ART. After enabling ART I ended up with 1.5 GB of free space instead of 2.2 GB. That's pretty bad but the phone is fast and the battery life is amazing. Also, although some apps appear under the moveable SD card column (Viber, Waze, Es File Explorer, etc) I cannot move them to the SD card. The button is greyed out. Can I run these from the SD if I'm on Dalvik?

 

[bummpr]

I had to revert back from ART because I got memory restricted.

And I did not have that many apps installed!!!

The Moto E is fast enough...I did not pick up any noticeable improvement in speed...the memory reduction was too high a price to pay.

 

[The-wolf547]

True dat! With the Moto E's small storage capacity there is a price to pay when using the ART runtime.

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[Abhi_0]

Anyone tell me what is the basic con's & pros In ART?

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[mkhilario]

I also reverted back to Dalvik so I could move more apps to the SD. I hope Lollipop will allow free movement of apps to the SD.

 

[mkhilario]

Anyone tell me what is the basic con's & pros In ART?

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Dalvik vs. ART: Android virtual machines and the battle for better performance | Pocketnow

 

[Jason Orozco1]

ART makes phone faster the down side is that it takes up quit a bit of memory

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