ART vs Dalvik - Worth it?

[Melfunn]

I am using ART. I also have the MLB At Bat app. installed. I've had no issues playing the game highlight videos.

 

[motorcycle_monkey]

I ended up doing a factory reset on Friday and keeping Dalvik on. I am into my second day after my last charge and things seem to be back to more of a normal state. I was on LTE half the day yesterday and the battery did great. I will have to see how it goes on a normal work day cycle. Cheers!

 

[copywrite]

The highlight videos do work for me as well. The live or archived games do not play if you have the MLB package.

 

[drwtsn32]

No issues with ART on 4.4.4. (Had some occasional issues with ART on 4.4, esp with Google Play Services.)

That being said I haven't noticed a HUGE difference between the two.

 

[Hgouck]

I have no issues with Art but I also see no significant gain

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[anon9020882]

hey has anyone realized that ART resets some settings to default when you switch your phone off an on or just restart? I have a 512 MB RAM phone, and in developer options i set it not to allow background processes. It makes my phone waaayyy, snappier and smooth. but with ART, every time i reboot, it goes back to "standard limit" of background processes. This doesn't happen with Dalvik. And why do they give it such a cheesy name like Dalvik? ART is kinda cool. Dalvik shoulda had something like that too lol

 

[doogald]

Dalvik is a cool name. It's named after a town in Iceland. For some reason...

 

[awl_bidness]

I switched from Dalvik to ART two days ago and haven't found anything that does not work. After choosing ART in developer options, I performed a cache clear and that took almost as long as switching to ART.

The first start up of some applications does take time, be patient and it will get there. Succeeding start ups may be slightly faster than Dalvik but not a major step forward.

My perception is that the display is quicker and smoother. The display looks brighter to me.....so much so that I checked to see if the brightness had switched from auto to max......and it had not.

I consume a lot of data during the day, and battery would usually be in the 40% range by evening, but today it is at 60%. No real measurements, but all additional battery life is welcomed.

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[Picard88]

How do you switch from Dalvik to ART?
I know you have to use the Developer options but cannot find info on how to get there.

Thank you for your help.

 

[doogald]

How do you switch from Dalvik to ART?
I know you have to use the Developer options but cannot find info on how to get there.

Thank you for your help.

Go into settings / about phone. Scroll down to the bottom and tap the "build number" field about ten times. It will tell you that you are now a developer.

This adds a new developer options to the settings app, and the default runtime option is in there.

 

[boudreaucory79]

Can I set my tab s 8.4 runtime to art? If so how?

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[nazirshan87]

Hello every one,

I'm new to android and Motorola droid maxx is my first android daily driver and I don't know much about it. I have seen this ART and DALVIK but don't know what it is and if I want to change in between but where should I look to change between any of these.

Thanks

 

[Hgouck]

Hello every one,

I'm new to android and Motorola droid maxx is my first android daily driver and I don't know much about it. I have seen this ART and DALVIK but don't know what it is and if I want to change in between but where should I look to change between any of these.

Thanks

Since you are new to Android I would recommend leaving this setting as the default. You really have no gain by changing it.
If you choose to, first you have to activate the developer mode. Settings, About phone, tap the build number until the developer mode activates. Turn on developer mode and you will see it as an option to change the run time.

JMHO

 

[doogald]

I've tried both, multiple times, and I've seen little to no improvement from art. I'm on dalvik for good until lollipop myself.

 

[comet125]

Well, ART sucks, i recommend you don't use it. It almost screwed up my phone. It takes a lot of time to load it, and then you will probably get an error and your system will switch to Dalvik (if you are using Android 4.4.4). But my phone, just corrupted and said that Android System was not responding and I couldn't use the touchscreen, so I needed to pull out the battery etc... Its NOT worth it.

 

[Einsteindks]

ART loads apps completely, using slightly more memory. Only downside I can tell. Battery slightly better and slightly faster/snappy working.