Android

Android's Jack Compiler Says Hello to Java 8 with Android N

The Nexus 6P, pictured above, will be one of the first devices to run Android N, the recently-announced new version of Android that is available right now as a Developer preview for Nexus 6P users and ...
InfoQ

Compiler Explorer Provides Insights into Low-Level Android App Optimization

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. This article dives into the happens-before ...
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Android N Feature Spotlight: Jack Compiler Gains Support For Many Java 8 Language Features Including Lambdas, Streams, Functional Interfaces, And More

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...
Android Authority

Optimizing Compiler – the evolution of ART

The language of Android is Java and Java is slightly different to some of the other popular mainstream programming languages in that it compiles to an intermediate code (often known as bytecode) and ...
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AOT Compiler for Java RoboVM Gets an Upgrade

The latest edition of the RoboVM ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler and runtime library for Java is now available. The 1.8 release was timed to coincide with the release of Apple's iOS 9 mobile OS and Xcode ...