On: A Closer Look at Android RunTime in Android L

[ohazi]

> Any thoughts on why they they are compiling to native on first run, rather than at install-time?

Or why they don't do it on the server so that you get the specialized binary directly from Google Play? Why should my phone be compiling anything?

[izacus → ohazi]

Because Android ecosystem isn't locked down to a single app store that would prepare binaries for all 8000+ devices with several hundred different SoCs.

The device itself is by far most capable of choosing optimal compiler optimizations for it's own SoC.

[vetinari → ohazi]

Because you can also sideload apps. Or because Android != Google Experience (i.e. Play Store). Why do you want to be dependent on middleman?

[pjmlp → ohazi]

This is Microsoft's approach.