Installing new Android apps or games is not a big challenge for most Android devices, but many low -end devices are still difficult to install due to poor processor or memory. Despite these constrais, Google can still optimize Android so that it works better on low -end hardware. For example, Google will iroduce a new feature on Android that will increase the speed of installing new applications, especially on low -end devices.
According to information released in cyberspace, Google will add a new feature called “Cloud Compilation” to Android 2. Cloud Compilation is a feature that allows apps to upload files from the download files from the Google Play Store instead of being produced directly on the device. By transferring this process to the cloud, Android can accelerate the process of installing applications in downstream devices, especially for applications that have many codes to install.
Although it may be a bit complicated, we must first briefly explain what is “Application Artifacts”. The Android operating system uses Android Ruime (ART) to execute the program code. When installing a new application, Android uses a tool called Dex2oat to get the Dex format files in the APK (Android Package Kit) and create one or more of the app. In general, these artifacts help the operating system upload most programs faster and more efficiely, making them the critical compones of the Android operating system. Specifically, these artifacts can have several differe forms, such as VDEX files, which include additional metadata to speed up the byte -coded at running time. ODEX files, which include the pre -collected code for the methods in the application or the ART files, which include specific ART profiles in the APK, speed up the app loading.
The best Android phones can quickly produce these artifacts when installing new applications. Cheap and economical phones that have poor processors and slow storage chips may take more time to produce these artifacts, especially when working with APKs with many Dex files. Since high -speed Iernet is more available every day, it may be faster to download the pre -collected versions of these arts with APK files. This feature, which seems to be created on Android 2, enables the “Cloud Compilation” feature. The Cloud Compilation feature on Android 2 does not need to run Dex2oat during installation. Instead of producing apps on the device on the device, Android will be processed from the files downloaded from the Google Play Store. Of course, as meioned, this feature depends very much on your iernet speed, and if you don’t have access to high -speed Iernet, it may be best to rely on traditional installation of applications.
Although Android has enabled Cloud Compilation, it seems that this feature has not yet been used. This is probably the reason that Google needs to plan the Play Store in a way that produces these arts using Dex2oat and then preses them with apk files when installing apps on Android 2 devices. Launching this infrastructure and its implemeation will probably be a time -consuming process. Google is likely to first provide this feature optional, especially because it increases the amou of data that users need to download. It is ieresting to see if this feature significaly increases the installation of applications.
