Android Runtime (ART)

E13752
Android software component application runtime environment virtual machine implementation

Android Runtime (ART) is the managed runtime environment for Android that executes apps’ bytecode, replacing the older Dalvik VM to improve performance and efficiency.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Android Runtime 2
RenderScript 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Android software component ⓘ
application runtime environment ⓘ
virtual machine implementation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ART ⓘ
architectureSupport ARM ⓘ
ARM64 ⓘ
MIPS (legacy) ⓘ
x86 ⓘ
x86_64 ⓘ
compilesFrom DEX bytecode ⓘ
compilesTo native machine code ⓘ
defaultSinceVersion Android ⓘ
surface form: Android 5.0 Lollipop
designGoal improve battery efficiency ⓘ
improve performance over Dalvik ⓘ
reduce application startup time ⓘ
reduce memory usage ⓘ
support larger and more complex apps ⓘ
developer Google ⓘ
executionModel ahead-of-time compilation ⓘ
just-in-time compilation ⓘ
profile-guided compilation ⓘ
fileFormatSupport .art ⓘ
.dex ⓘ
.oat ⓘ
.vdex ⓘ
impact reduces need for full app recompilation on updates in newer Android versions ⓘ
includesComponent AOT compiler ⓘ
JIT compiler ⓘ
class loader ⓘ
garbage collector ⓘ
interpreter ⓘ
runtime libraries ⓘ
integratedWith Android application package manager ⓘ
Android ⓘ
surface form: Android framework
introducedInVersion Android ⓘ
surface form: Android 4.4 KitKat
memoryManagement automatic garbage collection ⓘ
operatingSystem Android ⓘ
optimizationTechnique dead code elimination ⓘ
method inlining ⓘ
on-device compilation ⓘ
profile-guided optimization ⓘ
register allocation ⓘ
primaryRole execute Android application bytecode ⓘ
provide managed runtime for Android apps ⓘ
replacedByOnDevice ART AOT/JIT hybrid model instead of pure Dalvik JIT ⓘ
replaces Android Dalvik VM ⓘ
surface form: Dalvik virtual machine
supportsLanguage Java ⓘ
Kotlin ⓘ
other JVM-based languages compiled to DEX ⓘ
usesGarbageCollectorType concurrent garbage collection ⓘ
generational garbage collection ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ART → fullName → Android Runtime (ART) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Android Runtime
Android Dalvik VM → replacedBy → Android Runtime (ART) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Android Runtime
Clang → supportsLanguage → Android Runtime (ART) ⓘ
this entity surface form: RenderScript
Android → usesRuntime → Android Runtime (ART) ⓘ