Android Dalvik VM

E14240
Android runtime environment process virtual machine virtual machine

Android Dalvik VM is the original process-virtual-machine-based runtime used by early versions of the Android operating system to execute applications compiled to Dalvik bytecode.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Dalvik virtual machine 2
Dalvik 1
Dalvik bytecode 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Android runtime environment ⓘ
process virtual machine ⓘ
virtual machine ⓘ
abbreviation Android Dalvik VM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dalvik
architecture designed for multiple CPU architectures ⓘ
bytecodeFormat compact constant pool ⓘ
designed for minimal memory footprint ⓘ
contrastedWith stack-based JVM ⓘ
designedBy Dan Bornstein ⓘ
developedBy Google ⓘ
developedFor Android ⓘ
surface form: Android operating system
eachApplicationRunsIn separate Dalvik VM instance ⓘ
executes .dex files ⓘ
Android Dalvik VM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dalvik bytecode
fileFormat .dex ⓘ
firstReleaseApprox 2008 ⓘ
implements Java virtual machine semantics ⓘ
language Java ⓘ
licence Apache License 2.0 ⓘ
memoryLayout per-process heap ⓘ
shared read-only code segments ⓘ
namedAfter village of Dalvik in Iceland ⓘ
optimizedFor ARM-based mobile processors ⓘ
battery-constrained devices ⓘ
low memory devices ⓘ
partOf Android ⓘ
surface form: Android platform
primaryUse running Android applications ⓘ
registerModel register-based ⓘ
replacedBy Android Runtime (ART) ⓘ
surface form: Android Runtime
replacedInVersion Android 5.0 Lollipop by ART ⓘ
runsOn Linux ⓘ
surface form: Linux kernel
runtimeType ahead-of-time and just-in-time hybrid (later versions) ⓘ
sourceLanguage Java ⓘ
other JVM languages via compilation to Dalvik bytecode ⓘ
supports Linux process isolation ⓘ
garbage collection ⓘ
just-in-time compilation ⓘ
multithreading ⓘ
supportsArchitecture ARM ⓘ
MIPS ⓘ
x86 ⓘ
usedIn Android 1.0 ⓘ
Android ⓘ
surface form: Android 2.x

Android 3.x ⓘ
Android ⓘ
surface form: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Android ⓘ
surface form: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Android ⓘ
surface form: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

Android ⓘ
surface form: Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

Referenced by (5)

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

Android Dalvik VM → abbreviation → Android Dalvik VM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dalvik
Android Dalvik VM → executes → Android Dalvik VM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dalvik bytecode
Android → predecessor → Android Dalvik VM ⓘ
Android Runtime (ART) → replaces → Android Dalvik VM ⓘ
subject surface form: Android Runtime
this entity surface form: Dalvik virtual machine
ART → replaces → Android Dalvik VM ⓘ
subject surface form: Android Runtime
this entity surface form: Dalvik virtual machine