Apps could run faster and consume less battery on Android KitKat
It seems that the expected new version of the operating system Android, known by the nickname of KitKat , still has many things to reveal. And it is that Google would be using it as testing field for what is one of its more interesting projects with more advantages for the user of smartphones and tablets with Android in the field of applicationsThis is the ART project, a feature capable of networkhalve the time in the one that starts an application, and that would free up resources and therefore respect the batteryof terminals to a greater extent.
The ART project (Android Runtime) seeks to modify an important part of the operating system Android In order not to get into technicalities, it would suffice to say that this is a new way that the terminal Android would have to interpret the applications and content that are installed on it. So far, this operating system has a kind of interpreter that understands and processes the information that an application brings to a terminal. This interpreter would consume a good amount of device resources such as use of the processor and, therefore, of the battery However, it allows the same information from an application to be adapted and understood by different terminals, even though each one has its own physical characteristics (memory, processor, architecture”¦). In other words, a system that allows you to easily make compatible terminals and applications Something that would change with the project ART
Thus, what this experiment proposes is to eliminate said interpreter, making the adaptation work of the application take place during su terminal installation This would kill a process that, while useful, is not as efficient as ART A functional change in the operating system Android that has its good and bad points. Although it seems that in this case the good guys win.
In this way, using ART, and although there are still no definitive tests due to the still experimental nature of the project, one couldhalve the time in which an application starts And it is that these would work as fully installed tools in the terminal, as if they were native Which means that their operation would also be faster, with a faster and more sensitive response, and a consumption of battery and logical resources of the terminal much lower. Although it all depends on the application and the terminal.
The negative side of using this new system is that each application would need longer installation time , carrying out the adaptation process to the terminal as soon as it is downloaded. This requirement is accompanied by the need to have more greater storage space for the installation of these applications, whose data would occupy more than current applications.However, that wouldn't be more than 10 or 20 percent Of course, waiting a little longer for an app to install isn't much of a problem. The key is to do it all at once with a bunch of these by changing to ART
At the moment it is a experimental grade project that users of Android KitKat can test. Just modify the Runtime from the menu Developer options in the menu Settings Of course, there are still compatibility problems, so it is not recommended to use it if you do not have the necessary knowledge
