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by aaron987 3515 days ago
What, if any, effect might this have on Android, given that its all Java?
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loeg 3515 days ago
None — Android doesn't use Hotspot; they've had their own AOT compilation project for their platform (ART) for some time.
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spbaar 3515 days ago
This probably does not affect android. In 5.0, android switched to AOT with a new VM, ART instead of Dalvik, which was a huge win for performance. Jitter in many, many apps went away completely, especially when scrolling. This did cause install times to increase, however. In 7.0 (or 7.1?) there is a mix of JIT with AOT for code that is deemed hot by a profiler, hopefully bringing the benefits of AOT without the lengthy install times.
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gleenn 3515 days ago
Android and Oracle's Java have been diverged for quite a while. There aren't any Java 8 features available to Android now, so you sadly shouldn't hold your breath for any Java 9 features either, it will probably be a long, long time.
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ChemicalWarfare 3515 days ago
>>There aren't any Java 8 features available to Android now

that is incorrect. https://developer.android.com/guide/platform/j8-jack.html

Just plopped this into my activity to make sure: someList.stream().map(String::toUpperCase).forEach(System.out::println);

As long as minSdkVersion is 24 or higher you should be good.

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pjmlp 3515 days ago
Except it doesn't work and is full of bugs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/59gcr9/who_is_u...

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vanrysss 3515 days ago
Probably none. Android runs on a different implementation of the JVM called Android Runtime (ART), previously Dalvik.
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wvenable 3515 days ago
Android is not JVM so it won't have much affect on it.
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