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xd1936 on Nov 23, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Launches Android Studio 2.0

Dalvik has been replaced by ART (the Android Run Time) in 5.0 Lollipop. Dalvik was the JIT compiler in 4.4 and below, and with 5.0+, ART is an ahead-of-time compiler.

sorenjan on Nov 23, 2015 [–]

There's still lots of Dalvik based devices in use.

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

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