Posts tagged with: dalvik
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by Joe Levi | September 19, 2012 3:09 PMRead On
In today's episode of Android Power User we're going to learn about the Dalvik VM and Dalvik Cache, why they're named the way they are, what they do, and how they do it. "Dalvik", it's a word that gets thrown around when you're talking about custom ROMs, particularly when flashing a new ROM and the need to "Wipe the Cache". Today you'll find out what that means (just in case you didn't already know). In our last episode we talked about JIT, or "Just In Time", which is the compiler built into newer versions of Android. We sort of put the cart before the horse with that one, but it helped ...

