Odex or Deodex with ART?

[razz1]

So I'm running ART on a deodexed rom and was thinking of re-odexing sys apps and framework. From what I understand is ART converts Deodexed and Odexed files differently. So what would be the better option? Anybody really knowledgeable on ART?

 

[razz1]

Well it looks like I may not get an answer but I did some real world testing along with some benchmarks on CM11 and can say without a doubt that ART converts odex better. Why? Not really sure. I don't have the knowledge or the time to really dig into this but an odexed system will still provide a performance improvement thru ART.
If anyone has any insight on the technical reasons as to why this is then please post. It would be interesting.

 

[BadUsername]

Well it looks like I may not get an answer but I did some real world testing along with some benchmarks on CM11 and can say without a doubt that ART converts odex better. Why? Not really sure. I don't have the knowledge or the time to really dig into this but an odexed system will still provide a performance improvement thru ART.
If anyone has any insight on the technical reasons as to why this is then please post. It would be interesting.

ART works significantly better because it cuts out the middle man dalvik creates. I read this a while ago so I might not be exactly right, but dalvik uses the dalvik cache to store app information, which in turn opens a second file to initiate the app to open. Adds a delay.

ART is specifically written for Android, while dalvik was originally created for much less of a demanding app environment. ART basically just uses 1 file to control an app, which cuts loading time down and the way apps run. It's just much more efficient.

I wouldn't expect odexing or deodexing to make much of a difference in this scenario.

 

[razz1]

Well I will say this. After a nice look at a logcat today I found errors of ART trying to identify an odex file (ELF Magic). This pertains to all odex! Just thought I would throw this out there if anyone is interested.

 

[giaur]

This is because ART is looking for compiled native ELF executable, not dalvik runtime. It's completly different format, bacause ELF is java bytecode compiled to native (similar as native .exe on Windows) and ODEX is not. ODEX is compiled as dalvik bytecode that still runs via dalvik VM, not natively.

You should not use .odex on ART.