
If you ask an average person if they prefer ART or Dalvik, they might think you’re talking about alien species. However, ART and Dalvik play a critical role in your favorite Android devices. ART and Dalvik are two types of virtual machines. Android relies on ART or Dalvik in order to run (it can’t run both at the same time). Ever since Android was first developed, it has used the Dalvik virtual machine. However, in Android 4.4 KitKat, there were signs of an upcoming change: Android…