My point is that I don't see any speed improvement when I target SDK 21. I think AS detect my device as API 21 and bypass the multidex phase. I just want to confirm with the tool team that this is indeed the case. :)
On Friday, May 6, 2016 at 1:38:09 PM UTC-4, Gonçalo Silva wrote: > > There's a better way. You can get faster compile times while keeping AS's > lint checks for your real minimum SDK. > > Define your minSdk as a function in your project's build.gradle and then > use it when compiling: > https://gist.github.com/goncalossilva/a68cc0cc46b9ae015bc1b956bfa8d9ab > > Hope this helps! > > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 6:29 PM thierryd <thie...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> In his recent article/video ( >> https://medium.com/google-developers/instant-run-how-does-it-work-294a1633367f#.n0d4idmri), >> >> Reto says that creating a flavor that targets API 21 can make the build >> faster. >> >> I thought that the recent improvement in Android Studio already made this >> unnecessary. I thought that when AS ask the user to select the device to >> deploy on, if the device is API 21 or greater, the multidex phase is not >> executed. >> >> I have a large app targeting API 17. When I run it on API 21, the instant >> run build/deploy cycle is 13s. It's the same if I use a flavor that targets >> API 21. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "adt-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to adt-dev+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "adt-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adt-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
