I think there is also the point about InstantRun. Certain types of cold swap can better be performed on devices targeting API21. Details here - http://developer.android.com/tools/building/building-studio.html#instant-run
On Monday, 9 May 2016 12:30:33 UTC+2, Anatoly Korniltsev wrote: > > Hi. > > You can check it by unzipping the result apk. > If you configured everything correctly, there will be a lot of dex files > (one dex file for each library) > Else there will be one dex file (or a few if you are using multidex anyway) > > On Friday, 6 May 2016 22:32:34 UTC+3, thierryd wrote: >> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >>>> 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
