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How big is the Android runtime?

• IshKebab 9y ago
  Probably bigger, but it is already installed. Unless you meant the Flutter runtime? It's about 6 MB apparently.
• kuschku 9y ago
  For comparison, the entire JVM for Desktop, including Swing, AWT, Themes, JavaFX, the entire stdlib, three separate optimizing JITs, profilers, graphical tracers, etc, combined, is below 64MB. The entire Android OS, every part of it, including all toolings required to build apps, is still below 200MiB. This includes libraries, default apps, UI, compilers, tools, stdlib, firmware, etc.
  • _pdp_ 9y ago
    And a browser? My point is that if Electron was provided by default just like .NET or one of the apple frameworks you would not mind it that much and you will think apps built with it are lean when in fact to create a UI rich standalone executable you will require a lot of things to get up and running.
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      PalmOS, FirefoxOS, ChromeOS are good examples how those rich UIs actually are in regard to UI/UX.