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marcanw
Inspiring
Oct 20, 2019 11:20 AM UTC
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Benefits of using android 64?

Hi

Harmann has now released several new version of the AIR SDK. Major change is the android 64 bit support.

In the meantime Google gave a grace perido of one year for the AIR based app. So no hurries.

However I was wondering what would be the benefits to switch to android 64 bit build (while I think I should still build a 32 bit as well).
For those who already switched to 64 build, could you tell me if you see some benefits switching to it on 64 bit devices:

- Is it more stable?

- Do you see a perf difference?

Thank you for your feedback

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    Lars Laborious
    Lars Laborious
    Legend
    Oct 22, 2019 6:36 AM UTC

    I think the grace period is for app updates, but for any new apps you need to upadte to 64 bit support. The Starling forum have been discussing it here: https://forum.starling-framework.org/d/21956-recap-about-the-current-situation-with-google-play-store/47

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    marcanwAuthor
    Inspiring
    Oct 22, 2019 8:46 AM UTC

    You are rigth but it isn't my question.

    I would like to know what is the experience of those who switched to android build 64 (so surely an upgrade).

    If they could tell me what differences they noticed, particluary stability, performance, apk size, ... 

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    Leo Kanel
    Inspiring
    Oct 22, 2019 8:08 PM UTC

    So 64bit didn't bring much changes in AIR. Don't expect to see eye catching differences in performance. In my benchmarks I had a few ANEs running a bit faster due to 64bit but that's it. In theory you could access more ram (for example I own a smartphone with 8gb RAM which of course can't be used by a 32bit app), which again doesn't seem to make much difference.

    The biggest gain in AIR33, is Harman fixing issues that Adobe failed to.

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