Google just give the signal to the developers start develop your applications in 64-bit so that everything is ready in time for the arrival of the next version of Android . This comes with the launch of a new image emulator for Android L , which confirms that the next version of Android will be really ready for a mobile world in 64-bits. Whether this will translate into something that end users will actually be able to understand and appreciate d ependerá largely the marriage between software and hardware .
While already commonplace on the desktop, the CPU 64-bit architecture is not as widespread on mobile devices, especially in consumer products. This market just took momentum when Apple unveiled its own 64-bit A7 chip with the iPhone 5S last year. This caused some hype around the technology and took the chip makers like Qualcomm Samsung show interest in it too.
But 64-bit hardware is only half the equation the overall experience. The software should also be designed to take advantage of this new architecture. Being based in the Linux , Android already has the basis for the 64-bit compatibility, but the platform itself has not been formally prepared. At least until now. With the announcement of new image L of Android, Google is also drawing the attention of developers to ensure that their own applications are ready for the transition. An Android application on 64-bit will be able to access more memory space , theoretically greater than 4GB , if our mobile devices to reach that number, the new instruction sets specific 64-bit with a larger number of CPU registers hardware will cause the CPU can deal with twice as many instructions at a time, resulting in a significant performance gain .
The developers whose applications are written completely in Java will not have to modify a single line of code, considering the nature of partially interpreted programming language. Those who use other languages, especially C C ++ will have to perform some steps to build with the new Android NDK or Native Development Kit now also upgraded to 64-bit. With 64-bit support in Android L, now that everything is confirmed, all that remains is for device manufacturers begin to update the appropriate hardware and this next version of Android will finally bring the 64-bit world to our pockets.
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