Understanding Android

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Understanding Android: Zygote and DalvikVM

I am trying to understand how Android launches applications. The question is how does zygote exactly fork Dalvik VM. I don't really understand why it is not possible to run multiple applications in the same Dalvik VM.

have you checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalvik_%28software%29 — Vivek, Feb 05 '12 at 22:24
yes of course. I have checked a lot but didnt find a good explanation about low level functionalities in android — Aprel, Feb 05 '12 at 23:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '12 at 17:59

Have you tried: https://sites.google.com/site/io/dalvik-vm-internals? There are a couple slides on Zygote.

Additionally, the link to the video is: http://youtu.be/ptjedOZEXPM, and the Zygote section is discussed at 13:43.

I hope this helps. (This would be better as a comment, but I don't have the reputation yet)

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Strangely, this is an exact duplicate of your own question Understanding Android: Zygote and DalvikVM. Anyone looking for the answer, please check my answer there.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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