[AC-3206] Use V8 on Android

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	New Feature
Priority	n/a
Status	Closed
Resolution	Won't Fix
Resolution Date	2011-07-24T15:11:46.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Titanium SDK & CLI
Labels	android, javascript, speed, v8
Reporter	Nathan Moos
Assignee	Paul Dowsett
Created	2011-07-22T17:27:27.000+0000
Updated	2016-03-08T07:57:36.000+0000

Description

Through the Android NDK, it is possible to run the V8 JavaScript engine from Chromium. The V8 JS engine is *much* faster than current Rhino, and many users are disappointed with Titanium Android performance. Definitely not "native". V8 is also faster than JSC on iOS. I am proposing that Titanium Mobile on Android will use V8 instead of Rhino. This tweet (http://twitter.com/#!/kevinwhinnery/status/93078519927676928) suggests that this work is underway, but I would like to add it to the tracker so the community can follow the progress.

Comments

Paul Dowsett 2011-07-24

Nathan I'm sorry for the confusion, but there are no plans to move to V8 at this time. If this changes, it will be announced via the [Developer Blog](http://developer.appcelerator.com/blog), just like all our official news, and not via a casual tweet. Thanks
Nathan Moos 2011-07-24

Will there be plans to move to V8 in the future? That would be very good for the platform.
Brian Knorr 2011-08-22

We won't use Ti for Android until the performance is on par with native Android. The performance of Rhino is not acceptable to us. Please reconsider going to V8.
guojian miguel wu 2011-08-24

Please add V8, right now Ti android apps feel slower then their Ti iOS counterparts.
Paul Dowsett 2011-10-06

Thank you for your comments. Work is being done to move to v8 in a future release.
Nathan Moos 2011-10-06

If you are planning on moving to V8, then this bug shouldn't be marked as "Won't Fix".
Paul Dowsett 2011-12-27

Ticket resolved and not updated since last curator action.

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