Speed Up Compile?

[Bill Norris]

Below is the text from the compile dialog. The "Convert byte code" step is painfully slow. It pegs the CPU at 100%. Any ideas as to how I can speed that up or is this typical.


Compiling code. 0.72
Generating R file. 0.00
Compiling generated Java code. 7.80
Convert byte code - optimized dex. 83.31
Standard dexer.
Packaging files. 2.77
Signing package file (debug key). 11.92
ZipAlign file. 0.25
Installing file to device. 0.30
Installing with B4A-Bridge.
Installation will fail if the signing key is different than the previous used key.
In that case you will need to manually uninstall the existing application.

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[Scantech]

Try cleaning file/project. That may help. If your coding is too large then you are probably stuck with the way it is.

 

[Inman]

I have noticed that using B4A-Bridge instead of ADB to connect to my phone, speeds up "convert byte code" step. The values you are getting is typical for ADB connection.

 

[Erel]

There is no difference between using USB debug or B4A-Bridge.

How large is your project?
My guess is that your computer is low on memory.

 

[Inman]

In my case, the project I am currently working has almost 7000 lines of code, spread across 15 activities and involves 18 libraries as well. I normally use bridge to connect to my Nexus One to run this project. But when I make major changes to UI, I test it on my Galaxy Note too. So instead of switching bridge, I simply connect Note to my system via ADB over USB. And whenever I do this and hit F5 to compile, it takes over 90 seconds to finish "convert byte code" step. I also tried switching Nexus to ADB and Note to bridge but the result was same. As soon as I disconnect one of the devices from USB, the time drops to 25 seconds where it used to take 90 seconds. I have been seeing for the past 1 month during this development phase. May be it is due to my system but it sure happens.

And coming to my system it is an Athlon64 X2 3800+, with 3GB RAM, 2TB hard drive and GeForce 9600 GT graphic card, running Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 32 bit.