page.title=Dalvik Technical Information
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<p>Dalvik is the managed runtime used by applications and some system
services on Android. Dalvik was originally created specifically for
the Android project.</p>
<p>Much of the documentation in this directory is intended to help
with the ongoing development of Dalvik, as opposed to most of the
other documentation on this site, which is geared more towards
application development.</p>

<p>Please note, in Android 4.4 a new virtual machine - ART - is being introduced
experimentally that will eventually replace Dalvik. Please see <a
href="{@docRoot}devices/tech/dalvik/art.html">Introducing ART</a> for details.