Android’s New GC: Will It Finally Beat iOS in Memory Management?
For years, iOS has held a reputation for superior memory management, thanks to Swift’s Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) and Apple’s tight hardware-software integration. Android, on the other hand, has relied on Java’s Garbage Collection (GC), which—while efficient for long-running apps—struggles with lag spikes, memory bloat, and unpredictable pauses. But Google’s Android Runtime (ART) has been evolving rapidly. With recent improvements in generational …
For years, iOS has held a reputation for superior memory management, thanks to Swift’s Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) and Apple’s tight hardware-software integration. Android, on the other hand, has relied on Java’s Garbage Collection (GC), which—while efficient for long-running apps—struggles with lag spikes, memory bloat, and unpredictable pauses. But Google’s Android Runtime (ART) has been evolving rapidly. With recent improvements in generational …
