Facebook gives Android a kick in the byte code

To improve the mobile performance of its social network, Facebook is enhancing Java bytecode on the Android platform with its Redex project, providing a pipeline for optimizing Android DEX (Dalvik Executable) files.
In a blog post, Facebook engineers Marty Greenia, Bert Maher, and Shane Ney emphasized a responsibility to "keep things fast," particularly in developing areas where devices stay in the market longer. "Android is one of our biggest platforms, and it's also the mobile platform with t