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'''D8''' is a DEX-Compiler from [[Google]], wehich created [[Deodexed|DEX]]-Bytecode out of Java-Bytecode (class files), wehich can be translated to machine code on an [[android]] device by the ''Dalvik Virtual Machine (DVM)'' or, in newer Android versions, by the [[Android runtime|Android Runtime (ART)]]. This DEX-Bytecode is included in the [[APK]] file  with which an [[app]] is installed on an android device. D8, compared to the compiler used before, dx, shoudl take less time to create smaller DEX files. A pre-version of D8 should be provided in august 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/08/next-generation-dex-compiler-now-in.html|title=Next-generation Dex Compiler Now in Preview|date=2017-08-11|accessdate=2017-08-12|publisher=Android Developers Blog|author=James Lau|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/08/11/googles-next-gen-d8-dex-compiler-now-preview-improves-compilation-times-file-sizes/|title=Google's next-gen D8 dex compiler is now in preview, improves compilation times and file sizes|date=2017-08-11|accessdate=2017-08-12|publisher=androidpolice.com|author=Richard Gao|language=en}}</ref>

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