The following are obtained by running the mobilespec suite - all tests The tests were run on a physical nexus 7
Summary: * on Android , removing the xhr trims off about 250ms on load of mobilespec. * the multi-file plugin loading takes about 1.6 times as long as a single file Details In each case below: * the first log line is written immediately on load. * the second line is written when you press 'Automatic Test' * the third line is written when you press 'Run All Tests' The times are different because of caching that takes place, so the first one is most interesting. Case 1: This case is manually constructed, lumping all plugin js files together. With plugins loaded in a single file + cordova_plugins.js(no xhr): - plugin loading took 211ms - plugin loading took 56ms - plugin loading took 83ms Case 2: This case is what the 3.0 version did until: CB-4016 / https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-js.git;h=0ce4718 With plugins loaded separately (about 60 files): - plugin loading took 598ms - plugin loading took 124ms - plugin loading took 279ms Case 3: This case is what the 3.0 version does after: CB-4016 / https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cordova-js.git;h=0ce4718 With plugins loaded separately *withou*t xhr (about 60 files): - plugin loading took 336ms - plugin loading took 112ms - plugin loading took 260ms
