Replace standard Android JSON parser for better performance?

Question

I know that Android has a JSON parser baked in but I was wondering if it was worth using something that offered better performance (like Jackson - see http://jackson.codehaus.or

Answer 1

Well, here are a couple of links comparing Jackson JSON performance with existing JSON, SAX, and Protocol Buffers. According to the author, Jackson is faster than SAX or the built-in JSON and about on par with Protocol Buffers. That last part sounds a little suspicious, but, regardless, it certainly appears Jackson works on Android and may be worth some experimentation.

I haven't checked the JAR size, though. If it's huge, unless you were dying for extra JSON performance, it might not be worth the space hit.