android: gson performance

Question

I am trying to use gson to do my object mapping on the android emulator.

It has been ridiculously slow when processing json data around 208 kb. I do not have any hie

Answer 1

I've seen questions like this come up before, and the general consensus is that Jackson is much faster than Gson. See the following links for more information:

• Jackson Vs. Gson
• Replace standard Android JSON parser for better performance?
• http://www.cowtowncoder.com/blog/archives/2009/12/entry_345.html
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/338586/a-better-java-json-library

Here is one which specifically discusses Android: http://ubikapps.net/?p=525