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Stacked on #2092 (base perf/jni-hot-paths). This is the first, low-risk step on the object-lifecycle work measured in that PR. The larger redesign (replacing the four Java id maps with a slot table, and batching finalizer transitions) waits for #2015.

Commit	Change
test: lifecycle benchmarks	Splits a wrapped object's cost into allocation (kept alive), release through a V8 GC, and the Java GC that follows, for JS-constructed, JS-extended and Java-returned objects. Also times an object return with 50k live wrappers.
trim per-construction work	Three changes on the construction path. (1) `EncodeSignature` formatted the argument count through a `std::stringstream` on every `new` and every dynamic method resolution; with the copies around it, that was ~9% of the main thread's lifecycle samples. It now appends `std::to_string` into a reserved buffer. (2) The second `FindClass(fullClassName)` is gone: `ResolveClass` already returned that same cached global ref. (3) There's no signature parse for zero-argument constructors, and `makeInstanceStrong` skips `storeClass` (two locks) when the previous registration stored the same class.
remove markingMode "full"	Only `"none"` is supported. `"full"` was already non-functional: its weak callback queued wrappers for processing that no longer existed, so they were revived forever. The full-mode callback and its GC bookkeeping are removed, along with `DirectBuffer`, the batch Java methods, `getMarkingModeOrdinal` and the `__markingMode` global. `AppConfig` drops the key, so the native config indices shift, and it logs a warning when an app sets anything other than `"none"`.
pass startup options by name	`initNativeScript` received `AppConfig`'s whole value array, and native code read five entries by `KnownKeys` ordinal, so removing or reordering a key silently shifted them. The markingMode removal hit exactly that: it read past the end under CheckJNI. The five values are now explicit parameters, collected into `Runtime::StartupOptions` on the native side.

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Same method as #2092: release APK on the arm64 emulator (API 36), AOT-compiled, one warm-up launch, 5 launches, 7 rounds each. Values are median ns.

benchmark	#2092 (ns)	this PR (ns)	Δ
static.add(int,int)	74	70	-5%
instance.self() [wrapped return]	125	127	+2%
instance.takeObject(Object)	179	181	+1%
static.newObjectInJava() [new wrapper]	1408	1392	-1%
new java.lang.Object()	1310	1102	-16%
new Object.extend({})()	1377	1073	-22%
lifecycle new java.lang.Object() [alloc, kept alive]	1280	964	-25%
lifecycle new java.lang.Object() [release: V8 gc]	634	612	-3%
lifecycle new java.lang.Object() [release: Java gc]	521	457	-12%
lifecycle new Object.extend({})() [alloc, kept alive]	1208	975	-19%
lifecycle new Object.extend({})() [release: V8 gc]	635	693	+9%
lifecycle new Object.extend({})() [release: Java gc]	469	527	+12%
lifecycle JniBench.newObjectInJava() [alloc, kept alive]	1295	1296	+0%
lifecycle JniBench.newObjectInJava() [release: V8 gc]	642	648	+1%
lifecycle JniBench.newObjectInJava() [release: Java gc]	507	497	-2%
instance.self() [50k live wrappers]	122	126	+3%
callback.noArgs()	221	204	-8%

The release rows (V8 GC and Java GC) are timed around explicit gc() / Runtime.gc() calls. They are the noisiest numbers in the suite (min vs median often differ by ~40%), and this PR doesn't touch the release path. The redesign in the follow-up targets them.

Why the release path is next

Profiled on the main thread, a wrapped object's lifecycle is roughly:

Constructor signature key: ~260 ns. This PR removes most of it.
makeInstanceStrong: ~220 ns.
Release: ~600 ns, from two finalizer JNI calls into makeInstanceWeakAndCheckIfAlive (synchronized map removes, weak-map puts, ReferenceQueue polling).

A Java microbenchmark of just the id bookkeeping (register, lookup, strong→weak, release) measures 444 ns/object today with multithreaded JS and 246 ns without it, against 69 ns for a slot table with an identity index. That redesign needs #2015's per-binding runtime identity, so that no foreign thread reads a runtime's maps and they can drop their locks.

Does your pull request have unit tests?

Yes. The full Jasmine suite passes on the emulator with ./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults: 1479 specs, 0 failures. That is 11 more than before, because testGC.js was gated on full marking mode and was skipped in the test app, which runs none. Its specs now run, and they all pass under the finalizer path.

One observation: in one of five full-suite runs (on a heavily loaded host), the GC suite was reported with 0 specs. Jasmine never started them, rather than failing them. It didn't reproduce in four later runs, so I'm noting it here in case it shows up in CI.

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- Calls to Java methods with no arguments now avoid unnecessary signature parsing.
- Java object registration reuses class information when possible.
Configuration
- The Android markingMode setting is no longer supported. Values other than "none" trigger a warning, and "none" is used.
Maintenance
- Runtime startup settings are now passed through explicit configuration options, with no new user-facing controls.

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The Android runtime removes JavaScript marking-mode configuration and weak-object batch processing. Startup values now pass through typed Java and native options. The changes also add JNI object-lifecycle benchmarks and adjust instance registration, argument parsing, and signature-key construction.

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Startup configuration contract `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/package.json`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/AppConfig.java`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/MarkingMode.java`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.h`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/com_tns_Runtime.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp`	Startup values pass individually from Java through JNI into `Runtime::StartupOptions`. The marking-mode setting, enum, accessors, and `__markingMode` global are removed.
JavaScript wrapper lifecycle `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ObjectManager.h`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/ObjectManager.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/DirectBuffer.h`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/DirectBuffer.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/CMakeLists.txt`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java`, `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/testGC.js`, `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/benchmarks/jniBenchmarks.js`	ObjectManager removes marking-mode-dependent weak processing and related JNI methods, and registers wrappers with `JSObjectFinalizerStatic`. The GC suite always runs. New benchmarks measure allocation and release phases for Java-object wrappers and time calls while wrappers remain live.
JNI registration and signature handling `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/CallbackHandlers.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/JsArgConverter.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MethodCache.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java`	Instance registration uses the class returned by `ResolveClass`. `makeInstanceStrong` stores a class only when it differs from the last stored class. Argument-signature parsing is skipped when there are no arguments, and signature keys use reserved string capacity and `std::to_string`.

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  participant RuntimeInit as Runtime.Init
  JavaRuntime->>AppConfig: reads typed startup values
  JavaRuntime->>NativeInit: passes individual startup values
  NativeInit->>RuntimeInit: passes Runtime.StartupOptions

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NativeScript/android#2092: This PR is stacked on #2092 and updates the same JsArgConverter logic and JNI benchmark file.

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          test: benchmark the object lifecycle phases and many live wrappers

Splits a wrapped object's cost into allocation (kept alive), release through
a V8 GC and the Java GC that follows, for JS-constructed, JS-extended and
Java-returned objects; and times an object return with 50k live wrappers.


          perf: trim per-construction work in RegisterInstance

a01579a

- EncodeSignature formatted the argument count through a std::stringstream
  on every constructor and dynamic method resolution; it now appends
  std::to_string into a reserved buffer.
- The instance's class is the global ref ResolveClass already returned from
  the class cache, so the second FindClass(fullClassName) lookup is gone.
- JsArgConverter skips parsing the signature of a zero-argument constructor.
- makeInstanceStrong skips storeClass, which takes two locks, when the
  previous registration stored the same class.


          refactor: remove the markingMode "full" machinery

6ceea84

Only markingMode "none" is supported. "full" was already non-functional:
its weak callback queued wrappers for processing that no longer existed, so
they were revived forever.

- ObjectManager always arms the finalizer path; the full-mode weak callback,
  its GC bookkeeping, the batch DirectBuffer plumbing and the unused
  declarations behind it are gone, as are DirectBuffer itself and the Java
  makeInstanceWeak(ByteBuffer)/checkWeakObjectAreAlive/getMarkingModeOrdinal.
- AppConfig drops the key (native config indices shift accordingly) and logs
  a warning when an app still sets markingMode to anything but "none".
- The __markingMode global is gone; testGC.js no longer gates on it, so its
  specs now run (they pass under the finalizer path).


          refactor: pass the native startup options by name

76d59fc

initNativeScript received AppConfig's whole value array and the native side
read five entries by KnownKeys ordinal, so removing or reordering a key
silently shifted them (and read past the end under CheckJNI). The five
values are now explicit initNativeScript parameters, gathered into a
Runtime::StartupOptions on the native side.


          test: keep the 50k wrappers pinned while their benchmark is timed

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perf: faster object lifecycle and JNI calls #2099

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feat: layered app files, code from the APK, code cache in code_cache #2104

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          test: run the test app on Jasmine 7 (#2105)

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* test: bump shared tests to common-runtime-tests-app master

Picks up 2cb9c23, which keeps worker errors and failure paths
version-agnostic across Jasmine releases, and 234f5f3 (case-insensitive
require expectations).

* test: run the test app on jasmine-core 7 from npm

Replaces the vendored Jasmine 2.0.1 with jasmine-core 7.0.2, a pinned
root devDependency, mirroring NativeScript/ios#547.

- test-app/test-runner-deps is a test-app-only local plugin listed in
  test-app/dependencies.json. Its include.gradle copies jasmine.js and its
  license from the repo's node_modules into a generated assets folder
  before preBuild, so runtests, :app:installDebug and Android Studio
  builds all get it, and none of the gradle files shipped to apps change.
  A missing npm install fails the build with a pointer to the fix.
- New Infrastructure/Jasmine/boot.js: installs the globals, keeps
  declaration order (random: false), works around jasmine-core's
  pretty-printer throwing on null-prototype tagged objects, and exports
  execute().
- globalErrorSpy.js: raisesGlobalErrors() wraps specs that raise global
  error / unhandledrejection events on purpose.
- Reporters: excluded/notApplicable specs count as skipped; suite- and
  run-level errors become failing JUnit testcases and fail the summary;
  XML escaping no longer double-escapes and survives ]]> in stacks.

* test: make the test app's specs pass on Jasmine 7

- Duplicate names are a declaration error now: rename a copied suite in
  the Kotlin enums tests and the console.log tests, give two specs that
  test different things distinct names, and drop a copied timer spec.
- Specs that raise global errors or unhandled rejections on purpose
  (error events, unhandled rejections, uncaughtErrorPolicy, discarded
  exceptions, worker errors left unhandled) run under raisesGlobalErrors.
- The worker OOM spec cancels the worker error on the parent.
- The UI-thread dispatch spec declared an it() from inside a callback,
  which never asserted anything; it now waits for the three callbacks.
- Rejection handlers use done.fail() instead of a failing expect.

* test: drop GC specs that assert full marking-mode reachability

test1-test5, 'should keep extended instances alive after GC' and 'should
keep array-enclosed objects alive after GC' hand a Java callback a
closure over a Java object and expect it to survive a GC. Only
markingMode "full" provided that, and #2093 removed it. Under "none"
every one of their 13 delayed callbacks fails with 'The JavaScript
instance no longer has available Java instance counterpart'; the specs
are synchronous, so Jasmine 2 never saw it.

* test: harden the Jasmine run against restarts and startup failures

- MyActivity registers and runs the suite once per process; a recreated
  activity would otherwise hit Jasmine's rejection of a second run.
- When Jasmine cannot start the run, boot.js writes a failing JUnit
  result so the runtests harness reports it instead of timing out.
- The UI-thread dispatch spec is named for what it checks: with
  multithreaded JavaScript on, the callback may run on the calling
  thread.

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