Embedding V8 in the real world

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NativeScript ships V8 inside the Android APK and uses a metadata generator that traverses Android SDK classes to produce a compact runtime binary of constructors and signatures. The runtime wires V8 callbacks via JNA to create Java proxies, uses a marshaling service for type conversion, and manages lifetimes with finalizer callbacks and strong and weak references to keep Java and V8 GCs in sync. It also hints V8 about external memory and uses worker isolates to avoid UI jank.

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2. 6:14Metadata Generator
3. 12:01NativeScript Runtime
4. 15:03Strong references

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