NativeScript · ammarahm-ed · Nov 3, 2025 · Nov 2, 2025 · Nov 2, 2025
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -74,11 +74,16 @@ Set the following environment variables:
 - `ANDROID_HOME` pointing to where you have installed the Android SDK
 - `ANDROID_NDK_HOME` pointing to the version of the Android NDK needed for this version of NativeScript
 
-Run the following command to build the runtime:
+Run the following commands to build the runtime:
+
+```
+npm run setup
+```
 
 ```
 npm run build
 ```
+
 The command will let you interactively choose the JS engine you want to build with. i.e V8, QuickJS, Hermes or JSC, PrimJS, Static Hermes.
 
 - The build process includes building of the runtime package (both optimized and with unstripped v8 symbol table), as well as all supplementary tools used for the android builds: metadata-generator, binding-generator, metadata-generator, static-binding-generator

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s",
     "version": "npm run changelog && git add CHANGELOG.md",
-    "build": "node ./scripts/build.js"
+    "build": "node ./scripts/build.js",
+    "setup": "cd test-app/build-tools/jsparser && npm install && cd ../../../"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "conventional-changelog-cli": "^2.1.1",

diff --git a/test-app/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/test-app/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
             android:name="com.tns.ErrorReportActivity"
             android:label="ErrorActivity">
         </activity>
+        <profileable android:shell="true"/>
     </application>
 
 </manifest>
diff --git a/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/MyActivity.js b/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/MyActivity.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 */
+const benchmarkRunner = require("./benchmark.js");
 var MyActivity = (function (_super) {
   __extends(MyActivity, _super);
   function MyActivity() {
@@ -30,18 +31,23 @@ var MyActivity = (function (_super) {
     _super.prototype.onCreate.call(this, bundle);
     require('./tests/testsWithContext').run(this);
     //run jasmine
-    execute();
+//    execute();
     var layout = new android.widget.LinearLayout(this);
     layout.setOrientation(1);
     this.setContentView(layout);
     var textView = new android.widget.TextView(this);
     textView.setText("It's a button!");
+    textView.setTextIsSelectable(true);
     layout.addView(textView);
 
     var button = new android.widget.Button(this);
     button.setText("Hit me");
     layout.addView(button);
 
+    var button2 = new android.widget.Button(this);
+    button2.setText("Run Benchmark");
+    layout.addView(button2);
+
     var Color = android.graphics.Color;
     var colors = [
       Color.BLUE,
@@ -62,6 +68,17 @@ var MyActivity = (function (_super) {
         },
       })
     );
+    button2.setOnClickListener(
+          new android.view.View.OnClickListener("AppClickListener", {
+            onClick: function () {
+              const result = benchmarkRunner.runBenchmark();
+              setTimeout(() => {
+              globalThis.gc();
+              });
+              textView.setText(result);
+            },
+          })
+    );
   };
   MyActivity = __decorate(
     [JavaProxy("com.tns.NativeScriptActivity")],