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The hardware acceleration opt-in is just one line in the AndroidManifest.xml file, so it should be widely adopted.
by briancooley 15y ago
The hardware acceleration opt-in is just one line in the AndroidManifest.xml file, so it should be widely adopted.
- barrkel 15y agoOf course, they would have made it a default if it didn't have some incompatibilities; and looking into it a little more deeply, it does look like there may be: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/android-30-hardware-acceleration.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/android-30-ha...
- wccrawford 15y agoWell hopefully once the issues are worked out, future versions will be opt-out instead.
- vetinari 15y agoThe opt-in is basically saying, that either recommended or minimum OS version for your app is Ice Cream Sandwich. You do not switch the acceleration on or off, you say in the manifest, that you are aware of the platform.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoThere's also an override in the Dev menu to force GPU acceleration for all apps. It also strangely makes the emulator significantly smoother.
- nextparadigms 15y agoIt's actually enabled by default on Android 4.0. It's optional only in Honeycomb.
- foobarbazetc 15y agoIt depends on your targetSdk. It can't be enabled by default because it breaks a lot of apps.
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoYou're currently downvoted, but you're correct. Apps targetting older sdks will need to opt-in to make use of the acceleration, even on ICS. But it's an easy switch to flip, assuming it doesn't cause visual glitches, which it can in some cases.