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Has the Android UI been rewritten to use the GPU? One of the main reasons why scrolling/panning always feels smoother on the iPhone is that the user interface r
by flyosity 16y ago
Has the Android UI been rewritten to use the GPU? One of the main reasons why scrolling/panning always feels smoother on the iPhone is that the user interface rendering uses the GPU whereas Android does not. If the Nexus S has a fantastic GPU and the UI doesn't use it, that kinda sucks.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6914 http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6914
- ergo98 16y agoNo. Honeycomb will likely be the first to use GPU UI rendering. The N1 w/2.2 is extremely fluid, with minor stuttering that is attributable to garbage collection (the thing is endlessly pausing to do GC). 2.3 includes a highly optimized concurrent garbage collection so that should strongly improve. However honestly I think it's one of those things that matters a lot if you're, to put it impolitely, dicking around, but becomes irrelevant when you're using it as a tool day to day. Similar to how everyone using a Kindle for the first time hits back and forward a bunch of times and complains about page flip times, whereas to actual readers it just doesn't matter.