Hi all, I'm writing a game and I'm trying to avoid the GC kicking in and causing big framerate drops. I've run DDMS to see what allocations I'm causing and the huge majority of them seem to fall under 2 categories:
1) class java.lang.String, allocated in java.lang.Integer, allocated in toString 2) class java.lang.String, allocated in java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder, allocated in toString In my game I need to display some stats so there are a few number-to- string operations. I went the StringBuilder way with pre-allocated buffers assuming this will help reduce allocations. So for example I have a private StringBuilder m_hitRatio - new StringBuilder(8); I draw using canvas.drawText(m_hitRatio.toString(), x, y, paint); I update using m_hitRatio.replace(0, 8, String.valueOf(calculatedHitRatio)); In some cases if I'm passing a normal string to a method I also use Integer.toString(myValue); I'm guessing all of the above is the reason my GC is working overtime! Are there better ways (using canvas) to manipulate and render text/ numbers on screen? cheers, kk. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
