You are doing the check from onCreate(), it's too early. At this point, the view hierarchy may have not enabled hardware acceleration yet.
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:31 PM, New Developer <secur...@isscp.com> wrote: > Thanks > I would tend to agree, sadly I already have the > android:hardwareAccelerated="true" set in manifest > <application android:icon="@drawable/logo" > android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:label="@string/app_name" > android:debuggable="true" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"> > > I also have it on both Activities > <activity android:name="MainActivity" android:hardwareAccelerated="true" > android:screenOrientation="landscape" android:configChanges="orientation" > /> > <activity android:name="display" android:hardwareAccelerated="true" > android:screenOrientation="landscape" android:configChanges="orientation" > /> > > this I think is what gives the screen isHardwareAccelerated as true > > 11-26 15:25:54.730: E/main(16712): screen is true <-- from > MainActivity just before startActivity is called > 11-26 15:25:55.140: E/display(16712): parent is false <-- from > display.class showing the parent is now false > 11-26 15:25:55.140: E/display(16712): video is false > > This was after I moved the getWindow before the setContentView() as > suggested > > setContentView(R.layout.image_viewer); > > parent = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.image); > parent.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE, null); > Log.e("display", "parent is " + parent.isHardwareAccelerated()); > video = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video); > Log.e("display", "video is " + video.isHardwareAccelerated()); > > > > Anything else I can try ? > > Thanks again > On 11/26/2011 03:02 PM, Romain Guy wrote: > > Try setting the flag before calling setContentView(). You should also not > have to do it this way. The best way to enable hardware acceleration is to > set android:hardwareAccelerated="true" on the <application/> tag of your > manifest. You should not do it manually one very activity and/or window > unless you have very good reasons to do so. > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 11:23 AM, New Developer <secur...@isscp.com>wrote: > >> my mistake >> I'm meaning the Activity that the intent calls/starts >> >> public class display extends Activity { >> @Override >> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { >> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); >> fName = CURRENT_IMAGE; >> setContentView(R.layout.image_viewer); >> >> >> getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_HARDWARE_ACCELERATED , >> WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_HARDWARE_ACCELERATED); >> >> parent = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.image); >> parent.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE, null); >> Log.e("display", "parent is " + parent.isHardwareAccelerated()); >> video = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video); >> Log.e("display", "1) video is " + video.isHardwareAccelerated()); >> >> both parent and video return FALSE , How do I get them too return true >> ? >> I'm under the impression getWindow and setLayerType would do it >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> >> >> On 11/26/2011 01:57 PM, New Developer wrote: >> >> Using Intent >> >> Intent intent = new Intent(); >> intent.setClass(getApplicationContext(), display.class); >> startActivity(intent); >> >> The activity is hardware accelerated. When I call this intent >> the layout is NOT hardware accelerated >> How can I create an intent that is Also hardware accelerated ? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > romain...@android.com > > -- > 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 > > > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer romain...@android.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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