There is an implicit throttling mechanism as of 4.1 but even then it's bad. If you don't need to draw, don't draw. You're going to waste battery.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:34 PM, bob <b...@coolfone.comze.com> wrote: > As you may know, you can create a View subclass and then call invalidate() > at the end of the painting method. > > > This produces continuous updating. > > > Is this really really bad? > > > It sure is attractive due to its simplicity. > > > However, there is no explicit throttling mechanism, which can be an issue if > there is also no implicit one. > > > -- > 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
