Yep, *exclusively* would not be a good idea. The user still would want phone-calls to come in and other such tasks. But wouldn't causing Android to be a bit (a lot) more aggresive in cleaning up not-so-important processes be something that is possible?
Another (outlandish?) possibility: A phone-setting that's something similar like 'Airplane Mode' (the mode disabling all the phone's radio-activity). Let's call it 'Game Mode'. It'll give the user a better game-console experience, but a lousier (or non-existent) phone experience. Android engineers: We heard from you what's *not* possible. But what could be possible? I'd be interested in hearing about this from you all, even if the ideas seam outlandish. :-) On Mar 26, 6:05 pm, Sundog <sunns...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 26, 3:52 pm, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I should have added that this would apply to the phone's *foreground* > > application only > > I knew I shouldn't have compared it to a race situation... bad > analogy! > > Here's a better example: Imagine you're running Linux and the program > you're interested in is running slow. Why not just go set your nice > level to get all the processor time? > > Anyone who's a Linux or Unix administrator type at all just got > it. ;) > > > Or at least something that allows the foreground app to get a very > > high priority and resource allowance from the operating system to > > minimize the influence of non-essential (background) applications. > > Exactly. But running our foreground app EXCLUSIVELY is just out of the > question, for reasons which should be clear by now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
