And once again we get pointed back to the idea of pausing most (if not all) background apps to achieve a good user experience.
Even the PS3 which has far better hardware than the G1 goes down this route as it pauses the game just to bring up an in-game menu. The only thing it ever tries to run in the background is the PlayTV system and that comes with a big warning about affecting game performance. Al. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Romain Guy Sent: 27 March 2009 09:38 To: [email protected] Subject: [android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling? Yeah... none of them have background apps. On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ahh so that's how the PSP, DS, and iPhone do it.... Hold up, that > doesn't sound right... :). > > Al. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Romain Guy > Sent: 26 March 2009 22:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do > smooth scrolling? > > > Have multiple cores :) > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Once again it has NOTHING to do with GC, it's just another app using >>> the CPU. It could be for any reason, not just GC. >>> >>> I hope you get it now. >>> >> >> Aaaaaaaah, @#$ me. I GET it now! >> >> Thanks Romain, and thanks again for patiently explaining this several > times! >> >> So, we're back then to square 1 - how do we make Android *appear* >> that it runs an application exclusively. >> That is, what's the best way to ensure great user experience for >> demanding apps, such as games, without pausing all other processes. >> >> Any ideas besides the permission thing, anyone? >> >> Cheers >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > > > > > > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
