Rob Y. wrote: > I don't doubt that there's some cost to running an app that keeps > drawing to a widget window. But it shouldn't be any worse than > running a live wallpaper, should it?
There can only be one live wallpaper at a time, AFAIK. There can be many app widgets at a time. A technique that works well for one may not work well for a dozen. > I assume the widget would get > notified when it's not visible and get the chance to stop animating - > just like a live wallpaper's supposed to do. Is that not true? No, it is not true, at least not today. App widgets update independently of whether they are visible, and hence are not supposed to update very frequently. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org -- 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