[android-developers] Priorization of applications/threads possible?

2009-08-25 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
Hi all, the Android web site indicates that "all applications are created equal." What is the strategy to ensure that critical applications/ services have priority? Are there any facilities Android/Linux does provide to ensure certain applications and/or threads to receive a minimum of CPU band

[android-developers] Do the applications keep/manage their own SQLite databases (files)?

2009-08-25 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
Hi All, Android includes a database engine (SQLite). In general, do the applications keep/manage their own databases (files) or is there a unifying database manager? Thanks, Matthias --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to th

[android-developers] Time to first screen, boot-up time and app-start time?

2009-08-25 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
Hi all, at the moment I am thinking about a new app and need some information to decide whether to develop on Android or an alternative OS. I am particularly interested in "time to first screen", "boot-up time", "time to first Audio" and "app-start" (can be any from the android market or even on

[android-developers] Running Android in the virtualization layer (e.g. VMware) possible?

2009-08-25 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
Hi, has anyone tried to run Android in the virtualization layer, e.g. on VMware? Thanks, Matthias --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to andr

[android-developers] Re: Time to first screen, boot-up time and app-start time?

2009-08-25 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
cally decrease boot-up time? I just found an article saying boot-up time is normally >10 sec. Is it actually the booting process of the kernel, start-up of the dalvik vm or application start-up which takes so long? Matthias On Aug 25, 9:09 pm, Chris Stratton wrote: > On Aug 25, 4:3

[android-developers] Re: Running Android in the virtualization layer (e.g. VMware) possible?

2009-08-25 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
thor solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily > represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. > > On Aug 25, 1:43 am, "mstu...@googlemail.com" > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > has anyone tried to run Android in the virtualization layer, e.g.

[android-developers] Ressource Management / Priorization of applications?

2009-08-25 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
hi all, the Android web site indicates that "all applications are created equal". What is the strategy to ensure that critical applications/ services have priority? Are there any facilities Android does provide to ensure certain applications and/or threads to receive a minimum of CPU bandwith (a

[android-developers] Re: Ressource Management / Priorization of applications?

2009-08-26 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
ead priority by android.os.Process.setThreadPriority > method. This is how android controls resource allocation. > Thanks. > > On Aug 26, 5:45 am, "mstu...@googlemail.com" > wrote: > > > > > hi all, > > > the Android web site indicates that "all applications are created

[android-developers] Re: Time to first screen, boot-up time and app-start time?

2009-08-26 Thread mstu...@googlemail.com
Hi All, thanks for all the comments... I am just wondering whether it is generally possible to speed up start time? For instance, is it possible to apply some of the recent generic-linux fast booting improvements to Android? If so, only the Kernel boot time could be shortened... But what abt t