Thank you all for your replies. We have optimised the application a fair bit from the web version and whilst there is always room for improvement, for now, we would like to get the best possible hardware config to trial the app on.
There are some key points which are still slightly heavy which we can revisit once we are happy with the hardware. As Justin correctly suggest, the issue we are currently facing with the Samsung Galaxy 3 tablet is the slower performance of Air apps on x86 tablet (I've just voted on the bug in Adobe bug base and would plead with others to do the same. In my opinion, the big attraction of Flex is the multi-platform capabilities and anything that takes away from that takes away from Flex itself). Anyway, with the x86 issue combined with the app complexity, we are suffering on the performance side. To compound our issues, these tablets are being used in farms and villages in Africa where there is no Wifi connection of any sort. We have a data update process when the tablets come back into wifi range which can have a lot of data to shift dependant on how long the app has been out of contact with wifi. So we are hitting performance problems in those areas, supplemented by what will be flaky wifi connections. This data synchronisation is obviously a key area we will look to optimise. Thank you for the suggestion of the Kindle Fire HDX. Have you had good experience with your Flex app on that tablet? We did consider dropping back down to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 but are wary about recommending older hardware in terms of ongoing support from the manufacturer. We had a Galaxy Tab 1 which lost support from Samsung after the Apple copyright case. As mentioned we were impressed with the performance on the Sumvision Cyclone and Aakash but required a higher screen res. Thinking about it, I think we can get away with screen res height of approximately 800. The cyclone and Aakash, both 800x480 pixels were a step too far, but a height of 800 should be fine. So that opens up a range of cheaper tablets. Has anyone had any experience of Flex on any of the following? Hannspree 10.1" HANNSpad Tablet PC<http://www.ebuyer.com/584232-hannspree-10-1-hannspad-tablet-pc-black-sn1at71bee> 10.1" 1280x800 10-point IPS touch screen 1.2 GHzQuad Core processing 16GB on board storage, 1GB DDR3 memory £139.98 Asus MeMo Pad ME102A Tablet PC Product Description<http://www.ebuyer.com/584198-asus-memo-pad-me102a-tablet-pc-me102a-1a034a> Asus RK101 Quad Core 1.66GHz 10.1" Multi-Touch Capable Resolution: 1280 x 800 £197.50 Zoostorm PlayTab Q6010 Tablet PC<http://www.ebuyer.com/602649-zoostorm-playtab-q6010-tablet-pc-3305-6010> Quad Core Rock Chip 1.5Ghz 2GB RAM + 16GB Flash 10.1" IPS Screen 1280 x 800 Resolution £149.99 Has anyone run a Flex app on a Google Nexus of any kind/size? How did that go? This Amazon comparison page compares some of the big name tablets: Amazon Tablet Comparison<http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?&docId=1000759833&tag=googhydr-21&hvadid=35977828616&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12649738051549580482&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3pfj16aeph_b> What should we look for in determining if a tablet will run a Flex app? In addition to avoiding tablets with Intel processors for now, should we look for anything else? Is there a list somewhere of tablets that support Adobe Air? Or is it the case that most tablets now support Air? Is it easier to list the exceptions? Thanks again for any input Ross On 5 March 2014 02:26, <f...@dfguy.us> wrote: > If you use scout to profile your app you can often identify the > particularly troublesome spots where your application is slowing down. Once > you find them you can often do some optimizations to improve performance > even on less desirable hardware specifications. > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> > To: "users@flex.apache.org" <users@flex.apache.org> > Sent: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 6:52 PM > Subject: Re: Android tablet performance recommendations > > Ross, > > The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" might be a good bet [1] > > Of course, if you can get a hold of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 or Note 2 that > might work too. They still work great with my Apache Flex apps. > > Thanks, > Om > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHJRYYS/ref=fs_ta > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > Have you run the profiler to see if you can speed up your app? > > > > On 3/4/14 12:44 PM, "Ross Taylor" <ross.taylo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced Android tablet for running an > > >application built using Apache Flex 4.11? > > > > > >Is there a set of specifications that we can check before buying a > > >tablet to determine if it will run Adobe Air and therefore our > > >application? > > > > > >We have a trial running in the field where we are able to control > > >which tablets are used to run our application so we would like to > > >select a tablet that would give the best possible performance. > > > > > >Unfortunately, we were initially supplied with Samsung Galaxy 3 10.1 > > >tablets and we are running into significant performance problems. I > > >saw this message on the list: > > > > > > > > > http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/AIR-on-Android-x86-ba > > >sed-devices-td31724.html > > > > > >and it made sense of why our performance is so poor. > > > > > >We've tried running our app on a Sumvision Cylone Voyager and a > > >Ubislate Aakash and got very decent performance, but unfortunately the > > >screen resolutions are rather low on both devices. Perhaps that helps > > >the performance, but our app requires a higher resolution for the user > > >interface to work effectively. > > > > > >So we're looking for a device that will run our Apache Flex > > >application at good performance speed with a good resolution (say > > >minimum 1024 height) so I think the tablet needs to be bigger than 7". > > > > > >Any recommendations? > > > > > >Many thanks, > > > > > >Ross > > > > >
