You lost me at "unref". What do you mean by that? Are you sure you're saving memory this way, and is it necessary? I don't think the VideoView itself is terribly heavy, but the MediaPlayer behind it might be more of a concern, when it's active.
Doug On Mar 2, 8:28 pm, Anm <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a video view embedded in a somewhat complex UI. As part of the > look, the container of the videoview tends to animate in and out from > the sides (but the video isn't visible during the animation). To save > some memory when the video container isn't visible, I'm trying to > unref that subtree of the view hierarchy. > > Attempt #1: > Unref the entire subtree and inflate later when I need it. > VideoView works fine the first time, but after I unref and re-inflate > it fails to ever call the onPrepare() listener to trigger well timed > playback. > > Attempt #2: > Preserve the VideoView between unrefs, manually adding adding it after > each inflate and remove it from its parent before unrefing the subtree > of view surrounding it. > Works the first time, but will only render a black screen after I add > the view back on the second pass. > > Suggestions on how to fix either problem, or alternatives? > > (Let me preempt comments on using Activities. The basic Activity > structure didn't fit the design, and I've heard horror stories about > ActivityGroups, so we didn't do that at first. By and large it what > we have works. Even if ActivityGroups are the right solution, I need a > quicker fix in the short term.) -- 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
