> On some devices that is going to be way over budget. The 8mp example is the max case. I don't expect low-end devices to have an 8mp camera. So let me try again, about 64MB of extra space in native on a phone that has 512MB of RAM, is that reasonable? I am just trying to find a right balance here to take advantage of the memory when it is available. Also note that such memory use would be for periods where an image is loaded and edited, so it is not allocated all the time.
On Jun 9, 12:30 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:17 PM, webmonkey <webmonke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > No, as I said, your app will eventually be silently killed. > > OK, but not if you are a foreground app, wouldn't be very silent ;-) > > It is silent as far as you are concerned -- no warning, no way to recover, > just *poof*. > > > I am talking sane for a mobile environment, and I already mmap > > everything I can. Let's say an absolute max of 2 full 8mp images, so > > about 64MB of extra space in native, is that reasonable for a > > foreground app? Keeping in mind that it is the user's choice to do > > this (just like he would play a high performance game) > > On some devices that is going to be way over budget. The amount of RAM in > Android devices (at least high-end ones) has been growing quickly, but there > is a wide variety across them. The numbers defined in the platform have > been fairly conservative to ensure good working behavior and performance > across all devices. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 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
