Why do this on the device - make it a web service and send the bits of
data to the service where you have gobs of RAM and CPU to do the
calculations.

Larry

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well your on a phone, so 40 megs might be unpleasant to deal with.
> Can you use a DB and process the data into a DB table?
>
> - Brill Pappin
>
>
> On Tuesday, 6 November 2012 09:13:16 UTC-5, Diddum wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm trying to port an old c/c++ program of mine to the Java/Android world
>> and I need a few general suggestions.
>>
>> My app has a static array (say 2Mbytes) which on
>> start has to be preprocessed to build a working array
>> of about 40Mbytes.
>>
>> The app has just two text field (one for input, one for output)
>> and a start/stop button(s).
>>
>> The user enters something in the input field, press Start and
>> the app perform an intensive computation on the large array
>> and produces an output.
>>
>> If the computation takes too long, the user can press Stop
>> and start again.
>>
>> Which is the best way to structure this kind of app in Java for Android?
>>
>> Should I use an Activity for data preprocessing and graphic interface and
>> a Service for computation (to which I must pass a reference to the large
>> data structure) ?
>>
>> I just need some general advice.
>> (If this is not the right group for this kind of question,
>> please suggest me where to ask.)
>> Thanks,
>> Giovanni
>>
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