Hi Al, Are you sure the PS3 pauses games to show its menu? I'm pretty sure this is up tot the coder.
S On 27 Mar 2009, at 10:44, Al Sutton wrote: > > And once again we get pointed back to the idea of pausing most (if > not all) > background apps to achieve a good user experience. > > Even the PS3 which has far better hardware than the G1 goes down > this route > as it pauses the game just to bring up an in-game menu. The only > thing it > ever tries to run in the background is the PlayTV system and that > comes with > a big warning about affecting game performance. > > Al. > > -----Original Message----- > From: android-developers@googlegroups.com > [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Romain Guy > Sent: 27 March 2009 09:38 > To: android-developers@googlegroups.com > Subject: [android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do > smooth > scrolling? > > > Yeah... none of them have background apps. > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> > wrote: >> >> Ahh so that's how the PSP, DS, and iPhone do it.... Hold up, that >> doesn't sound right... :). >> >> Al. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: android-developers@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Romain Guy >> Sent: 26 March 2009 22:12 >> To: android-developers@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do >> smooth scrolling? >> >> >> Have multiple cores :) >> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Stoyan Damov >> <stoyan.da...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> > wrote: >>>> >>>> Once again it has NOTHING to do with GC, it's just another app >>>> using >>>> the CPU. It could be for any reason, not just GC. >>>> >>>> I hope you get it now. >>>> >>> >>> Aaaaaaaah, @#$ me. I GET it now! >>> >>> Thanks Romain, and thanks again for patiently explaining this >>> several >> times! >>> >>> So, we're back then to square 1 - how do we make Android *appear* >>> that it runs an application exclusively. >>> That is, what's the best way to ensure great user experience for >>> demanding apps, such as games, without pausing all other processes. >>> >>> Any ideas besides the permission thing, anyone? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> Android framework engineer >> romain...@android.com >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them >> >> >> >> >>> >> > > > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > romain...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have > time to > provide private support. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
