All the ones I've used pause the game. It may be up to the coder and the sample I have used is just a small sample (about 15 games), and I can see that with games allowing timers to continue counting down or enemies to attack you whilst you are using the menu bar would frustrate the user, so it may have been a the coders choice.
Al. -----Original Message----- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-develop...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sena Gbeckor-Kove Sent: 27 March 2009 10:19 To: android-developers@googlegroups.com Subject: [android-developers] Re: Anything on Android that can do smooth scrolling? 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
