Android is perfectly capable of rendering onto 16 bits and 32 bits (or 24 bits if you prefer) displays. However, I don't know of any display in mobile phones that supports 24 bits. They're usually 16 or 18 bits.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:35 AM, fexpop<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > there's a discussion going on about the color depth on the Samsung > Galaxy. > > While it is advertised as having a 16 Million color display (24bpp) it > is only running at 16bpp: > > $ cat /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb0/bits_per_pixel > 16 > > Some say that it is a restriction of Android 1.5 itself which was only > capable of supporting up to 16bpp screens. Android would be down > sampling to 16bpp whatever the screen supports. > > I've searched the available documentation over and over and can't find > anything like that. > > As I see it Android 1.5 would indeed be capable of displaying 24bpp > images properly given that the screen is capable of and configured to > do so. > > Can anyone give an authoritative answer, please? > > Kind regards, Felix > > > > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
