Before 1.6 I forced GC at times when it would not impact the user experience. I did this because I noticed bigger dumps happening infrequently, sometimes at times that were not so cool, like during a redraw. It was sort of a preemptive dump. (ie: my app eases to a stop when the background is scolled/flinged - so I would force the dump after the easing stopped).
Since 1.6 - Logcat reports more frequent GC - but with much smaller amounts of memory. This sort of threw off my scheduling trick - but for whatever reason the overall experience seems better, so it goes. I am guessing from this thread that there is more going on here so my assumptions may be wrong. At any rate - I am happy things are running better. Thanks for the improvement! Jason Van Anden http://www.bubblebeats.com On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, I don't know about GC optimizations, but background threads now get > placed in a scheduling class that together can't use more than 5-10% of the > CPU; this helps a lot in keeping the foreground responsive. > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM, CraigsRace <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> My games run smoother too. 1.6 is a great improvement! >> >> I seem to remember talk of background processes getting a lower >> priority in 1.6, which might also be helping. >> >> >> On Oct 19, 7:33 am, Nikolay Ananiev <[email protected]> wrote: >> > My game's animations are way more smoother in Android 1.6. Google did a >> > great job optimizing 1.6 >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Jason Van Anden >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > > I am unsure if this is something I am noticing because my app is >> released >> > > or not, but it seems to me that 1.6 GC's smaller amounts a lot more >> > > frequently. It seems to make for a lot less stuttering when graphics >> are >> > > drawn. (Then again, maybe I changed something in my code). >> > >> > > Curious ... anyone else notice this? >> > >> > > Jason Van Anden >> > >http://www.bubblebeats.com >> >> > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
