Thanks Dianne - haven't come across the profiler yet, but I'm sure I can find lots of info on it.
On Nov 18, 5:55 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > If your app is in the foreground, it isn't put down in priority. If it is > in the background (not visible to the user) it is, and you would not be able > to run much because there is something in the foreground that wants to run > and we strongly prefer that so your background app can't impact UI > responsiveness. > > I would suggest running the profiler on your app to see what it is doing. > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Neilz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all. Not sure how appropriate the title is, but here goes... > > > I have an app which within the main Activity a SensorListener is > > setup. The listener detects changes from the accelerometer and sends > > updates to various child views, which update the display. > > > When the app first start up, it's great - the graphics are smooth and > > the sensor notifications are immediately reflected in the views. Then > > after a few minutes it starts to stutter, making the display very > > jerky - and for the purpose of this app quite unusable. I've done some > > logging and the sensor updates are still being passed, but they start > > stacking up and all get sent in batches. > > > It's like the system has put this app down the priority list after > > it's been running a while. I've added some garbage collecting but it > > only seemed to help a little. What could be happening here? How can I > > try and keep this app at the top of the priority list? > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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

