The window manager creates surfaces for the application, and applications
draw directly into those surfaces without going through the window manager.

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Videoguy <puri_mall...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I understand Windows manager is a separate service in the android
> framework. I am wondering whether Window manager is like X Server or
> not.
> Lets say I have an activity with many views in it.
> When an activity changes screen (i.e paint screen), Does it directly
> draw on the drawing surface or request Window manager to draw on the
> activity's behalf?
>
> Thanks
> Videoguy
>
> >
>


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