Hi Xing, I'm not sure how to find the APK for this specific version, can you please direct me to a link for that.
Also, why you need me to test this version of Chrome? Thanks Dan On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 4:12 AM, Xu, Xing <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you try chrome for android with version number 42.0.2311.135? > > > > Regards, > > Xing > > > > *From:* Dan Green [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:06 PM > > *To:* Bnaya Peretz > *Cc:* Xu, Xing; Balestrieri, Francesco; > [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Crosswalk-help] GPU rastar and performance issues on > Crosswalk > > > > Thank you Banya for the information. > > > > Xing, is this indeed the situation? is it possible to workaround it? > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Bnaya Peretz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think that the problem might be that the activity onCreate is executed > after crosswalk is loaded and you can'tchange ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW after > the webview already created > > you need to set it in the plugin level. > > > > its looks like you can set it to true the plugin/config.xml adding <preference > name="CrosswalkAnimatable" value="true" /> > > > https://github.com/crosswalk-project/cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview/blob/master/src/android/XWalkCordovaView.java#L34-L39 > > The problem is that it can only set to true in that method and not false > with the current code and if the default is true you can't set it that way. > > I would recommended to edit the XWalkCordovaView.java in our plugin code > and hardcode it to false to check if its solves the problem. > > if its solves the problem we should PR the plugjn to make it able to set > ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW > also to false > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Dan Green <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The printed value is false. > > > > Dan > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Xu, Xing <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can you add the following line after super.init(); > > boolean animatable = > XWalkPreferences.getValue(XWalkPreferences.ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW) > > and print the value of animatable? > > > > > > Regards, > > Xing > > > > *From:* Dan Green [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2015 4:39 PM > *To:* Bnaya Peretz > *Cc:* Xu, Xing; Balestrieri, Francesco; > [email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: [Crosswalk-help] GPU rastar and performance issues on > Crosswalk > > > > Thank you Xing. > > > > I tried what you have suggested on Galaxy S2 and it doesn't work for me > (i.e. GPU raster is off). > > > > Here is the Java code snippets: > > > > public class MyActivity extends CordovaActivity { > > > > @Override > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){ > > XWalkPreferences.setValue(XWalkPreferences.ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW, > false); > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > super.init(); > > super.loadUrl(Config.getStartUrl()); > > } > > } > > > > I used crosswalk-cordova-13.42.319.11-arm. I also try to reorder > XWalkPreferences.setValue or to remove super.init() but I got the same > result. Am I doing it wrong? Please advise. > > > > Bnaya, I don't know if Chromium dev workaround the problem, but Galaxy S2 > works with GPU raster and I didn't notice any issue. However, in Crosswalk > < 15 GPU raster is off (and we get much worse performance). > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Bnaya Peretz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some samsung devices have drives issues that (i think) broke GPU > rasterisation and was blacklisted. now they will also support GPU > rasterisation? > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:34 AM, Xu, Xing <[email protected]> wrote: > > The difference is in crosswalk 15(version since 12 days ago), we set > ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW to false. Before this ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW is true. > > > > For crosswalk 15, if you tried version generated after > https://github.com/crosswalk-project/crosswalk/pull/3089 merged(12 days > ago), ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW will be false and gpu raster will behave as > chrome for android. > > > > For version before crosswalk 15(version since 12 days ago), you have to > manually add > "XWalkPreferences.setValue(XWalkPreferences.ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW, false);" > before new XWalkView. Otherwise gpu raster will be totally disabled. > > > > > > Regards, > > Xing > > > > *From:* Crosswalk-help [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dan > Green > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:49 PM > *To:* Balestrieri, Francesco > *Cc:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: [Crosswalk-help] GPU rastar and performance issues on > Crosswalk > > > > Thank you Xing for your answer. > > > > We use Cordova as a wrapper and Crosswalk as the runtime library for our > app. We don't use specific Crosswalk code or do any special customization, > so I'm not aware to ANIMATABLE_XWALK_VIEW and I may need to read about it > a little bit more. > > > > Anyway, here is the situation: > > > > 1. We use "clean" Crosswalk, no tweaks and no Java code involved. > > > > 2. On devices such as Galaxy S2 GPU rasterizaiton is off on Crosswalk and > CSS animations are very laggy. > > > > 3. On devices such as Galaxy S2 GPU rasterizaiton is turned-on on Chrome > and CSS animations are much better. > > > > 4. According to my last check from today, when using Crosswalk 15 > (crosswalk-cordova-15.44.366.0-arm) > on Galaxy S2 GPU rasterizaiton is turned-on on Crosswalk and CSS > animations are much better. Our code wasn't changed for that of course. > > > > What is the difference between Crosswalk < 13 to Crosswalk 15? I need to > check also what happen in Crosswalk 14. > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Dan Green <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I tested Crosswalk crosswalk-cordova-15.44.366.0-arm on LG G3, Galaxy S2 > and Nexus 10, here are the results: > > > > LG G3 (Android 5.0): when using Chrome remote debugging I was unable to > check FPS or* '*Enable continuous page repainting', since when these are > opened, the performance drops significantly (e.g. from ~60 to ~20 FPS). > This is true for all devices. Overall, performance looks similar, maybe > slightly worse but I can tell exactly because the debugging tools are not > working properly. > > > > Galaxy S2 (Android 4.2, CyanogenMod): when I opened the app, after the > splash screen, I got a screen with a solid color of the HTML background > color and then black screen after few seconds. After few times I tried to > reopen it, the app was loaded normally. Again I couldn't measure it exactly > because of the problem with the debugging tools, but the FPS might be now > slightly better (the game runs with 50-60 FPS). The good news is that CSS > animations looks much better and indeed raster is now on! *Did you fix > this in Crosswalk 14?* > > > > Nexus 10 (Android 5.1): works even worse. FPS dropped from 4 FPS in > Crosswalk 13 to about 0.5 FPS :) (previously to Crosswalk 13 it was ~60 > FPS). CSS animations are very leggy (but the problem in CSS happens in > Chrome too). Crosswalk for this device seems to be completely broken. > > > > Overall, this is a Canary build and it's unstable so it's hard to judge > about the issues above. I couldn't determine if the performance bug ( > https://www.scirra.com/forum/crosswalk-performance-mega-thread_t125842) is > fixed - I'll try to check it also on Galaxy S3. > > > > Side note: upgrading to Crosswalk 15, I needed to change the code of the > class that inherits from CordovaActivity to override onXWalkReady(). This > change in the API is annoying since now we need to toggle the source code > each time we are testing different Crosswalk version. > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Dan Green <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ok. I'm not sure if it's possible, but adding the capability, when the > APK is built by users, to selectively drop features (i.e. modular > Crosswalk) will practically integrate Lite to the main branch. > > > > Nevertheless, the main concerns about currently using Crosswalk Lite are: > > 1) Is it consider to be stable as the regular release? > > 2) How often is it going to be re-based and applied with important fixes? > (current release is based on CW 10) > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Balestrieri, Francesco < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > "Do you mean why it wasn’t promoted to the stable channel? " - No, I > meant, if it's indeed stable to use for production, > > > why Crosswalk lite releases are still separated from the regular > releases. It would be great to have the option to remove some > > > unused features and have smaller APK/consume less memory. > > > > Oh, sorry, I had missed the “lite” part in your original question. Merging > Lite to master would mean dropping a lot of features, so Lite will always > be a separate release. > > > > Francesco > > > > *From: *Dan Green <[email protected]> > *Date: *Monday 22 June 2015 14:37 > > > *To: *Francesco Balestrieri <[email protected]> > *Cc: *"[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [Crosswalk-help] GPU rastar and performance issues on > Crosswalk > > > > "Do you mean why it wasn’t promoted to the stable channel? " - No, I > meant, if it's indeed stable to use for production, why Crosswalk lite > releases are still separated from the regular releases. It would be great > to have the option to remove some unused features and have smaller > APK/consume less memory. > > > > We are not sure yet if we are going to use Crosswalk lite (for the > concerns mentioned above), but it seems mostly wanted to have the fix for > Crosswalk 15 (assuming it indeed fix the performance issue) ported to > Crosswalk 14/ Crosswalk 14 Lite. > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Balestrieri, Francesco < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > is the version with the fix is already available in the downloads? > > > > Yes, it is available since 15.44.365.0 > > > > > Also, we understand that Crosswalk 14 lite is about to be released soon > and we are considering using it (mainly for performance reasons, > > > e.g. hopefully quicker startup time, memory usage etc.) . Is it consider > to be stable enough for production apps? If so, why isn't merged to > > > the main branch? > > > > Do you mean why it wasn’t promoted to the stable channel? We had a few > bugs and are waiting for the latest QA results before promotion. > > > > > Also, are you considering to port the aforementioned fix for Crosswalk > 15 to Crosswalk 14 lite? > > > > We haven’t discussed this yet, it sounds like you would want it? > > > > Francesco > > > > *From: *Dan Green <[email protected]> > *Date: *Monday 22 June 2015 14:15 > *To: *Francesco Balestrieri <[email protected]> > *Cc: *"[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [Crosswalk-help] GPU rastar and performance issues on > Crosswalk > > > > Thank you Francesco for the very quick and informative response! > > > > We will test Crosswalk 15 for Nexus 10 and we'll update you as soon as we > done with that (is the version with the fix is already available in the > downloads?) > > > > We are looking forward to get any update about the GPU rasterization - as > I mentioned this is a huge performance hit and has a critical impact on > devices that it's turned off. > > > > Also, we understand that Crosswalk 14 lite is about to be released soon > and we are considering using it (mainly for performance reasons, e.g. > hopefully quicker startup time, memory usage etc.) . Is it consider to be > stable enough for production apps? If so, why isn't merged to the main > branch? Also, are you considering to port the aforementioned fix for > Crosswalk 15 to Crosswalk 14 lite? > > > > Thanks! > > Dan > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Balestrieri, Francesco < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I let someone else answer why GPU rasterization is turned off in Crosswalk > but not in Chrome (it shouldn’t, BTW). Regarding this: > > > > > Also, is there any improvement in regard to the subject in > https://www.scirra.com/forum/crosswalk-performance-mega-thread_t125842? > > > > You can follow the status here: > https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-3720 > > > > In short, after some back and forth there is a fix in Crosswalk 15 and it > will be backported to the other current releases after it’s been verified > to work. If you have any chance to try Crosswalk 15 and let us know how it > works for you, that would be very helpful. > > > > Regards, > > > > Francesco > > > > *From: *Dan Green <[email protected]> > *Date: *Monday 22 June 2015 13:05 > *To: *"[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *[Crosswalk-help] GPU rastar and performance issues on Crosswalk > > > > Hi, > > > > Thank you guys for your great work! > > > > It seems that setting GPU rastarization off is a big performance hit. In > Crosswalk 13 GPU rastar is disabled for some devices (e.g. Galaxy S2) but > for the same devices it's enabled in Chrome and seems to work OK. There is > a huge difference in performance (specifically, in painting time) when > setting GPU rastar on/off. See detailed explanation in > https://crosswalk-project.org/jira/browse/XWALK-3614 (my comment from > today). > > > > Just to extend on this a bit more, we see differences in performance > between Crosswalk and chrome (in favor to Chrome) in other places. For > example, we see on Nexus 10 (Android 5.1) that our game runs on 4FPS (!) > when using Crosswalk 13 and 50-60 FPS on Chrome 43. Up to Crosswalk 10 we > had similar FPS (is it related to > https://www.scirra.com/forum/crosswalk-performance-mega-thread_t125842?) > > > > The performance issue is currently the most painful and critical for us > (actually, it's also true for anyone I know that is using Crosswalk, or > anyone that intends to use it but doesn't because of performance concerns). > I would expect Crosswalk to have a performance at least as good as the > corresponding Chrome. > > > > Why GPU rastarization is set off (for some device) in Crosswalk 13 but is > enabled in Chrome and works fine? Also, is there any improvement in regard > to the subject in > https://www.scirra.com/forum/crosswalk-performance-mega-thread_t125842? > > > > Looking forward to get updates on this. > > > > Thanks! > > Dan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Intel Finland Oy > Registered Address: PL 281, 00181 Helsinki > Business Identity Code: 0357606 - 4 > Domiciled in Helsinki > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution > by others is strictly prohibited. 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