Android.mk - Introjucer performance suggestion

Android
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Hi Jules!

A suggestion to you - put this in the Android.mk file generated by the Introjucer, to boost the performance of your generated code!

#Turn-off thumb mode, generate 32-bit code instead!
#This gives a huge performance boost!
LOCAL_ARM_MODE := arm

EDIT: Please also see this build crash for Android: http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11712

Hoping this helps!

Best wishes,

Pete

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Hi,

sounds interesting. are there any drawbacks enabling this? or min 'droid versions that should be used with this.

thanks,

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Tested this flag on my app on a Galaxy S1 and minSdkVersion set to 8, no apparent drawbacks.

I’ll test with a newer device asap to see if there’s a difference in performance.

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excellent. I’ll give it a go on my devices here next time i make builds. If i find anything, i’ll report.

FWIW, im dropping API < 11 now (ie drop 2.3.X gingerbread). The old devices are slow and people just complain anyhow :slight_smile:

thanks,

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Tested with a Hero 9300 with different minSdkVersion values, no noticable changes in performance here (at least it didn’t solve the app-breaking lag I have when calling the repaint function :frowning: )

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Well, seems like I should add it by default. But if anyone spots any issues with it, let me know!

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This doesn’t help that much compared to the HUGE fix coming from here: http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=9839

This enhance a Juce android app (even without openGL) from 3 fps to 60. :slight_smile: (it works with a minimal API of 11. Just use the hardwareAccelerated=“false” tag, it’s magic :slight_smile: )

(edit: fwiw my struggle started here: http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10553&p=65945#p64158)

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This doesn’t help that much compared to the HUGE fix coming from here: http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=9839

This enhance a Juce android app (even without openGL) from 3 fps to 60. :slight_smile: (it works with a minimal API of 11. Just use the hardwareAccelerated=“false” tag, it’s magic :slight_smile: )

(edit: fwiw my struggle started here: http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10553&p=65945#p64158)[/quote]

Sure, but that fix has already been in the introjucer for a long time now, right?

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I’m not totally sure since I was using android api 8, and this does work only for api 11 and later.