Using SKIA library instead of Android Canvas

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user1985973 picture user1985973 · May 23, 2013 · Viewed 9.8k times · Source

While I am researching about 2D rendering pipeline of android, I came to know a graphic library SKIA written in C++.

But I am not sure it can be used instead of android Canvas.

Can it be used as a replacement of the Canvas?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer

Jachu picture Jachu · May 23, 2013

You can find information here: Using Skia in Android NDK

All UI animation performed by Android are implementing using SKIA, but is very inefficient for huge graphical stuff since it does not use the graphic hardware available on the phone.

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