Update on Android and OpenGL in Froyo

[J. Landman Gay]

Just a heads-up to those developing for Android. I've been trying to 
solve an issue on my 2.2.1 tablet for some time. When I set dynamic 
rendering to use OpenGL, my app launches to a black screen and hangs 
indefinitely. It is always repeatable.

I'm grateful to Ralph DiMola who offered to help test. He's running 
Android 2.2.1 on his phone, and had exactly the same result, so it looks 
like a problem with Froyo. Several people had run my app with no 
problems, but everyone else was on 2.3 or 3.x. I'll let RR know so they 
can work on a fix.

In the mean time, if you are developing for Android and using the new 
rendering features, be aware that if you set rendering to use OpenGL it 
may fail on devices running Froyo 2.2.1 (and maybe below.) Software 
rendering works fine, though a bit slower, so a work-around is to check 
the system version and if it's below 2.3, use software rendering.

The last I heard, about 30% of the Android population was still on 
Froyo, so failure in a released app could have repercussions. It would 
be best to use the work-around if you need to release soon.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com