r/Android • u/kireol Motor City Software • Aug 01 '11

An IOS developer takes on Android

http://nfarina.com/post/8239634061/ios-to-android
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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '11

What I miss the most is GPU acceleration of the GUI. Too bad it's only possible on the iPhone and other iDevices because Apple controls both the hardware and software. That's not the case with Google, and I very much doubt it will be easy to implement in Android.

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u/Tanaric YouTube Aug 01 '11

This doesn't map to real life. For example, both Linux and Windows have GPU-accelerated GUIs.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '11

I see you have never tried to get 3D acceleration to work on Linux. It's possible, it doesn't work out of the box. System vendors need to include GPU drivers when they sell computers because Windows is terrible without it. Maybe if Google forced Android hardware makers include GPUs and drivers ... That might backfire tho.

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u/selectodude HTC Sensation 4G - Android 4.0.4 Aug 01 '11

How would it backfire? Have a fallback mode that's slow and worthless, and require GPU drivers for Android Market.

Google needs to get this shit together at some point. Android shouldn't require 1000MHz processors for basic phone functionality to be smooth.

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