{"id":520,"date":"2013-10-01T11:40:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T09:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/?p=520"},"modified":"2014-01-09T20:45:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T19:45:47","slug":"android-renderscript-support-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.ansuz.nl\/index.php\/2013\/10\/01\/android-renderscript-support-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Android RenderScript support library"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I wrote about RenderScript and the lack of a support library<\/a>. Now Google has released the support library for RenderScript<\/a>, making it a lot more accessible for a lot of developers.
\nUsage is really simple, just import the correct classes:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t< View plain text<\/span> ><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t
java<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t
\n\t\t
  1. import<\/span> android.support.v8.renderscript.*<\/span>;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

    And target Android API 18 when building:<\/p>\n

    \n\n\t\t
    \n\n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t< View plain text<\/span> ><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t
    code<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t
    \n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t
    \n\t\t
    1. renderscript.target=18<\/div><\/li>\n
    2. renderscript.support.mode=true<\/div><\/li>\n
    3. sdk.buildtools=18.1.0<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

      There are unfortunately some limitations, but nothing that’s a real show-stopper.<\/p>\n

      “Allocation.USAGE_IO_INPUT and Allocation.USAGE_IO_OUTPUT are not currently available in the RenderScript Support Library.”<\/p>\n

      “Devices running Android 4.2 and earlier will always run their RenderScript applications on the CPU, while devices running Android 4.3 or later will run their RenderScript applications on whatever processors are available on that particular device.”<\/p>\n

      “Support Library versions have to be precompiled to support all possible platforms, there is a performance hit when running the precompiled scripts compared to runtime compilation on Android 4.3.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      Read the full details in Google’s blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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