[SailfishDevel] Upcoming behavioural change with how graphics resources are handled.

Gunnar Sletta gunnar at sletta.org
Thu Oct 2 07:44:44 UTC 2014


On 02 Oct 2014, at 08:56, Iosif Hamlatzis <i.hamlatzis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reading all these and previous similar changes I was wondering why other mobile platforms don't have this issue? If I'm not mistaken in no other mobile platform the developer has to take into account if his/her application goes into the background.
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This is true. On most other mobile platforms the application will be deactivated, then suspended, then killed. On Sailfish OS, because it is a true multitasking environment, the application stays fully alive. What we're trying to do is to release as much of the application as possible behind the application's back. The only affected case is when the QML application relies on OpenGL resources being retained between hide and show.

cheers,
Gunnar

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