Skydemon became very slow on my android device

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Skydemon became very slow on my android device

Skydemon became very slow on my android device

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ckurz7000	ckurz7000 posted 9/27/2016 7:09:58 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 538, Visits: 2.2K	Wow, I am just really, really happy that I am running SD on my iPad. Never had any problems to speak of. -- Chris.
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MikeTwoOne	MikeTwoOne posted 9/28/2016 7:40:21 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 147, Visits: 2.1K	+x fruitloops101 - 9/26/2016 4:26:50 PM selected "force GPU rendering" under developer options/hardware accelerated rendering. Now the tablet and SD runs very smoothly indeed. For anyone wishing to do this there are step by step guides easily available on the web. I use a standard Android version (the one shipped by the manufacturer) and I've remembered that some month ago, I've also forced GPU rendering on my Nexus 7 (2013) and that the results were very positive. This is an option everyone should have access to (whatever the ROM) and that should be tried. M
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 9/28/2016 10:12:07 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 7.8K, Visits: 8.5K	If anybody has an Android device on which SkyDemon has recently slowed down (since the 3.6.2 version) so much as to be unusable, you are welcome to lend us the device if you're happy for us to try to debug the problem. Meanwhile we will continue trying to see what might be the problem here, but it's difficult because so few devices appear to be affected and we're unable to reproduce the problem here.
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Tony N	Tony N posted 10/1/2016 11:07:27 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 326, Visits: 2.3K	+x Tim Dawson - 9/28/2016 10:12:07 AM If anybody has an Android device on which SkyDemon has recently slowed down (since the 3.6.2 version) so much as to be unusable, you are welcome to lend us the device if you're happy for us to try to debug the problem. Meanwhile we will continue trying to see what might be the problem here, but it's difficult because so few devices appear to be affected and we're unable to reproduce the problem here. I was going to lend you my Nexus 7 (Android 5.1.1) but SD 3.6.5.26060 appears to run okay (on the ground). No obvious slow performance issues. However my primary SD device is my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S3) and that does exhibit the problem. As it is also my mobile phone I can't lend it to you but wondered if I can test various test releases of SD software on it to try and help you pin down the issue? You obviously know what changes have been made between 3.6.2 and 3.6.3 so perhaps you can create "test versions" to tests the various code changes? Tony
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 10/3/2016 11:45:05 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 7.8K, Visits: 8.5K	That is something we may need to resort to, but it's undesirable as we could be producing a great deal of releases trying to narrow down the problem. Also, you will not be able to see debug output. We will probably end up buying a device so we can try and reproduce it ourselves, but we want to be sure the device we buy will demonstrate the problem before we do that.
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Tony N	Tony N posted 10/4/2016 7:27:46 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 326, Visits: 2.3K	Understand. Well my device, as mentioned, is a standard Samsung S3 Galaxy. Probably nearly 3 years old now. Yes, I know that is old now........ I think other users with similar performance issues are using other devices. Tony
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 10/4/2016 10:22:09 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 7.8K, Visits: 8.5K	I have just posted a beta version on our beta page. I'd appreciate it if you could install it and let me know whether there is any change. Thanks!
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Nazze	N Nazze posted 1/2/2017 12:27:56 PM Post Details Share Post
N Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 2	+x Tim Dawson - 10/4/2016 10:22:09 AM I have just posted a beta version on our beta page. I'd appreciate it if you could install it and let me know whether there is any change. Thanks! Hi all, First of all: I really love SkyDemon. A lot of useful features for proper VFR flight planning. Great job! ‌However, I just ‌‌bought an Android Tablet Z3 Compact and realized 3 issues. One of them is that loading embedded charts take really some time. 25 seconds for an arrival chart is really long. I am not sure if this normal or also the beforementioned topic that the Android app became very slow. I created a video for this (below). I have also realized that I see issue #1 and #2 is also existing on Samsung Galaxy S7. I tried to use the latest beta 3.7.1xx, but it crashes after a couple of seconds. Version: 3.7.0.27593 Hardware: ‌Sony Z3 Compact Tablet ‌‌ Issue #1: Embedded Charts loading takes very long time (EDDL Arrival Chart takes 25 seconds!) ~~Issue #2: Map jumps around when zooming. In the video, I have zoomed Wuppertal, but suddenly the map moves to the left to Düsseldorf Wolfsaap. Very nasty in flight.~~ (I found out that it always zooms into the center of the map. That's why I thought it was jumping. So forget about #2 as an issue. Although it is not very convenient, but I will get used to it). Issue #3: Strange Approach Charts (here: EDDL DFS Approach Chart). But this happens very seldomly. My question: Is this a temporary topic? Reason for asking: I might want to send the device back to amazon and get myself an ipad mini instead, if these performance issues don't show up on Apple devices. ‌‌ Kind regards and a happy new year, Nazze Edited 1/2/2017 12:27:56 PM by Nazze
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efrenken	efrenken posted 1/2/2017 10:48:09 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 265, Visits: 3.5K	Nazze, My recommendation: Send the tablet back and get an iPad. I enjoy flying with iPad and SD now in my 3rd or 4th year and never had any problems. Eric
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macht_rebel	macht_rebel posted 1/3/2017 7:34:51 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 18, Visits: 37	+x[quote] Nazze - 1/2/2017 12:27:56 PM ‌Hi Nazze, ‌ I fully agree with Eric. It is fast and reliable. ‌ ‌Best, Marc
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