[android-developers] Re: Different Font Size on a Button

May be we should start a new thread on this, but if you have already
started on it, I would like to request the inclusion of another topic
where Android "should excel but does not", which is the area of
optimization.

Unlike in big server apps and utilities development, where robustness
and production efficiency is paramount, I find Android development to
be very sensitive to the burden on performance. While large
"Automatic" optimizers like Soot (there is an Eclipse plugin) may be
good for larger apps, they cannot fix inefficiencies in basic
structure, thus is not quite suitable for smaller Android apps. And
there seems to be so little info and tools available for considering/
designing framework, or basic flow, for an Android app.

If there is a collection of reference and comparisons on class/method
cost, (even a simple, but easy to use, list of execution cycles) or a
tool to let us compare them for different approaches for a task, it
would be a great help. Tricks to improve efficiency is a serious
matter for Android, and it could be enjoyable to read about hidden, or
not-talked-about-often "Gotcha's" in performance burden of seemingly
simple class/methods.

If we take 1000 Android app codes, what would be the chance of seeing
the use of Short variable, for example. Ten?.....even..... one? I
don't even know if it is faster or slower than Long (and by how much)
on a typical smart phone!

>
> Well, in that area, I do have a partial chapter on rich text,
> including all this Spanned stuff, in one of my books. That chapter is
> due to be fleshed out shortly, now that my RichEditText widget is
> almost vaguely working.
>
> And, suffice it to say I have lots more dusty (and, occasionally,
> dark) corners to write about.
>
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>
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