What are the pros vs. cons of using bitmaps vs. layers. I've tried both, and performance wise if there is a difference the profiler isn't revealing it or I'm not doing something right. Programming wise it seems a wash, so is there any other consideration that would make one preferable over the other? I think one thing is that bitmaps support anti-aliasing for draw functions (after a certain version) and layers do not? Is this correct? Is there another alternative that beats both of these?
Hi, for my understanding, is the black box below with "turn right arrow" a layer?
Thanks!
Hi,
I am using layers.
I have the view with the background layer, which renders the background image that never change.
On the top of it I have semi-transparent menu layer, that shows a menu.
When I am re-drawing the menu, it does not affect the background layer. In addition I can easily hide the menu by using layer's setVisible() method.
On both layers I am using the BufferedBitmap(s).
See the picture below:
Regards,
STeN
