GPU acceleration on vivoactive 5 and Forerunner 165

Hi,

does anybody know it the new Forerunner 165 and Vivoactive 5 is supposed to offer GPU accelerated graphics? Both watches use new oled GUI with transparency and color gradients, but call to dc.drawBitmapScaled ends with error due to not supported feature. When using icons in glance view, the glance looks strange as alpha channel of icon seems to be ignored at all. Does anybody know if this is simulator bug, or the watches itself do not support these GPU-related functions?

0 jim_m_58 over 1 year ago

All devices with CIQ 4 or above have a GPU, but not all devices support all the API functions.. Both the va5 and 165 are lower end devices. Use "has" to see if something is available. If you look at the API doc, you can also see what devices have it under "Supported Device". Here's the list for drawScaledBitmap:

Approach® S70 42mm
Approach® S70 47mm
D2™ Air X10
D2™ Mach 1
epix™ (Gen 2) / quatix® 7 Sapphire
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 42mm
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 47mm
epix™ Pro (Gen 2) 51mm / D2™ Mach 1 Pro / tactix® 7 – AMOLED Edition
fēnix® 7 / quatix® 7
fēnix® 7 Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)
fēnix® 7 Pro
fēnix® 7S Pro
fēnix® 7S
fēnix® 7X / tactix® 7 / quatix® 7X Solar / Enduro™ 2
fēnix® 7X Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)
fēnix® 7X Pro
Forerunner® 265
Forerunner® 265s
Forerunner® 955 / Solar
Forerunner® 965
MARQ® (Gen 2) Athlete / Adventurer / Captain / Golfer / Carbon Edition / Commander - Carbon Edition
MARQ® (Gen 2) Aviator
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2
Venu® 2S
Venu® 3
Venu® 3S