How does GLSurfaceView connect with surfaceflinger?

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Recently I am confused with GLSurfaceView. In java level, it use glsurfaceview and how it connect with surfaceflinger?

thanks james.

https://source.android.com/devices/graphics/architecture.html — fadden, Apr 12 '15 at 19:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '13 at 05:32

Using GLSurfaceView , you will draw into a EGLSurface which is created from A Surface. The surface ,inside of surfaceFlinger, is called SurfaceTexture with a BufferQueue . Therefore, SurfacFlinger still own that piece of memory the GLSurfaceView will be drawing to and thus could composite it.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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Have a look here. In brief:

The surface flinger is the compositor and handles drawing Surface instances.
A GLSurfaceView contains a Surface that can be drawn to using OpenGL ES.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:12

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How does GLSurfaceView connect with surfaceflinger?

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