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Why was RSSurfaceView class deprecated so fast?

RSSurfaceView class was created in API 15 but deprecated and hidden in API 16, why deprecated so fast?

Solution

  • The feedback we got from internal and external app developers was that they preferred to use OpenGL directly because of familiarity & portability either through our Java bindings or NDK.

    (from this Android Developers discussion thread)