From 164f74e38918ea01a5f631a7cf4d807d397c6a51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teng-Hui Zhu Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:54:43 -0800 Subject: Add support to minimize the WebView's memory consumption by default webkit change is c/148241 bug:5522175 Change-Id: I8562c39c55913ab89848afe8a36e8a2784c12727 --- src/com/android/browser/BrowserSettings.java | 7 +++++++ src/com/android/browser/WebViewProperties.java | 1 + 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/com/android') diff --git a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserSettings.java b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserSettings.java index e2a521a..0b8191a 100644 --- a/src/com/android/browser/BrowserSettings.java +++ b/src/com/android/browser/BrowserSettings.java @@ -301,6 +301,13 @@ public class BrowserSettings implements OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener, // enable smooth transition for better performance during panning or // zooming settings.setEnableSmoothTransition(true); + // WebView should be preserving the memory as much as possible. + // However, apps like browser wish to turn on the performance mode which + // would require more memory. + // TODO: We need to dynamically allocate/deallocate temporary memory for + // apps which are trying to use minimal memory. Currently, double + // buffering is always turned on, which is unnecessary. + settings.setProperty(WebViewProperties.gfxUseMinimalMemory, "false"); // disable content url access settings.setAllowContentAccess(false); diff --git a/src/com/android/browser/WebViewProperties.java b/src/com/android/browser/WebViewProperties.java index c410038..c662957 100644 --- a/src/com/android/browser/WebViewProperties.java +++ b/src/com/android/browser/WebViewProperties.java @@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ public interface WebViewProperties { static final String gfxInvertedScreen = "inverted"; static final String gfxInvertedScreenContrast = "inverted_contrast"; static final String gfxEnableCpuUploadPath = "enable_cpu_upload_path"; + static final String gfxUseMinimalMemory = "use_minimal_memory"; } -- cgit v1.1