Efficient 2D drawing in Android

Question

I have searched for quite a few hours and have not been able to find a concise definite andswer to my question. I have an application where I need to draw a sports field (includ

Answer 1

Is your sports field static or does is scroll over the screen? If it is static, you should consider to build it once and save it as an image which than will be redrawn each time. Another thing: The emulator is very slow in comparison with modern devices. You should check your performance at least on a G1 or later to verify the real performance.