Confused about PixelFormat

Question

I\'m confused about PixelFormat on Android.

My device is Motorola Defy.

I have two questions:

• On Android 2.3 getWindowManager().getDefaultDi

Answer 1

RGBA_8888 corresponds to 1 as can be seen in the annex below.

If you go to the code related to mPixelFormat you find the following.

// Following fields are initialized from native code
private int mPixelFormat;

That means that for some reason your device is being treated as RGB_565 due to an OS decision more than hardware capabilities. Actually, that makes me feel curious.

Interestingly enough descriptions of Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 don't feel to have too much in common. GN N7

public static final int RGBA_8888   = 1;
public static final int RGBX_8888   = 2;
public static final int RGB_888     = 3;
public static final int RGB_565     = 4;

@Deprecated
public static final int RGBA_5551   = 6;
@Deprecated
public static final int RGBA_4444   = 7;
public static final int A_8         = 8;
public static final int L_8         = 9;
@Deprecated
public static final int LA_88       = 0xA;
@Deprecated
public static final int RGB_332     = 0xB;