SurfaceHolder.setType is deprecated… But required?

Question

void android.view.SurfaceHolder.setType(int type)

public abstract void setType (int type) Since: API Level 1

This method is deprecat

Answer 1

The trick is in knowing when it was deprecated, which is kind of hard to determine from my experience. The documentation is always current for the latest API available, but you are probably not running this app on the latest API, if I had to guess. So you still have to use this method (typically with PUSH_BUFFERS) to make it work on older platforms.

EDIT: it was deprecated in Android 3.0, which the docs now reflect.
So we can use it like following:

if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB)
    getHolder().setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);