Renderscript via the support library

Question

Seems to me that android has an android.support.v8 package that contains Renderscript support. The thing is, this doesn't seem documented anywhere - the support library docs don't say anything about a v8 package, just v4 and v13.

Is that package supported on all devices with API level 8 and above and can it be safely used in production?

Answer 1

PSA for Googlers: RenderScript is now part of the Android Support Library. You can use it on Android 2.2+.

Answer 2

Its not yet production quality.

Answer 3

My Android tools contain the files:

./build-tools/18.1.0/renderscript/lib/renderscript-v8.jar
./build-tools/18.1.1/renderscript/lib/renderscript-v8.jar

Putting them in the libs/ directory of your project will result in a working build in Eclipse and with ant.

Answer 4

I have eclipse, android sdk tools 22.6.3, android platform tools 19.0.1 and I set both of these projects API 19 android 4.4.2.

I was able to compile and run hellocompute(from the samples of android 19) and wants to change it to android support v8 things.

following steps works for me:

1.set android build target to 4.4.2 api 19.

2.add "rendersrcipt-v8.jar" to libraries in android build path

3.in project.properties set things like

"target=android-19
 renderscript.target=19
 renderscript.support.mode=true
 sdk.buildtools=19.0.3"

4.Comment out the following import lines:

import android.renderscript.RenderScript;
import android.renderscript.Allocation;

and import

import android.support.v8.renderscript.*;

5.clean the project and rebuild.