Renderscript via the support library

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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?

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '13 at 16:54

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Its not yet production quality.

answered Feb 14 '13 at 16:54

R. Jason Sams

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Thank you, didn't expect a response by an actual Googler. I'll keep an eye out for when it's finally released. – Delyan Feb 14 '13 at 20:10
Are there any sample working Renderscript implementations that use the v8 code? – pqn Jul 22 '13 at 01:54

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '13 at 18:42

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.

zeh · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-27T22:25:29.543

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

edited Sep 27 '13 at 22:25

answered Sep 27 '13 at 13:22

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True, thanks for updating the answers. Mandatory I/O talk - https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/331954522 – Delyan Sep 27 '13 at 19:56
Pick support v8 from "sdk\build-tools\APILEVEL\renderscript\lib\renderscript-v8.jar" where api level is above 18 – Akhil Dad May 05 '15 at 12:08

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 08 '14 at 06:19

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.

Pick support v8 from "sdk\build-tools\APILEVEL\renderscript\lib\renderscript-v8.jar" where api level is above 18 — Akhil Dad, May 05 '15 at 12:08

Renderscript via the support library

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