Using RenderScript

RenderScript is a language, API, and runtime used to write high-performance code on Android. Introduced in Android 3.0, RenderScript includes both graphics APIs and computing APIs similar to CUDA or OpenCL. It is architecture-independent, so there is no need to customize your code for different CPU or GPU processors. RenderScript optimizes your running code by selecting the appropriate processor and number of cores at runtime. As a fallback, RenderScript will run all operations on the CPU if the appropriate GPU is unavailable. This section covers the basics of using RenderScript with a simple example.