What exactly is the relationship between a Surface and Canvas.
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This post explain: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4576909/understanding-canvas-and-surface-concepts. – Derzu Feb 06 '12 at 14:04
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https://source.android.com/devices/graphics/architecture.html – fadden Aug 24 '15 at 15:39
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A surface is a buffer. A Canvas holds the drawing.
Views are not attached to the Canvas nor the Surface. The window is tied to a Surface and the ViewRoot asks the Surface for a Canvas that is then used by the Views to draw onto.
For a detailled anwser, you can read this whole discussion, really interesting.
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