android 的图形引擎 skia

简介¹

Google Android 使用 skia 作为其核心图形引擎。skia 也是 Google Chrome 的图形引擎。

Skia 图形渲染引擎最初由 Skia 公司开发，该公司于 2005 年被 Google 收购。

Skia 与 Openwave's (现在叫 Purple Labs)V7 vector graphics engine 非常 类似，它们都来自于 Mike Reed 的公司。

如果你正在做移动设备上的矢量图形或者图像渲染相关的工作，你应该 checkout skia 的源代码仔细研究下。

Skia is quite elegant in its simplicity and power, a great combination.

"By adding Skia engine to Chrome, Google can ensure good graphics performance on devices that don't have a graphics processing unit."⁵

Features⁴

skia 有大概 80,000 行代码，基于 C++ 开发，主要特点包括：

• Optimised software-based rasteriser (module sgl/);
• Optional GL-based acceleration of certain graphics operations including shader support and textures (module gl/);
• Animation capabilities (module animator/);
• Some built-in SVG support (module (svg/)
• Built-in image decoders: PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, WBMP, ICO (modules images/);
• Text capabilities (no built-in support for complex scripts);
• Some awareness