Android: Deciding between SurfaceView and OpenGL (GLSurfaceView)

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All I can say is that it depends on how many sprites you’re gonna use. Chris Pruett from Google has also documented this part very well.

Google I/O 2009 and Google I/O 2010.

Below is a picture from one of his slides that are related to your topic:
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With that knowledge, you should go with OpenGL using the draw_texture extension. Remember to query out the string and check if draw_texture is supported on the actual device.

For further information that are related to game development in general, see this.

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