Regular spikes in frame rendering time during continuous rendering using LeafRenderObjectWidget, RenderBox and a Ticker. The spikes happen even if nothing is actually drawn on the canvas.
Target Platform: Android
Target OS version/browser: Android 11 (also happens on Android 12)
Devices: OnePlus 6 (also happens on Samsung S21)
Logs
Logs
```
No issues found! (ran in 1.6s)
```
```
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.3.8, on Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600], locale en-GB)
• Flutter version 3.3.8 on channel stable at C:\Users\Admin\flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision 52b3dc25f6 (6 weeks ago), 2022-11-09 12:09:26 +0800
• Engine revision 857bd6b74c
• Dart version 2.18.4
• DevTools version 2.15.0
[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 32.0.0)
• Android SDK at C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
• Platform android-31, build-tools 32.0.0
• Java binary at: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin\java
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.13+0-b1751.21-8125866)
• All Android licenses accepted.
[√] Chrome - develop for the web
• Chrome at C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
[X] Visual Studio - develop for Windows
X Visual Studio not installed; this is necessary for Windows development.
Download at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.
Please install the "Desktop development with C++" workload, including all of its default components
[√] Android Studio (version 2021.3)
• Android Studio at C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.13+0-b1751.21-8125866)
[√] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2019.2)
• IntelliJ at C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2019.2.3
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
[√] Connected device (3 available)
• ONEPLUS A6003 (mobile) • 7d061cf2 • android-arm64 • Android 11 (API 30)
• Windows (desktop) • windows • windows-x64 • Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 108.0.5359.125
[√] HTTP Host Availability
• All required HTTP hosts are available
! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
```
Thanks for the report. I see same behavior upon running the code in --profile mode wherein, saw spikes in performance overlay as below:
stable, master flutter doctor -v
```
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.3.10, on macOS 12.2.1 21D62 darwin-x64, locale
en-GB)
• Flutter version 3.3.10 on channel stable at
/Users/dhs/documents/fluttersdk/flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision 135454af32 (15 hours ago), 2022-12-15 07:36:55 -0800
• Engine revision 3316dd8728
• Dart version 2.18.6
• DevTools version 2.15.0
[!] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 12.3)
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
! Flutter recommends a minimum Xcode version of 13.
Download the latest version or update via the Mac App Store.
• CocoaPods version 1.11.2
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
• Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
[✓] VS Code (version 1.62.0)
• VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
• Flutter extension version 3.21.0
[✓] Connected device (5 available)
• SM G975F (mobile) • RZ8M802WY0X • android-arm64 • Android 11 (API 30)
• Darshan's iphone (mobile) • 21150b119064aecc249dfcfe05e259197461ce23 •
ios • iOS 14.4.1 18D61
• iPhone 12 Pro Max (mobile) • A5473606-0213-4FD8-BA16-553433949729 •
ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-3 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos •
darwin-x64 • Mac OS X 10.15.4 19E2269 darwin-x64
• Chrome (web) • chrome •
web-javascript • Google Chrome 98.0.4758.80
[✓] HTTP Host Availability
• All required HTTP hosts are available
! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
[!] Flutter (Channel master, 3.7.0-13.0.pre.51, on macOS 12.2.1 21D62
darwin-x64, locale en-GB)
• Flutter version 3.7.0-13.0.pre.51 on channel master at
/Users/dhs/documents/fluttersdk/flutter
! Warning: `flutter` on your path resolves to
/Users/dhs/Documents/Fluttersdk/flutter/bin/flutter, which is not inside
your current Flutter SDK checkout at
/Users/dhs/documents/fluttersdk/flutter. Consider adding
/Users/dhs/documents/fluttersdk/flutter/bin to the front of your path.
! Warning: `dart` on your path resolves to
/Users/dhs/Documents/Fluttersdk/flutter/bin/dart, which is not inside your
current Flutter SDK checkout at /Users/dhs/documents/fluttersdk/flutter.
Consider adding /Users/dhs/documents/fluttersdk/flutter/bin to the front
of your path.
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision 6441a7dc62 (3 hours ago), 2022-12-22 20:38:18 -0500
• Engine revision 12badb5459
• Dart version 3.0.0 (build 3.0.0-60.0.dev)
• DevTools version 2.20.0
• If those were intentional, you can disregard the above warnings; however
it is recommended to use "git" directly to perform update checks and
upgrades.
[!] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 12.3)
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
! Flutter recommends a minimum Xcode version of 13.
Download the latest version or update via the Mac App Store.
• CocoaPods version 1.11.2
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
• Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
[✓] VS Code (version 1.62.0)
• VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
• Flutter extension version 3.21.0
[✓] Connected device (5 available)
• SM G975F (mobile) • RZ8M802WY0X • android-arm64 • Android 11 (API 30)
• Darshan's iphone (mobile) • 21150b119064aecc249dfcfe05e259197461ce23 •
ios • iOS 14.4.1 18D61
• iPhone 12 Pro Max (mobile) • A5473606-0213-4FD8-BA16-553433949729 •
ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-3 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos •
darwin-x64 • Mac OS X 10.15.4 19E2269 darwin-x64
• Chrome (web) • chrome •
web-javascript • Google Chrome 98.0.4758.80
[✓] HTTP Host Availability
• All required HTTP hosts are available
! Doctor found issues in 1 category.
```
Details
Regular spikes in frame rendering time during continuous rendering using LeafRenderObjectWidget, RenderBox and a Ticker. The spikes happen even if nothing is actually drawn on the canvas.
The spike visible in the profiler:
Exported timeline: 3.zip
Simplified example main.dart: https://gist.github.com/vendik/f9a257d64769348d7a023330802347cd
Simplified example project: test_game.zip
Target Platform: Android Target OS version/browser: Android 11 (also happens on Android 12) Devices: OnePlus 6 (also happens on Samsung S21)
Logs
Logs
``` No issues found! (ran in 1.6s) ``` ``` [√] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.3.8, on Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600], locale en-GB) • Flutter version 3.3.8 on channel stable at C:\Users\Admin\flutter • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git • Framework revision 52b3dc25f6 (6 weeks ago), 2022-11-09 12:09:26 +0800 • Engine revision 857bd6b74c • Dart version 2.18.4 • DevTools version 2.15.0 [√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 32.0.0) • Android SDK at C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Android\sdk • Platform android-31, build-tools 32.0.0 • Java binary at: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin\java • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.13+0-b1751.21-8125866) • All Android licenses accepted. [√] Chrome - develop for the web • Chrome at C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe [X] Visual Studio - develop for Windows X Visual Studio not installed; this is necessary for Windows development. Download at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/. Please install the "Desktop development with C++" workload, including all of its default components [√] Android Studio (version 2021.3) • Android Studio at C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio • Flutter plugin can be installed from: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter • Dart plugin can be installed from: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.13+0-b1751.21-8125866) [√] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2019.2) • IntelliJ at C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2019.2.3 • Flutter plugin can be installed from: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter • Dart plugin can be installed from: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart [√] Connected device (3 available) • ONEPLUS A6003 (mobile) • 7d061cf2 • android-arm64 • Android 11 (API 30) • Windows (desktop) • windows • windows-x64 • Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600] • Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 108.0.5359.125 [√] HTTP Host Availability • All required HTTP hosts are available ! Doctor found issues in 1 category. ```