1## Screen latency 2 3WALT can detect when screen changes color between white and black using a photodiode. 4 5 6 7Because the screen refreshes at predefined intervals (typically 60 Hz), most drawing commands do not take effect immediately but are processes during the next frame render event. See [Choreographer.FrameCallback](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Choreographer.FrameCallback.html). An in-depth explanation about Android graphics can be found in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8m9sHdyXnE). 8 9WALT Android app uses View.setBackgroundColor to change the color and reports the time from the beginning of the next frame rendering until the screen changes physically. 10 11The physical transition between colors is not instantaneous and may look very different depending on the direction - from black to white or white to black. Moreover some sections of the screen may update several milliseconds later than others. These details vary considerably between screen technologies and device models. 12 13Example of screen brightness as a function of time during transition from black to white (blue line) and from white to black (green line) on Nexus 5X. The horizontal lines show the thresholds used by WALT for timing the transition (see #80). 14 15 16### Sample measurements 17 18Example of log output on Nexus 7: 19``` 20------------------------------- 21Median screen response latencies (N=100): 22Black to white: 47.3 ms (N=50) 23White to black: 50.2 ms (N=50) 24Average: 48.8 ms 25------------------------------- 26``` 27 28 29All measurements below were taken with the device set to max brightness and WALT positioned in the middle of the screen. 30 31| Device | OS version | Blk->white [ms]| White->blk [ms]| Average [ms] | 32| :--- | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | 33| Nexus 5 | M4B30Z (6.0.1) | 53.5 | 62.6 | 58.1 | 34| Nexus 5X | NRD91P (7.0) | 60.7 | 75.4 | 68.1 | 35| Nexus 7 | LMY47Q (5.1) | 47.3 | 50.2 | 48.8 | 36| Nexus 9 | MMB29K (6.0.1) | 49.0 | 53.8 | 51.4 | 37 38 39 40
