From 35521f5dfeeb0db4b8575dfcdde0ef15be412d2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "B. Petersen" <r10s@b44t.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:39:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] force software layer to allow larger items in
 ConversationList, closes #88

---
 src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java
index 9f3c3e7d0..fea95676a 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ public class ConversationFragment extends Fragment
     list.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
     list.setItemAnimator(null);
 
+    // setLayerType() is needed to allow larger items (long texts in our case)
+    // with hardware layers, drawing may result in errors as "OpenGLRenderer: Path too large to be rendered into a texture"
+    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11)
+    {
+      list.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
+    }
+
     String backgroundImagePath = TextSecurePreferences.getBackgroundImagePath(getContext());
     Drawable image = Drawable.createFromPath(backgroundImagePath);
     frameLayout.setBackground(image);