flex: a repeater with Dataprovider flickers a bit when there is an update

Question

i have the following code: <mx:Repeater id="user" dataProvider="{data}"> <mx:VBox styleName="repeaterVBox"> <mx:Text text="{user.currentItem.a}. {user.currentItem.b}" styleName="repeaterText"/>
<mx:Text text="{user.currentItem.c}" styleName="repeaterText"/> <mx:Text text="{user.currentItem.d}" styleName="repeaterText"/> </mx:VBox> </mx:Repeater>

the dataProvider 'data' updated itself every 3 seconds, so every 3 seconds that is a flicker of some sort, i see for a really short time an empty area and then it gets redrawn again. is there a way to make the update somewhat faster ?

Answer 1

Dont use repeaters, they are poorly implemented. try to use itemrenderers