[canvaskit] reuse canvases when window resizes

lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/surface.dart

@@ -96,19 +96,31 @@ class Surface {
       throw CanvasKitError('Cannot create surfaces of empty size.');
     }
 
-    if (size == _currentSize) {
+    // Check if the window is shrinking in size, and if so, don't allocate a
+    // new canvas as the previous canvas is big enough to fit everything.
+    final ui.Size? previousSize = _currentSize;
+    if (previousSize != null &&
+        size.width <= previousSize.width &&
+        size.height <= previousSize.height) {
       // The existing surface is still reusable.
       return;
     }
 
-    _currentSize = size;
+    _currentSize = _currentSize == null
+      // First frame. Allocate a canvas of the exact size as the window. The
+      // window is frequently never resized, particularly on mobile, so using
+      // the exact size is most optimal.
+      ? size
+      // The window is growing. Overallocate to prevent frequent reallocations.
+      : size * 1.4;
+
     _surface?.dispose();
     _surface = null;
     htmlElement?.remove();
     htmlElement = null;
     _addedToScene = false;
 
-    _surface = _wrapHtmlCanvas(size);
+    _surface = _wrapHtmlCanvas(_currentSize!);
   }
 
   CkSurface _wrapHtmlCanvas(ui.Size physicalSize) {

lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/surface_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// @dart = 2.12
+import 'package:test/bootstrap/browser.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+import 'package:ui/src/engine.dart';
+import 'package:ui/ui.dart' as ui;
+
+import 'common.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  internalBootstrapBrowserTest(() => testMain);
+}
+
+void testMain() {
+  group('CanvasKit', () {
+    setUpCanvasKitTest();
+
+    test('Surface allocates canvases efficiently', () {
+      final Surface surface = Surface(HtmlViewEmbedder());
+      final CkSurface original = surface.acquireRenderSurface(ui.Size(9, 19));
+
+      // Expect exact requested dimensions.
+      expect(original.width(), 9);
+      expect(original.height(), 19);
+
+      // Shrinking reuses the existing surface straight-up.
+      final CkSurface shrunk = surface.acquireRenderSurface(ui.Size(5, 15));
+      expect(shrunk, same(original));
+
+      // The first increase will allocate a new surface, but will overallocate
+      // by 40% to accommodate future increases.
+      final CkSurface firstIncrease = surface.acquireRenderSurface(ui.Size(10, 20));
+      expect(firstIncrease, isNot(same(original)));
+
+      // Expect overallocated dimensions
+      expect(firstIncrease.width(), 14);
+      expect(firstIncrease.height(), 28);
+
+      // Subsequent increases within 40% reuse the old surface.
+      final CkSurface secondIncrease = surface.acquireRenderSurface(ui.Size(11, 22));
+      expect(secondIncrease, same(firstIncrease));
+
+      // Increases beyond the 40% limit will cause a new allocation.
+      final CkSurface huge = surface.acquireRenderSurface(ui.Size(20, 40));
+      expect(huge, isNot(same(firstIncrease)));
+
+      // Also over-allocated
+      expect(huge.width(), 28);
+      expect(huge.height(), 56);
+
+      // Shrink again. Reuse the last allocated surface.
+      final CkSurface shrunk2 = surface.acquireRenderSurface(ui.Size(5, 15));
+      expect(shrunk2, same(huge));
+    });
+  }, skip: isIosSafari);
+}