diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
index 2a3f032..cc30d71 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceView.java
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@
     boolean mViewVisibility = false;
     int mRequestedWidth = -1;
     int mRequestedHeight = -1;
-    int mRequestedFormat = PixelFormat.OPAQUE;
+    /* Set SurfaceView's format to 565 by default to maintain backward
+     * compatibility with applications assuming this format.
+     */
+    int mRequestedFormat = PixelFormat.RGB_565;
     int mRequestedType = -1;
 
     boolean mHaveFrame = false;
@@ -163,16 +166,20 @@
     
     public SurfaceView(Context context) {
         super(context);
-        setWillNotDraw(true);
+        init();
     }
     
     public SurfaceView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
-        setWillNotDraw(true);
+        init();
     }
 
     public SurfaceView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
         super(context, attrs, defStyle);
+        init();
+    }
+
+    private void init() {
         setWillNotDraw(true);
     }
     
diff --git a/opengl/java/android/opengl/GLSurfaceView.java b/opengl/java/android/opengl/GLSurfaceView.java
index f904cdf..2ff231d 100644
--- a/opengl/java/android/opengl/GLSurfaceView.java
+++ b/opengl/java/android/opengl/GLSurfaceView.java
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@
         // underlying surface is created and destroyed
         SurfaceHolder holder = getHolder();
         holder.addCallback(this);
-        holder.setFormat(PixelFormat.RGB_565);
         // setType is not needed for SDK 2.0 or newer. Uncomment this
         // statement if back-porting this code to older SDKs.
         // holder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_GPU);