I want to write a graphics app using SurfaceView.
Basically my requirement is to draw some text frequently according to some time.
Is it possible to do this? can any one please provide me some source code which draws the text using SurfaceView.
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I want to do the drawing in another thread to speed up the game(it is way to slow right now). I was told to do this but don't quite understand why that would speed things up. Is it GameView that should implement Runnable? Should I make the thread sleep when not drawing? where should I start the thread? package com.android.WWS;
import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.*; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.SurfaceView; import android.view.KeyEvent; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnKeyListener; import java.lang.Runnable; import java.lang.Thread;...................
One using a Surfaceview, and the other using a custom view. According to the android SDK development guide, using a surface view is better because you can spawn a separate thread to handle graphics. Th SDK development guide claims that using a custom view with invalidate calls is only good for slower animations, less intense graphics.However, in my simple app, I can clearly see that using a custom view with calls to invalidate seems to render faster.What do you guys know/think about this?My touchEvent code is exactly the same, and my drawing code is exactly the same. The only difference is that one is all in the UI thread, and the other is using a tread to handle the drawing.
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@Override
public void draw(Canvas canvas, MapView mapView, boolean shadow) {
Paint textPaint = new Paint();
textPaint.setARGB(255, 255, 255, 255);
textPaint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.CENTER);
textPaint.setTextSize(16);
textPaint.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);
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public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
TextView baramzona = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextView01);
baramzona.setText(R.string.baram_zona_textview);
final Button pocniparking = (Button) findViewById(R.id.ButtonStart);
final TextView momentalnazona = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextView02);
//momentalnazona.setText("Моментално се наоѓате во зоната");
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pocniparking.setEnabled(false);
}
}
I've figured out how to draw Arabic characters properly (connected and right to left) using string literals like this:
textView.setTypeFace(Typeface.createFromAssets(getAssets(),"DejaVuSans.ttf"));
textView.setText("uFEB3uFE92uFE98uFE94");
But for some reason I cannot get the arabic to format properly if I read anything from a file using InputStreams like this:.....................
I'm trying to draw Arabic text onto a Bitmap for display:
CODE:...........
However, the bitmap that is generated looks like this:
When it should look like............
I believe the issue is because, unlike a TextView, the Bitmap class is not BiDi aware, so it draws the letters from left to write.
Try as I might, I can't figure out how to draw the text in the correct order.
I am wondering if there is a way to draw an image, or edit simple lines in a text box. The entire screen is a textView/ect and i would like to be able to write a sentence then draw an image and write again. By draw i think i would use the Canvas, so basically is there a way to include a canvas in a text view?
Evernote does do this, but to edit an image/draw you need to open another app "Skitch", my goal is to try and do this without any extra apps.
For example:
Hello
(canvas/editable graphical items)
World
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I'm new to android.
public synchronized void draw(Canvas canvas, MapView mapView, boolean shadow) {
if (pointsAndTimes.isEmpty()) {
return;
}
Projection projection = mapView.getProjection();
Paint paint = new Paint();
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Is there a way to draw on or modify the key guard wallpaper programmatically?It looks simple enough for the home wallpaper, you can use WallpaperManager. But how about for the lock screen wallpaper?
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It crashes when it does:
CODE:.........
And the view is defined like this:
CODE:..............
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This is my source code : (note that here, I am using files on sdcard but the application will use files on a web server. that's why I need to prepare the second video while the 1st is playing)
CODE:...................................
My app fc when activity that's using SurfaceView as content view calls startActivityForResult(...) and activity that has been started calls finish()
This does not happen if I change content view to something else than SurfaceView.
This would be the requested logcat:
CODE:..................
Look at this: http://nhenze.net/?p=172
They show that it is possible to put an GLSurfaceview on top on a SurfaceView. I hope it would be useful.
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I have a SurfaceView that is covering a portion of its parent, a RelativeLayout. I have a background image covering the full RelativeLayout area, and this is my Activity's main layout.
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I'm using the "style/Theme.Translucent" theme on my activity, and setting this on my SurfaceView: mySurfaceView.getHolder().setFormat(PixelFormat.RGBA_8888);
The transparency to the desktop it kinda cool, but not what I'm trying to do! Is it possible to make a SurfaceView transparent only through to its parent?
I am stuck.My main activity creates and starts a SurfaceView.My app needs to access a listview via the options menu to change properties of the items shown in the view.Two strange things occur:
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My game is not in full screen (but it could be, it's no big deal), but in a window with no title bar.
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CODE:................
But the values returned are zeroes.
(even if it means changing display strategy) ?