Cannot draw a simple line

xplosive · by **xplosive** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:25 pm

Hi,

I am trying to draw a simple line, but cannot get it done. This is the code i use:

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import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Bitmap.Config;
import android.os.Bundle;
 
public class Happer extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    Bitmap bmp;
        @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(100, 100, true);
        
        Paint p = new Paint(); 
        p.setColor(0xFFFFFF00); 
        p.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE); 
 
    }
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) 
    { 
        canvas.drawBitmap(bmp, 2, 2, null);
    } 
 
}
 
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I don't get any errors, but in the emulator i see "Hello world, Happer" But i don't see a line. Can anyone help?

Thnx in advance

ninor · by **ninor** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:50 pm

I haven't drawn anything yet in Android, but what's clear in the code is that bitmap isn't attached to anything.
Try first to paint in an image (add it in the xml layout), and then paint before you execute the setcontentview().

xplosive · by **xplosive** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:01 pm

So you suggest to attach the canvas to a layout (don't know how) and after that execute setContentView?

I have another another questions:

Is the onDraw() method executed by Android when the application is launched?

What are the meanings of the Config enum? Config.ARGB_8888, Config.ARGB_4444, Config.ALPHA_8 and Config.RGB_565

Thnx

EDIT:

After 1,5 days i finally have the solution:

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package android.happer;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
 
public class Happer extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
        @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        
        setContentView(new SampleView(this));
        
    }
        
        private static class SampleView extends View 
        {               
                public SampleView(Context context) 
                {
                        super(context);
 
                }
                
                protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) 
            { 
                         Paint p = new Paint(); 
                         p.setColor(Color.WHITE); 
                         p.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
                         
                         canvas.drawColor(Color.BLUE);
                         
                         canvas.drawLine(5, 5, 25, 5, p);
                         
            } 
        }
    
 
}
 
 
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Can somebody tell me why i have to make a class in a class? And why i need to extend View (the class in the class)?

And what does super(context) mean in the SampleView constructor?

I know these are some basic questions, but it is very helpful for me.

Thnx in advance

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:53 pm

xplosive wrote:

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protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)

{

canvas.drawBitmap(bmp, 2, 2, null);

<span style="font-weight: bold">super.onDraw(canvas);</span>

}

}

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I don't get any errors, but in the emulator i see "Hello world, Happer" But i don't see a line. Can anyone help?

Shouldn't you call super.onDraw(canvas)?

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:09 pm

You explicitly need it only if the super-class also draws something.
I always add it anyway.

Regards,
plusminus

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:14 pm

I didn't know that, but I always did that, so I thought it was mandatory...

xplosive · by **xplosive** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:45 pm

Thanx for the replies, but i still have some questions

When i want to draw something, is it always necessary to create a class in a class? And why does the class in the class extend View? Can you only draw in a View class?

And does someone has the answer to the enum question:

What are the meanings of the Config enum? Config.ARGB_8888, Config.ARGB_4444, Config.ALPHA_8 and Config.RGB_565

Thnx again

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:39 pm

MrSnowflake wrote:I didn't know that, but I always did that, so I thought it was mandatory...

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it still worker, when I accidentially removed it

xplosive wrote:Thanx for the replies, but i still have some questions

When i want to draw something, is it always necessary to create a class in a class? And why does the class in the class extend View? Can you only draw in a View class?

And does someone has the answer to the enum question:

What are the meanings of the Config enum? Config.ARGB_8888, Config.ARGB_4444, Config.ALPHA_8 and Config.RGB_565

Thnx again

No, you can also make a TopLevelClass (no Inner Class), but you have to extend View, which is the baseclass of everything you can see on whole Android.

I'm not 100% sure about the Bitmap.Configs, but as far as I know the numbers behind indicate the numebr of bits used for each channel. So for example Config.ARGB_8888 would use 8 bits for each RGB-Color and 8 bits for transparency.
Thanks for asking that, I never thought about that before... it might save me a couple of memory-bytes

Regards,
plusminus

xplosive · by **xplosive** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:44 pm

Thnx for the replay

Now i have another question. How can i bind a View class to a layout, so i can center the drawing of which i made in the view class?

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:16 pm

I'm doing something like that at the momen. I made a layout with an empty LinearLayout with an id set (layMain) and android:gravity="center". In the application you should layMain=(LinearLayout)findViewById(layMain) and then layMain.addView(yourView);

xplosive · by **xplosive** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:42 pm

Thnx for the reply, i tried your suggestion, but i didn't get it work

What i have done:

1. My main.xml looks like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 
    android:orientation="horizontal"
 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 
    android:gravity="center"
 
    android:id="@+id/layMain"
 
    >
 
</LinearLayout>
 
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2. An external class (which extends View) where i draw something, look like this:

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package android.happer;
 
import android.content.Context;
 
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 
import android.graphics.Canvas;
 
import android.graphics.Color;
 
import android.graphics.Paint;
 
import android.graphics.Bitmap.Config;
 
import android.view.View;
 
public class Mens extends View {
 
        public Mens(Context context)
 
        {
 
                super(context);
 
        }
 
        protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) 
 
    { 
 
                Paint p = new Paint(); 
 
                p.setColor(Color.RED); 
 
                canvas.drawLine(15, 15, 25, 5, p);
 
    } 
 
}
 
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3. In my main class (the relevant code):

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public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
        LinearLayout layMain = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.layMain);
 
        layMain.addView(new Mens(this));
 
        // setContentView(layMain);
 
    }
 
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I don't get any errors in Eclipse, but i do get an error when i try to run the app on the Android emulator: The application has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

What's going on? Can someone help?

Thnx again

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:08 am

The activity needs to know what it display. So in the very beginning (after super.onCreate();) call:

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Usually you would also add the view in xml before.

Regards,
plusminus

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:21 am

plusminus wrote:The activity needs to know what it display. So in the very beginning (after super.onCreate();) call:

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Usually you would also add the view in xml before.

What he sais, or setContentView(layMain);

plusminus · by **plusminus** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:28 pm

MrSnowflake wrote:
plusminus wrote:The activity needs to know what it display. So in the very beginning (after super.onCreate();) call:

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Usually you would also add the view in xml before.
What he sais, or setContentView(layMain);

Then [font=Courier New]findViewById[/font] would fail

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:45 pm

Hehe true

. Wasn't thinking

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