Hey, glad to hear it worked for you. I hadn't thought of using a ViewFlipper, good idea. I'll go ahead and add you to my list of testers. Right now I'm working on the battle system, so it'll be a month or two before the next testing cycle.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jason <jason.poli...@gmail.com> wrote: > For anyone else stumbling in... > > I achieved my result with a ViewFlipper. > > 1. Create a simple view and override the onDraw method to display > loading status > 2. Create a ViewFlipper and add the loading view with index 0 > 3. Set the flipper to the content of the activity (setContentView) > 4. Load the game/level and in so doing create the GLSurfaceView (which > will then load my textures) > 5. Add the GLSurfaceView to the flipper with index 1 > 6. Force the gl view to the front with flipper.setDisplayedChild(1); > > Then when the next level is loaded... > > 1. Force the loading view to the front with > flipper.setDisplayedChild(0); > 2. Load the level using AsyncTask > 3. On load complete, callback to activity as set gl view to front with > flipper.setDisplayedChild(1) > > > On Aug 19, 8:04 am, Jason <jason.poli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks guys. You have all been very helpful! >> >> On Aug 19, 5:15 am, Robert Green <rbgrn....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > I just load the loading screen textures first and render it in OpenGL >> > ortho while loading. I even have a progress bar, though you have to >> > load in steps to do that. >> >> > On Aug 18, 4:40 am, Miguel Morales <therevolti...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > Well, I think the easiest thing for you would be to add an overlay >> > > view on top of your openGL view. >> > > This is fairly easy. >> >> > > On your activity's onCreate you could do this: >> >> > > LinearLayout base = new LinearLayout(this); >> >> > > FrameLayout frame = new FrameLayout(this); >> > > YourGLView gl_view = new YourGLView(...); >> >> > > YourOverlayView overlay_view = new YourOverlayView(...); >> >> > > frame.addView(gl_view); >> > > frame.addView(overlay_view); >> > > base.addView(frame); >> >> > > setContentView(base); >> >> > > YourOverlayView can be derived from any view. I personally extend >> > > ImageView and override the onDraw() method for full control. >> >> > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Jason <jason.poli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > Hi all, >> >> > > > I'm trying to find the best way to implement a "loading screen" when >> > > > using aGLSurfaceView. >> >> > > > Basically the situation is this: >> >> > > > The app (game) loads a bunch of textures into VRAM when the GL surface >> > > > is created (onSurfaceCreated), however these textures are only for the >> > > > current "level" of the game. When the player reaches the end of the >> > > > level I need to remove these textures from VRAM and load the new ones. >> >> > > > Previously (during development) each level was a complete load/unload >> > > > of the Activity, which works fine, however this creates a bunch of >> > > > unnecessary overhead as I don't need to reload the world for a simple >> > > > level progression. So I have been experimenting with different ways >> > > > to overlay a standard view (which is my "loading" screen) over the top >> > > > of theGLSurfaceViewwhile the level data is loaded. >> >> > > > This has created some problems for me: >> >> > > > 1. Because theGLSurfaceViewis not actually destroyed, the >> > > > onSurfaceCreated call is only made once and hence the opportunity to >> > > > load textures is gone. To overcome this, I have introduced a flag >> > > > into the Renderer thread which will load up the textures in the first >> > > > call to onDrawFrame after the level is loaded. I don't particularly >> > > > like this, but can't seen any other solution. >> >> > > > 2. I don't seem to be able to find a way to effectively "switch views" >> > > > in my Activity. I initially set the view (setContentView(...)) to the >> > > > loading screen (i.e NOT theGLSurfaceView), then the actual level load >> > > > is done asynchronously and when complete calls back to the main >> > > > activity thread which then performs a second call to setContentView() >> > > > with theGLSurfaceViewinstance. This works the first time, but >> > > > thereafter I can't seem to get the loading view to become visible. If >> > > > I use setVisibility(View.VISIBLE) on the loading view it doesn't >> > > > display, and if I perform a further call to setContentView() my >> > > >GLSurfaceViewnever comes back... that is, after subsequently calling >> > > > setContentView with theGLSurfaceViewI get nothing displayed... no >> > > > errors, but my loading screen basically never disappears. >> >> > > > So.. does anyone out there have a good approach to solving this? That >> > > > is, how to best implement a loading screen to "hide" the process of >> > > > bootstrapping opengl resources etc. >> >> > > > Thanks! >> >> > > > -- >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > > > To post to this group, send email to >> > > > android-developers@googlegroups.com >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > > > For more options, visit this group at >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> > > --http://developingthedream.blogspot.com/,http://diastrofunk.com,http:/..., >> > > ~Isaiah 55:8-9 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- http://developingthedream.blogspot.com/, http://diastrofunk.com, http://www.youtube.com/user/revoltingx, ~Isaiah 55:8-9 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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