Or maybe the objects in the 3d activity are not garbage collected when
I switch to the 2d activity? Maybe I should set the objects in the 3d
activity to null, when it switches to the 2d activity?

On Sep 22, 9:11 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> Use adb logcat, DDMS, or the DDMS perspective in Eclipse to examine
> LogCat and figure out what the crashes are.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:43 PM, MobileVisuals <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> 
> wrote:
> > Does anyone have an idea what I can do to improve the stability of
> > this 3d app, which has 2 activities? I want to avoid the crashes.
>
> > On Sep 22, 1:14 pm, MobileVisuals <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> wrote:
> >> I thought that it worked like it should,but I noticed that this is not
> >> the case. This version crashes sometimes, often when onResume() is
> >> called on any of the activities. It crashes on my Samsung Galaxy
> >> device. I have tried to reproduce this on the emulator, but it doesn't
> >> crashes there. The previous version based on ViewFlipper never
> >> crashed, even on the Samsung device.
>
> >> Maybe the crashes are caused by the threads? I have set the priorities
> >> to MIN_PRIORITY. I call on yield() on the 2d thread for every
> >> onResume() and onPause() call to the 2d activity.   I call on yield()
> >> on the 3d thread for every onResume() and onPause() call to the 3d
> >> activity. Should I implement another approach for the threading? Or do
> >> think that something else causes the crashes?
>
> >> On Sep 21, 8:10 pm, MobileVisuals <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> wrote:
>
> >> > Thanks for the info. I have redesigned the app now and it worked.
>
> >> > On Sep 20, 6:37 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
>
> >> > > Use startActivity(), with FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT, to bring an
> >> > > existing activity back into the foreground (or create it if it does
> >> > > not exist).
>
> >> > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:32 PM, MobileVisuals
>
> >> > > <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> wrote:
> >> > > > I see, then I would have to use one SurfaceView for the first 
> >> > > > activity
> >> > > > and a GLSurfaceView for the other activity. I searched for 
> >> > > > information
> >> > > > about how to switch between 2 activities on the forum and found one 
> >> > > > of
> >> > > > your threads:
>
> >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa...
>
> >> > > > You recommend using a viewflipper here, so I can not use that
> >> > > > approach. I found another thread
>
> >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa...
>
> >> > > >  where they used the StartActivityForResult method. How would you
> >> > > > recommend that I should swith between the activites without using a
> >> > > > ViewFlipper?
>
> >> > > > On Sep 20, 4:43 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> >> > > >> Use two activities.
>
> >> > > >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:54 AM, MobileVisuals 
> >> > > >> <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> wrote:
> >> > > >> > I got the viewflipper to work, but I found that it is not 
> >> > > >> > possible to
> >> > > >> > use a GLSurfaceView in a viewflipper, like this thread describes:
>
> >> > > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa...
>
> >> > > >> > How can I then switch between 2d and 3d rendering?
>
> >> > > >> > On Jul 27, 2:53 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> >> > > >> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:49 AM, MobileVisuals 
> >> > > >> >> <eyv...@astralvisuals.com> wrote:
> >> > > >> >> > I try to add 2 views to a Viewflipper, but I get
>
> >> > > >> >> > "java.lang.IllegalStateException: The specified child already 
> >> > > >> >> > has a
> >> > > >> >> > parent.
> >> > > >> >> > You must call removeView() on the child's parent first."
>
> >> > > >> >> > when I try to add the view. I don't know why this happens. I 
> >> > > >> >> > try to
> >> > > >> >> > remove the view from the ViewFlipper, but I still get the same
> >> > > >> >> > message. How can I add a ViewFlipper to the layout? You can 
> >> > > >> >> > view my
> >> > > >> >> > code and XML layout below:
> >> > > >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------
> >> > > >> >> > setContentView(R.layout.lunar_layout);
> >> > > >> >> > mLunarView = (LunarView) findViewById(R.id.lunar);
> >> > > >> >> > ViewFlipper vf=(ViewFlipper) findViewById(R.id.flip);
> >> > > >> >> > vf.addView(mLunarView, 0);
>
> >> > > >> >> The error should be self-explanatory. You already have 
> >> > > >> >> R.id.lunar as a
> >> > > >> >> child of the LinearLayout.
>
> >> > > >> >> >  layout:
> >> > > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > > >> >> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>
> >> > > >> >> > <LinearLayout 
> >> > > >> >> > xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
> >> > > >> >> > android"
> >> > > >> >> >    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
> >> > > >> >> >    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
>
> >> > > >> >> >     <ViewFlipper
> >> > > >> >> >      android:id="@+id/flip"
> >> > > >> >> >      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> >> > > >> >> >      android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
>
> >> > > >> >> >    <astral.effectsf.LunarView
> >> > > >> >> >      android:id="@+id/lunar"
> >> > > >> >> >      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> >> > > >> >> >      android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
>
> >> > > >> >> > </LinearLayout>
>
> >> > > >> >> Make the LunarView be a child element of your ViewFlipper, and 
> >> > > >> >> get rid
> >> > > >> >> of the Java code to try adding it to the ViewFlipper, and you 
> >> > > >> >> will be
> >> > > >> >> set.
>
> >> > > >> >> Here are some projects demonstrating the use of a ViewFlipper:
>
> >> > > >> >>https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-android/tree/master/Fancy/Flipper1ht...
>
> >> > > >> >> --
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