[android-beginners] Re: Assistance with understanding LunarLander code

Hi, At what point does the surfaceCreated() method fire? I presume its after we add the callback interface with addCallback? On Dec 12, 5:19 pm, RichardS richardswingw...@googlemail.com wrote: Steve, This is my understanding of it: The file res/layout/lunar_layout.xml describes the layout

[android-beginners] Re: Assistance with understanding LunarLander code

RichardS wrote: Steve, I'm sure the instance is created by setContentView(R.layout.lunar_layout) so the constructor will have been run by the time we do mLunarView = (LunarView) findViewById(R.id.lunar) Correct. If you look in res/layout/lunar_layout.xml, you will see the declaration:

[android-beginners] Re: Assistance with understanding LunarLander code

Cheers, that makes sense. I didnt notice the reference to the class in the lunar_layour xml. On Dec 13, 3:58 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: RichardS wrote: Steve, I'm sure the instance is created by setContentView(R.layout.lunar_layout) so the constructor will have been

[android-beginners] Re: Assistance with understanding LunarLander code

Steve, This is my understanding of it: The file res/layout/lunar_layout.xml describes the layout of the view. The src/R.java file is auto generated: it equates object ids to names. setContentView(R.layout.lunar_layout) 'reads' lunar_layout.xml file and creates and instance of the LunarView