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Simple game works on tablet but sometimes lags on phone

I'm developing simple Android game, but I'm running into problems while testing it. When I run it on Lenovo Tab3 7 tablet (Android 5.0.1 ) or LG P880 phone (Android 4.0.3) it works fine. When I run it on Samsung S7 phone (Android 7.0) game usually runs fine. What I mean by this is that I can run it 10 times in a row with no problems, but sometimes game halts for 5-30 seconds or stops responding. This usually happens during starting of new Activity or very shortly after it.
Game has 4 Activities which use extended SurfaceView as layout. All SurfaceViews implement Runnable. Activities are: Splash screen (noHistory = "true" in Manifest), Menu, Difficulty choice and Game.
I use only mdpi drawables and scale them proportionally to all screen sizes. Bitmaps are loaded using BitmapFactory.decodeResource with BitmapFactory.Options inDensity = 1, inScaled = false.
When the problem occurs logcat shows only garbage collection. Sometimes game "pauses" (no taps are registered) for 5-30 seconds and resumes normally, sometimes it has to be restarted due to no response. I feel like game stops collecting input for some reason. Input is handled by overriding onTouchEvent and checking if ACTION_UP is within tapped image bounds. As I said, this happens only on S7 (I tried it on two phones), not on tablet or P880, so I'm thinking it might be something to do with Nougat or me forcing lower density on the phone.
So, since I'm running out of ideas what could be causing this and me being new to Android game development, does anyone know/have any idea where I should be looking for solution? Is there anything Nougat-specific I should be setting/checking? Does forcing pixel density affect device performance in any way?
Edit 1
globalApp
public class globalApp extends Application {
SoundPool soundPool;
SoundPool.Builder soundPoolBuilder;
AudioAttributes audioAttributes;
AudioAttributes.Builder audioAttributesBuilder;
int soundTap, soundCorrect, soundIncorrect, soundVictory, soundDefeat;
int soundBarrelVerySlow, soundBarrelSlow, soundBarrelNormal, soundBarrelFast, soundBarrelVeryFast;
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
}
public void buildSoundPool(){
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
audioAttributesBuilder = new AudioAttributes.Builder();
audioAttributesBuilder.setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_GAME);
audioAttributesBuilder.setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SONIFICATION);
audioAttributes = audioAttributesBuilder.build();
soundPoolBuilder = new SoundPool.Builder();
soundPoolBuilder.setMaxStreams(2);
soundPoolBuilder.setAudioAttributes(audioAttributes);
soundPool = soundPoolBuilder.build();
}
else {
soundPool = new SoundPool(1, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 0);
}
}
public void loadSounds(){
soundBarrelVerySlow = soundPool.load(this,R.raw.very_slow_move, 1);
soundBarrelSlow = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.slow_move, 1);
soundBarrelNormal = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.slow_move, 1);
soundBarrelFast = soundPool.load(this,R.raw.fast_move, 1);
soundBarrelVeryFast = soundPool.load(this,R.raw.very_fast_move, 1);
soundTap = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.tap_sound, 1);
soundCorrect = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.correct, 1);
soundIncorrect = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.incorrect, 1);
soundVictory = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.victory, 1);
soundDefeat = soundPool.load(this, R.raw.defeat, 1);
}
public void playTap(){
soundPool.play(soundTap, 1, 1,1, 0, 1);
}
public void playCorrect(){
soundPool.play(soundCorrect, 1, 1,1, 0, 1);
}
public void playIncorrect(){
soundPool.play(soundIncorrect, 1, 1,1, 0, 1);
}
public void playVictory(){
soundPool.play(soundVictory, 1, 1,1, 0, 1);
}
public void playDefeat(){
soundPool.play(soundDefeat, 1, 1,1, 0, 1);
}
public void playBarrelVerySlow(){soundPool.play(soundBarrelVerySlow, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1);}
public void playBarrelSlow(){soundPool.play(soundBarrelSlow, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1);}
public void playBarrelNormal(){
soundPool.play(soundBarrelNormal, 1, 1,1, 0, 1);
}
public void playBarrelFast(){soundPool.play(soundBarrelFast, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1);}
public void playBarrelVeryFast(){soundPool.play(soundBarrelVeryFast, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1);}
}
MenuItem
public class MenuItem {
private Bitmap bmp;
private Context context;
private Rect sourceRect;
private RectF destRect;
private int srcWidth;
private int srcHeight;
private int destW, destH;
private int x, y;
private int screenH;
public MenuItem(Context ctx, String bmpName, int w, int x, int y, int sX, int sY){
context = ctx;
BitmapFactory.Options bmpFOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
bmpFOptions.inDensity = 1;
bmpFOptions.inScaled = false;
int res = context.getResources().getIdentifier(bmpName, "drawable", ctx.getPackageName());
bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(ctx.getResources(), res, bmpFOptions);
srcWidth = w;
srcHeight = bmp.getHeight();
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
screenH = sY;
sourceRect = new Rect(0,0, srcWidth, srcHeight);
destRect = new RectF();
setProportionalDestinationRect(sX, sY);
}
private void setProportionalDestinationRect(int scrX, int scrY) {
if (scrX != 1024 || scrY != 552){
float propX = (float)scrX/1024;
float propY = (float)scrY/600;
// All drawables are designed for 1024x600 screen
// if device screen is different, scale image proportionally
destW = (int)(srcWidth * propX);
destH = (int) (srcHeight * propY);
x = (int) (x*propX);
y = (int) (y*propY);
}
else {
destW = srcWidth;
destH = srcHeight;
}
destRect.set(x,y, x+destW,y+destH);
}
public void update(){
}
public Bitmap getBmp() {
return bmp;
}
public void setBmp(Bitmap bmp) {
this.bmp = bmp;
}
public Rect getSourceRect() {
return sourceRect;
}
public void setSourceRect(Rect sourceRect) {
this.sourceRect = sourceRect;
}
public RectF getDestRect() {
return destRect;
}
public void setDestRect(RectF destRect) {
this.destRect = destRect;
}
public boolean contains(int x, int y){
if (destRect.left <= x && destRect.right >= x)
if (destRect.top <= y && destRect.bottom >= y)
return true;
return false;
}
public void setY(int y) {
this.y = y;
if (screenH != 552){
float propY = (float)screenH/600;
y = (int) (y*propY);
}
destRect.set(x,y, x+destW,y+destH);
}
}
MainActivity
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private boolean backPressedOnce = false;
long backPressedTime = 0;
private MainActivitySurface mainActivitySurface;
globalApp app;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//Setting full screen
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
View decorView = getWindow().getDecorView();
int uiOptions = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY;
decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(uiOptions);
int x = getIntent().getIntExtra("screenWidth", 500);
int y = getIntent().getIntExtra("screenHeight", 500);
app = (globalApp) getApplication();
app.buildSoundPool();
app.loadSounds();
mainActivitySurface = new MainActivitySurface(this, app, x, y);
mainActivitySurface.setParentActivity(MainActivity.this);
setContentView(mainActivitySurface);
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (requestCode == 1001) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
int result = data.getIntExtra("difficulty", 3);
mainActivitySurface.setResultDifficulty(result);
}
}
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mainActivitySurface.pause();
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
backPressedOnce = false;
mainActivitySurface.resume();
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (backPressedOnce && backPressedTime + 2000 > System.currentTimeMillis()) {
Process.killProcess(Process.myPid());
System.exit(1);
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, "Press back again to exit.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
backPressedOnce = true;
}
backPressedTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
}
}
MainActivitySurface
public class MainActivitySurface extends SurfaceView implements Runnable {
private Context context;
private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
private Canvas canvas;
private Thread thread = null;
volatile private boolean running = false;
private boolean surfaceCreated = false;
private Intent playIntent;
private Intent difficultyIntent;
// Screen size
private int screenWidth, screenHeight;
//Menu items
private MenuItem menuItemPlay, menuItemDifficulty, middleBarrel, bg;
private int difficulty = 3;
private Activity parentActivity;
private globalApp app;
public MainActivitySurface(Context ctx, globalApp a, int scrW, int scrH){
super(ctx);
context = ctx;
screenHeight = scrH;
screenWidth = scrW;
app = a;
surfaceHolder = getHolder();
surfaceHolder.addCallback(new SurfaceHolder.Callback() {
#Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
surfaceCreated = true;
}
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height) {
}
#Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
}
});
bg = new MenuItem(context, "main_activity_background_single", 1024, 0, 0, scrW, scrH);
menuItemPlay = new MenuItem(context, "menu_item_play_single", 233,(1024-233)/2,100, scrW, scrH);
menuItemDifficulty = new MenuItem(ctx, "menu_item_difficulty_single", 520,(1024 - 520)/2,400,scrW,scrH);
middleBarrel = new MenuItem(ctx, "middle_barrel_single", 323,(1024-323)/2,200,scrW,scrH);
playIntent = new Intent(context, GameActivity.class);
playIntent.putExtra("screenWidth", screenWidth);
playIntent.putExtra("screenHeight", screenHeight);
}
#Override
public void run() {
while (running){
draw();
}
}
private void draw() {
if(surfaceHolder.getSurface().isValid()){
canvas = surfaceHolder.lockCanvas();
canvas.drawBitmap(bg.getBmp(), bg.getSourceRect(), bg.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(menuItemPlay.getBmp(), menuItemPlay.getSourceRect(), menuItemPlay.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(menuItemDifficulty.getBmp(), menuItemDifficulty.getSourceRect(), menuItemDifficulty.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(middleBarrel.getBmp(), middleBarrel.getSourceRect(), middleBarrel.getDestRect(), null);
surfaceHolder.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);
}
}
public void resume(){
running = true;
thread = new Thread(this);
thread.start();
}
public void pause(){
running = false;
boolean retry = false;
while (retry) {
try {
thread.join();
retry = false;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Log.d("info", "MainActivitySurface: Error joining thread");
}
}
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
switch (event.getAction() & event.ACTION_MASK){
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
if (menuItemPlay.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
parentActivity.startActivity(playIntent);
parentActivity.overridePendingTransition(0,0);
break;
}
if (menuItemDifficulty.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
difficultyIntent = new Intent(parentActivity, DifficultyActivity.class);
difficultyIntent.putExtra("screenWidth", screenWidth);
difficultyIntent.putExtra("screenHeight", screenHeight);
difficultyIntent.putExtra("difficulty", difficulty);
parentActivity.startActivityForResult(difficultyIntent, 1001);
parentActivity.overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
break;
}
}
return true;
}
public void setParentActivity(Activity act){
parentActivity = act;
}
public void setResultDifficulty(int diff){
difficulty = diff;
playIntent.putExtra("difficulty", difficulty);
}
}
DifficultyActivity
public class DifficultyActivity extends Activity {
private DifficultySurface surface;
private globalApp app;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//Setting full screen
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
View decorView = getWindow().getDecorView();
int uiOptions = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY;
decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(uiOptions);
app = (globalApp) getApplication();
surface = new DifficultySurface(this, app, getIntent().getIntExtra("screenWidth", 500), getIntent().getIntExtra("screenHeight", 500));
setContentView(surface);
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
app.soundPool.release();
surface.pause();
overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
app.buildSoundPool();
app.loadSounds();
surface.resume();
}
}
DifficultySurface
public class DifficultySurface extends SurfaceView implements Runnable {
private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
private Thread thread = null;
private Canvas canvas;
private Context context;
private globalApp app;
private boolean surfaceCreated = false;
private boolean running = false;
private MenuItem bgProp, arrowBarrel, okButton, diffVeryEasy, diffEasy, diffNormal, diffHard, diffVeryHard;
private int difficulty;
public DifficultySurface(Context ctx, globalApp a, int scrW, int scrH){
super(ctx);
context = ctx;
app = a;
surfaceHolder = getHolder();
surfaceHolder.addCallback(new SurfaceHolder.Callback() {
#Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
surfaceCreated = true;
}
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height) {
}
#Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
}
});
difficulty = ((Activity)context).getIntent().getIntExtra("difficulty", 3);
bgProp = new MenuItem(ctx, "difficulty_background", 1024, 0, 0, scrW, scrH);
diffVeryEasy = new MenuItem(ctx, "very_easy",796, 100, 100, scrW, scrH);
diffEasy = new MenuItem(ctx, "easy",796, 100, 200 , scrW, scrH);
diffNormal = new MenuItem(ctx, "normal",796, 100, 300, scrW, scrH);
diffHard = new MenuItem(ctx, "hard",796, 100, 400 , scrW, scrH);
diffVeryHard = new MenuItem(ctx, "very_hard",796, 100, 500, scrW, scrH);
okButton = new MenuItem(ctx, "ok_button", 100, 924, 500, scrW, scrH);
arrowBarrel = new MenuItem(ctx, "barrel_arrow", 100, 0, 100*difficulty, scrW, scrH);
}
#Override
public void run() {
while (running) {
if (surfaceCreated) {
update();
draw();
}
}
}
private void update() {
arrowBarrel.setY(difficulty*100);
}
private void draw() {
if (surfaceHolder.getSurface().isValid()){
canvas = surfaceHolder.lockCanvas();
canvas.drawBitmap(bgProp.getBmp(), bgProp.getSourceRect(), bgProp.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(arrowBarrel.getBmp(), arrowBarrel.getSourceRect(), arrowBarrel.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(diffVeryEasy.getBmp(), diffVeryEasy.getSourceRect(), diffVeryEasy.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(diffEasy.getBmp(), diffEasy.getSourceRect(), diffEasy.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(diffNormal.getBmp(), diffNormal.getSourceRect(), diffNormal.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(diffHard.getBmp(), diffHard.getSourceRect(), diffHard.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(diffVeryHard.getBmp(), diffVeryHard.getSourceRect(), diffVeryHard.getDestRect(), null);
canvas.drawBitmap(okButton.getBmp(), okButton.getSourceRect(), okButton.getDestRect(), null);
surfaceHolder.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);
}
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
switch (event.getAction() & event.ACTION_MASK){
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:{
if (diffVeryEasy.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
difficulty = 1; }
if (diffEasy.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
difficulty = 2;
}
if (diffNormal.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
difficulty = 3;
}
if (diffHard.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
difficulty = 4;
}
if (diffVeryHard.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
difficulty = 5;
}
if (okButton.contains((int)event.getX(), (int) event.getY())){
app.playTap();
((Activity)context).getIntent().putExtra("difficulty", difficulty);
((Activity)context).setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, ((Activity)context).getIntent());
((Activity)context).finish();
((Activity)context).overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
}
break;
}
}
return true;
}
public void pause(){
running = false;
boolean retry = true;
while (retry) {
try {
thread.join();
retry = false;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
((Activity)context).overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
}
public void resume(){
running = true;
thread = new Thread(this);
thread.start();
}
}
GameActivity
public class GameActivity extends Activity {
private GameSurface surface;
private globalApp app;
private int difficulty;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//Setting full screen
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
View decorView = getWindow().getDecorView();
int uiOptions = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY;
decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(uiOptions);
difficulty = getIntent().getIntExtra("difficulty", 3);
app = (globalApp) getApplication();
surface = new GameSurface(this, app, getIntent().getIntExtra("screenWidth", 500), getIntent().getIntExtra("screenHeight", 500), difficulty);
surface.setParentActivity(this);
setContentView(surface);
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
app.soundPool.release();
surface.pause();
}
#Override
protected void onPostResume() {
super.onPostResume();
app.buildSoundPool();
app.loadSounds();
surface.resume();
}
#Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
surface.stop();
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
super.onBackPressed();
finish();
}
}
Game halting happens either when I start DificultyActivity (I tap one MenuItem objects but nothing happens) or when I start GameActivity (game still shows MainActivity + MainActivitySurface).
Android Monitor show less than 40MB of allocated memory, so bitmaps shouldn't be the problem in my opinion. I tried recycling all bitmaps but the problem was present (that's why I opted to use only mdpi drawables; at first I used all pixel densities but tried lowering resources in case that was causing halts).

It is hard to find the problem without looking at the code. There's nothing nougat-specific way of handling the resources.
But android N claims to have a better memory management and since you are complaining a lot of garbage collections, it may be one of the cause. Make sure to recycle the unused bitmaps. And use RGB_565 as the preferred bitmap config which requires half memory than RGB_8888.

I have solved my problem. After posting question I came across this. It seems we had the same problem. When I slowed down drawing speed (using thread.sleep) there were no more issues.
Thanks to those who helped me.

Is this the right way to detect a touch on a rectangle in LibGdx ? Does not seem to be working for me

This is the code for my gamescreen where i want burst my ballon when its touched .
orientation is portrait.
but it does not seem to work for me.
public class GameScreen implements Screen {
final BB game;
private BitmapFont font;
private static final int no_of_frames = 2;
Texture ballonFrames;
TextureRegion[] burstFrames = new TextureRegion[no_of_frames];
Animation burstAnimation;
Array<Rectangle> ballons;
TextureRegion currentFrame;
long lastBallonTime;
int ballonBursted;
OrthographicCamera camera;
int ballonMissed;
Sound ballonBursting;
public GameScreen(final BB gam) {
this.game = gam;
ballonFrames = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("ballon_burst.png"));
font = new BitmapFont(Gdx.files.internal("font.fnt"), false);
ballonBursting = Gdx.audio.newSound(Gdx.files
.internal("BallonBursting.wav"));
TextureRegion[][] tmp = TextureRegion.split(ballonFrames,
ballonFrames.getWidth() / 2, ballonFrames.getHeight());
burstFrames[0] = tmp[0][0];
burstFrames[1] = tmp[0][1];
burstAnimation = new Animation(3.0f, burstFrames);
camera = new OrthographicCamera();
camera.setToOrtho(false, 800, 480);
ballons = new Array<Rectangle>();
spawnBallon();
}
private void spawnBallon() {
Rectangle ballon = new Rectangle();
ballon.x = MathUtils.random(0, 800 - 64); //
ballon.y = 0;
ballon.width = 40;
ballon.height = 80;
ballons.add(ballon);
lastBallonTime = TimeUtils.nanoTime();
}
private boolean ballonBursted(Rectangle ballon) {
Vector2 touch = new Vector2(Gdx.input.getX(), Gdx.input.getY());
if (ballon.contains(touch))
return true;
else
return false;
}
#Override
public void render(float delta) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0.3f, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
InputProcessor processor;
camera.update();
game.batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);
game.batch.begin();
font.draw(game.batch, "Ballon Bursted :" + ballonBursted, 0, 700);
font.draw(game.batch, "Ballon Missed:" + ballonMissed, 275, 700);
for (Rectangle ballon : ballons) {
game.batch.draw(burstFrames[0], ballon.x, ballon.y);
}
if (TimeUtils.nanoTime() - lastBallonTime > 1000000000) {
spawnBallon(); // a ballon every second
}
Iterator<Rectangle> iter = ballons.iterator();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
Rectangle ballon = iter.next();
ballon.y = ballon.y + 100 * Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime();
if (ballonBursted(ballon) == true) {
ballonBursted++;
game.batch.draw(burstFrames[1], ballon.x, ballon.y);
ballonBursting.play();
iter.remove();
}
else if (ballon.y + 64 > 800) {
iter.remove();
ballonMissed++;
}
}
if (ballonMissed > 5) {
game.setScreen(new ScoreScreen(game, ballonBursted));
}
game.batch.end();
}
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height) {
}
#Override
public void show() {
}
#Override
public void hide() {
}
#Override
public void pause() {
}
#Override
public void resume() {
}
#Override
public void dispose() {
ballonFrames.dispose();
ballonBursting.dispose();
game.batch.dispose();
}
I am using animation class of libgdx to change my image of ballon to the one where its bursted .
I am fairly new to libgdx and unable to figure out what wrong am i doing here .
Should i create a table and layout my ballon elements as actor?

Try something like this:
private boolean ballonBursted(Rectangle ballon) {
Vector3 touchPos = new Vector3(Gdx.input.getX(), Gdx.input.getY(), 0);
camera.unproject(touchPos);
if (ballon.contains(touchPos.x, touchPos.y))
return true;
else
return false;
}
please read this https://stackoverflow.com/a/18555705/2158970

If I understand it right you just want to know if the touchpoint is contained in the Rectangle ballon. Then you could use Rectangle#contains() method:
ballon.contains(Gdx.input.getX(), Gdx.input.getY());
see also the source code of Rectangle class

TMX file is not shown properly using AndEngine

I have written a position locator application for indoor positioning. I've used TMX files to render my floor maps and load them with AndEngine. The problem is that the program does not show the TMX file properly.
Here is the original file:
and here is what my application shows:
How can I fix this? Here is code:
public class TiledViewer extends SimpleBaseGameActivity implements
IOnSceneTouchListener, IScrollDetectorListener,
IPinchZoomDetectorListener {
private static final int CAMERA_WIDTH = 480;
private static final int CAMERA_HEIGHT = 320;
private SmoothCamera camera;
private TMXTiledMap mTMXTiledMap;
private SurfaceScrollDetector mScrollDetector;
private PinchZoomDetector mPinchZoomDetector;
private float mPinchZoomStartedCameraZoomFactor;
#Override
public EngineOptions onCreateEngineOptions() {
this.camera = new SmoothCamera(0, 0, CAMERA_WIDTH, CAMERA_HEIGHT, 400,
400, 10f);
final CroppedResolutionPolicy canvasSurface = new CroppedResolutionPolicy(
CAMERA_WIDTH, CAMERA_HEIGHT);
EngineOptions engineOptions = new EngineOptions(true,
ScreenOrientation.PORTRAIT_FIXED, canvasSurface, this.camera);
if (MultiTouch.isSupported(this)) {
if (MultiTouch.isSupportedDistinct(this)) {
Toast.makeText(
this,
"MultiTouch detected --> Both controls will work properly!",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Toast.makeText(
this,
"MultiTouch detected, but your device has problems distinguishing between fingers.\n\nControls are placed at different vertical locations.",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
} else {
Toast.makeText(
this,
"Sorry your device does NOT support MultiTouch!\n\n(Falling back to SingleTouch.)\n\nControls are placed at different vertical locations.",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
return engineOptions;
}
#Override
public void onCreateResources() {
BitmapTextureAtlasTextureRegionFactory.setAssetBasePath("gfx/");
}
#Override
public Scene onCreateScene() {
this.mEngine.registerUpdateHandler(new FPSLogger());
final Scene scene = new Scene();
scene.setOnAreaTouchTraversalFrontToBack();
this.mScrollDetector = new SurfaceScrollDetector(this);
this.mPinchZoomDetector = new PinchZoomDetector(this);
scene.setOnSceneTouchListener(this);
scene.setTouchAreaBindingOnActionDownEnabled(true);
try {
final TMXLoader tmxLoader = new TMXLoader(this.getAssets(),
this.mEngine.getTextureManager(), TextureOptions.DEFAULT,
this.getVertexBufferObjectManager(),
new ITMXTilePropertiesListener() {
#Override
public void onTMXTileWithPropertiesCreated(
final TMXTiledMap pTMXTiledMap,
final TMXLayer pTMXLayer,
final TMXTile pTMXTile,
final TMXProperties<TMXTileProperty> pTMXTileProperties) {
}
});
this.mTMXTiledMap = tmxLoader.loadFromAsset("tmx/m03.tmx");
} catch (final TMXLoadException e) {
Debug.e(e);
}
final TMXLayer tmxLayer = this.mTMXTiledMap.getTMXLayers().get(0);
scene.attachChild(tmxLayer);
this.camera.setBounds(0, 0, tmxLayer.getHeight(), tmxLayer.getWidth());
this.camera.setBoundsEnabled(true);
return scene;
}
#Override
public void onScrollStarted(final ScrollDetector pScollDetector,
final int pPointerID, final float pDistanceX, final float pDistanceY) {
final float zoomFactor = this.camera.getZoomFactor();
this.camera.offsetCenter(-pDistanceX / zoomFactor, -pDistanceY
/ zoomFactor);
}
#Override
public void onScroll(final ScrollDetector pScollDetector,
final int pPointerID, final float pDistanceX, final float pDistanceY) {
final float zoomFactor = this.camera.getZoomFactor();
this.camera.offsetCenter(-pDistanceX / zoomFactor, -pDistanceY
/ zoomFactor);
}
#Override
public void onScrollFinished(final ScrollDetector pScollDetector,
final int pPointerID, final float pDistanceX, final float pDistanceY) {
final float zoomFactor = this.camera.getZoomFactor();
this.camera.offsetCenter(-pDistanceX / zoomFactor, -pDistanceY
/ zoomFactor);
}
#Override
public void onPinchZoomStarted(final PinchZoomDetector pPinchZoomDetector,
final TouchEvent pTouchEvent) {
this.mPinchZoomStartedCameraZoomFactor = this.camera.getZoomFactor();
}
#Override
public void onPinchZoom(final PinchZoomDetector pPinchZoomDetector,
final TouchEvent pTouchEvent, final float pZoomFactor) {
this.camera.setZoomFactor(this.mPinchZoomStartedCameraZoomFactor
* pZoomFactor);
}
#Override
public void onPinchZoomFinished(final PinchZoomDetector pPinchZoomDetector,
final TouchEvent pTouchEvent, final float pZoomFactor) {
this.camera.setZoomFactor(this.mPinchZoomStartedCameraZoomFactor
* pZoomFactor);
}
#Override
public boolean onSceneTouchEvent(final Scene pScene,
final TouchEvent pSceneTouchEvent) {
this.mPinchZoomDetector.onTouchEvent(pSceneTouchEvent);
if (this.mPinchZoomDetector.isZooming()) {
this.mScrollDetector.setEnabled(false);
} else {
if (pSceneTouchEvent.isActionDown()) {
this.mScrollDetector.setEnabled(true);
}
this.mScrollDetector.onTouchEvent(pSceneTouchEvent);
}
return true;
}
}

I had the same problem for realize an indoor program.
I found a way to make better the display by editing directly the .tmx file.
In the tileset you should add those attributes spacing and margin.
For example:
tileset spacing="3" margin="2"
If you put the good value in the diferent field, you should have a better display.
My problem was resolved just by adding a margin=10 in this tileset.
I hope that help you,

andengine Sprite button should stay pressed

I've got a problem with Andengine
I didn't find a class for checkboxes or switches (on/off) in Andengine so I want to create a button which I can press and it will stay pressed.
I tried with mButtonSprite.State.PRESSED but I don't know how to use it, maybe you can help me...
My code:
public class MainActivity extends SimpleBaseGameActivity{
private int WIDTH = 1600;
private int HEIGHT = 900;
private BuildableBitmapTextureAtlas mBitmapTextureAtlas;
private ITiledTextureRegion mButtonTextureRegion;
public Sprite mButtonSprite;
private State mState;
#Override
public EngineOptions onCreateEngineOptions() {
final Camera mCamera = new Camera(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
return new EngineOptions(true, ScreenOrientation.LANDSCAPE_SENSOR,
new RatioResolutionPolicy(WIDTH, HEIGHT),
mCamera);
}
#Override
protected void onCreateResources() {
BitmapTextureAtlasTextureRegionFactory.setAssetBasePath("gfx/");
mBitmapTextureAtlas = new BuildableBitmapTextureAtlas(mEngine.getTextureManager(),WIDTH, HEIGHT,TextureOptions.BILINEAR);
mButtonTextureRegion = BitmapTextureAtlasTextureRegionFactory.createTiledFromAsset(mBitmapTextureAtlas,this,"rectangle_one.png", 2,1);
try {
mBitmapTextureAtlas
.build(new BlackPawnTextureAtlasBuilder<IBitmapTextureAtlasSource, BitmapTextureAtlas>(
0, 2, 1));
mBitmapTextureAtlas.load();
} catch (TextureAtlasBuilderException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
protected Scene onCreateScene()
{
this.mEngine.registerUpdateHandler(new FPSLogger(60));
final Scene mScene = new Scene();
mScene.getBackground().setColor(00000, 00000,00000);
mScene.setTouchAreaBindingOnActionDownEnabled(true);
ButtonSprite mButtonSprite = new ButtonSprite(900,450, mButtonTextureRegion,
mEngine.getVertexBufferObjectManager()){
#Override
public boolean onAreaTouched(TouchEvent pSceneTouchEvent,
float pTouchAreaLocalX, float pTouchAreaLocalY){
return super.onAreaTouched(pSceneTouchEvent, pTouchAreaLocalX, pTouchAreaLocalY);
}
};
mScene.registerTouchArea(mButtonSprite);
mScene.attachChild(mButtonSprite);
return mScene;
}
}

Create sprite sheet of with two images say off and on (one row with 2 coloumns) .Then create an animates sprite like this
testsprite_music = new AnimatedSprite(0, 0,
resourcesManager.test_region_music, vbom) {
#Override
public boolean onAreaTouched(final TouchEvent pSceneTouchEvent,
final float pTouchAreaLocalX, final float pTouchAreaLocalY) {
if (pSceneTouchEvent.isActionDown()) {
if (prefs.getBoolean("musiconoff", true)) {
// Log.e("The music is on im going to off ","The music is on im going to off ");
android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
editor.putBoolean( "musiconoff", false );
editor.commit();
testsprite_music.setCurrentTileIndex(0);
}
else
{// Log.e("The music is off im going to on ","The music is off im going to on ");
testsprite_music.setCurrentTileIndex(1);
android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
editor.putBoolean( "musiconoff", true );
editor.commit();
}
}
return true;
}
};

1. For CheckBox type:
if you want to enable and disable a button as check box use shared preference
For Example
boolean isChecked = getFromPreference();
if(isButtonEnbled)
{
// show checkSprite
}else{
// show unchecked Sprite
}
2.To show a button when pressed
in onTouchArea we have three options
if(ActionBegin){
// fadeIn
}else if(ActionEnd){
// fade out
}
In this way we have many alternatives

Modify and open options menu inside a SurfaceView

So im writing my first small game for Android, using a SurfaceView called Panel, which is a seperate class and not a subclass of the GameActivity. When the game ends, I'd like to modify the options menu depending on wether the player won or lost, and then open it.
Any suggestions on how to do that?
GameActivity:
public class GameActivity extends Activity {
private static final int MENU_PAUSE = 1;
private static final int MENU_RESUME = 2;
private static final int MENU_RESTART = 3;
private static final int MENU_QUIT = 4;
private Panel _panel;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
_panel = new Panel(this, 01);
setContentView(_panel);
}
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
menu.add(0, MENU_PAUSE, 0, "Pause");
menu.add(0, MENU_RESUME, 0, "Resume");
menu.add(0, MENU_RESTART, 0, "Restart");
menu.add(0, MENU_QUIT, 0, "Quit");
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case MENU_PAUSE:
_panel.pause();
return true;
case MENU_RESUME:
_panel.resume();
return true;
case MENU_RESTART:
_panel = new Panel(this, 01);
setContentView(_panel);
case MENU_QUIT:
_panel.stop();
return true;
}
return false;
}
public void openMenu(){
openOptionsMenu();
}}
Panel (shortend):
class Panel extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback, SensorEventListener {
// Game Vars
public Panel(Context context, int level) {
super(context);
_holder = getHolder();
_holder.addCallback(this);
_thread = new GameThread(getHolder(), this);
_handler = new Handler();
_context = context;
setFocusable(true);
start();
}
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
int height) {
}
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
_thread.setRunning(true);
_thread.start();
}
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
// simply copied from sample application LunarLander:
// we have to tell thread to shut down & wait for it to finish, or else
// it might touch the Surface after we return and explode
boolean retry = true;
_thread.setRunning(false);
while (retry) {
try {
_thread.join();
retry = false;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// we will try it again and again...
}
}
}
private void win(){
}
private void lose(){
}
}