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Android game in surfaceview lagg spikes

guys. I'm playing around with making my very first Android game, but stumbled into a problem. The framerate seems to have random lag spikes. If I comment the background(s) out the framerate gets much smoother. I've looked around SO and can't find anything to solve my problems. I have a feeling it has something to do with allocating a specific amount of time every time I draw, but I don't know how to properly implement such a feature. Any suggestions? Btw, tryed hardware ac, anti etc.
This is the class that starts the surfaceview :
package com.example.glassrunner;
Imports Here
public class Game extends Activity
{
MySurfaceView mySurfaceView;
public SoundPool spool;
private int soundID;
int length=0;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
this.setVolumeControlStream(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
mySurfaceView = new MySurfaceView(this);
setContentView(mySurfaceView);
}
#Override
protected void onResume()
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onResume();
mySurfaceView.onResumeMySurfaceView();
}
#Override
protected void onPause()
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPause();
mySurfaceView.onPauseMySurfaceView();
}
#Override
protected void onDestroy()
{
super.onDestroy();
mySurfaceView = null;
}
}
This is the surfaceview class :
package com.example.glassrunner;
Imports here
public class MySurfaceView extends SurfaceView implements Runnable
{
public static boolean gameOver = false;
SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
Thread thread = null;
public Integer score=0;
public SoundPool spool;
private int soundID;
int length=0;
public static MediaPlayer mp;
volatile boolean running = false;
int Yposition = 450;
int Xposition = 50;
Paint textPaint;
long mLastTime;
Bitmap background;
Bitmap background2;
Bitmap lines;
Bitmap runSprite;
Bitmap box;
Paint bitmapPaint ;
Paint textPaint2;
Bitmap scaledBackground ;
Bitmap scaledBackground2 ;
Bitmap scaledLines ;
Bitmap scaledBox;
Canvas canvas;
Paint paint;
int SpX=0;
int SpY=0;
Bitmap[][] sprite;
/** Variables for the counter */
int frameSamplesCollected = 0;
int frameSampleTime = 0;
int fps = 0;
int speed = 5;
Toast GameOverToast;
Context context;
MediaPlayer mMediaPlayer;
public MySurfaceView(Context context)
{
super(context);
this.context = context;
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
surfaceHolder = getHolder();
surfaceHolder.setFormat(PixelFormat.RGB_565);
CharSequence text = "Game Over!";
int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
GameOverToast = Toast.makeText(context, text, duration);
spool = new SoundPool(10, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 0);
soundID = spool.load(context, R.raw.jump, 1);
mp = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.saturdaymorningfunk);
initialization();
}
public void initialization()
{
mp.setLooping(true);
mp.start();
Options options = new Options();
options.inSampleSize = 1/4;
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.RGB_565;
background=BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.background,options);
lines=BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.lines);// getting the png from drawable folder
background2=BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.background2,options);
runSprite=BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.runsprite);
box=BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.box);
bitmapPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG); // tool for painting on the canvas
bitmapPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
bitmapPaint.setFilterBitmap(true);
textPaint = new Paint();
textPaint.setColor(Color.RED);
textPaint.setTextSize(32);
textPaint2 = new Paint();
textPaint2.setColor(Color.BLUE);
textPaint2.setTextSize(50);
scaledBackground = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(background, 2560, 500, true);
scaledBackground2 = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(background2, 2560, 400, true);
scaledLines = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(lines, 2560, 30, true);
runSprite = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(runSprite, 1400, 1000, true);
scaledBox = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(box, 100, 100, true);
sprite = new Bitmap[4][7];
for(int row=0;row<=3;row++)
{
for(int col=0;col<=6;col++)
{
sprite[row][col] = Bitmap.createBitmap(runSprite, SpX, SpY, 200, 250);
SpX+=200;
}
SpX=0;
SpY+=250;
}
}
public void onResumeMySurfaceView()
{
mp.seekTo(length);
mp.start();
running = true;
thread = new Thread(this);
thread.start();
}
public void onPauseMySurfaceView()
{
mp.pause();
length=mp.getCurrentPosition();
boolean retry = true;
running = false;
while(retry){
try {
thread.join();
retry = false;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public void onDestroyMySurfaceView()
{
mp.stop();
running = false;
thread = null;
thread.stop();
}
private void fps()
{
long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
if (mLastTime != 0)
{
//Time difference between now and last time we were here
int time = (int) (now - mLastTime);
frameSampleTime += time;
frameSamplesCollected++;
//After 10 frames
if (frameSamplesCollected == 10)
{
//Update the fps variable
fps = (int) (10000 / frameSampleTime);
//Reset the sampletime + frames collected
frameSampleTime = 0;
frameSamplesCollected = 0;
}
}
mLastTime = now;
}
public boolean pressDown = false;
public long pressTime;
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)
{
if (event != null)
{
if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
{ if(Yposition == orgPos)
{
spool.play(soundID, 15, 15, 1, 0, 1f);
pressDown = true;
pressTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
}
}else if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
{
pressDown = false;
}
}
return true;
}
int x=0;
int y=100;
int x2=0;
int y2=20;
int row=0;
int col=0;
int limit = 100;
int orgPos = 450;
int Xbox = 1280;
int Ybox = 580;
Random r = new Random();
int RBox;
public static String Fscore;
boolean onTop = false;
long now;
long start;
long stop;
long time ;
int spritePosition = 0 ;
int spriteSize;
#Override
public void run()
{
while(running)
{
canvas = null;
if(surfaceHolder.getSurface().isValid())
{
canvas = surfaceHolder.lockCanvas();
fps(); // fps
// Update screen parameters
update();
draw();
surfaceHolder.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);
}
}
}
public void update()
{
if(score<500)
{
speed = 7;
}
else if(score%500 == 0)
{
speed = 7 + (score / 500);
}
if(col==6)
{
row++;
col=0;
}
if(row==4)
{
row=0;
}
score++;
Fscore = score.toString();
if(x>-1280)
{
x-=speed;
}else if(x<=-1280)
{
x=0;
}
if(x2>-1280)
{
x2-=5;
}else if(x2<=-1280)
{
x2=-0;
}
RBox = r.nextInt(999)+1280;
if(Xbox > -100)
{
Xbox-=speed;
}else if(Xbox<=-100)
{
Xbox=RBox;
}
if( (Xposition + 200 == Xbox +40 )&&(Yposition + 250 > Ybox+20)||( Xposition+200<=Xbox+70)&&( Xposition+200>=Xbox+20)&&(Yposition + 250 > Ybox+30) ) // collision
{
GameOverToast.show();
running = false;
spool.release();
mp.release();
Looper.prepare();
Intent database = new Intent(context, MainHighscore.class);
database.putExtra("score", Fscore);
context.startActivity(database);
onDestroyMySurfaceView();
}
now = System.currentTimeMillis();
if(( now - pressTime) <= 600)
{
if(Yposition > limit)
{
Yposition -= 10;
}
}
onTop = false;
if((now - pressTime) >= 600 && (now - pressTime) <= 1200)
{
if(!(Yposition == orgPos))
{
if(Yposition+250 >= Ybox && Xposition+200>=Xbox+70 && Xposition <= Xbox+40)
{
onTop=true;
Yposition = 340;
}else
{
Yposition += 10;
}
}
}
if((now - pressTime) >= 1200)
{
if(Yposition < 450) Yposition +=10;
else Yposition = 450;
}
}
public void draw()
{
canvas.drawColor(Color.WHITE);
//canvas.drawBitmap(scaledBackground, x2,y2, bitmapPaint);
canvas.drawBitmap(scaledBackground2, x,y, bitmapPaint);
canvas.drawBitmap(scaledLines, x,650, bitmapPaint);
canvas.drawText(Fscore, 1050, 50, textPaint2);
canvas.drawText(fps + " fps", getWidth() / 2, getHeight() / 2, textPaint);
canvas.drawBitmap(sprite[row][col],Xposition,Yposition,bitmapPaint );
canvas.drawBitmap(scaledBox,Xbox,Ybox,bitmapPaint);
col++;
}
}

I think your problem might be actually the moving part. Your just drawing too much stuff, and the surfaceView is not meant for that.

Efficiently load 5 larger than fullscreen Bitmaps into my Android Live Wallpaper and scroll them parralax

So I'm new to Java and this kind of coding.
I'm trying to make a Parrallax scrolling Live Wallpaper. But I'm having memory issues.
Well I have made it, and it works on on the phone I have. But I think the way i have done it is not very efficient at all. Because when I try it on other phones it doesn't work. It breaks at my Out Of Memory catcher. I added another layer and now it does the same thing on my phone too. So I am able to debug it. Basically I guess I'm using up-to or over 16 meg of memory.
If someone could take a look at my code and help me load in the bitmaps more efficiently that would be greatly appreciated.
Here is how I'm currently doing it:
static class Layer {
public Bitmap bitmap;
private float scale = 1.0f;
private Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
public Layer(Bitmap b) {
this.bitmap = b;
}
public void setScale(float factor) {
scale = factor;
}
public Matrix getMatrix(float x, float y) {
if (scale == 1) {
matrix.reset();
} else {
matrix.setScale(scale, scale);
}
matrix.postTranslate(x, y);
return matrix;
}
}
public static List<Integer> findLayers(Integer path) {
List<Integer> files = new ArrayList<Integer>();
files.add(R.drawable.planet_layer4);
files.add(R.drawable.planet_layer3);
files.add(R.drawable.planet_layer2);
files.add(R.drawable.planet_layer1);
files.add(R.drawable.planet_layer0);
return files;
}
private void loadLayers() {
try {
clearLayers();
for (Integer file: layerFiles) {
addLayer(file);
}
recalibrateLayers();
} catch (IOException e) {
layers.clear();
Toast.makeText(LiveWallpaper.this, "There was a problem loading the wallpaper. Please contact the developer.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} catch (OutOfMemoryError oom) {
layers.clear();
Toast.makeText(LiveWallpaper.this, "Whoops, we ran out of memory trying to load the images. ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
private void addLayer(int name) throws IOException {
Bitmap layer = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), name);
if (layer == null) {
throw new IOException("BitmapFactory couldn't decode asset " + name);
}
synchronized(layers) {
layers.add(new Layer(layer));
}
}
private void clearLayers() {
synchronized(layers) {
layers.clear();
}
}
private void recalibrateLayers() {
for (Layer layer : layers) {
final int bitmapHeight = layer.bitmap.getHeight();
layer.setScale((float)mHeight / (float)bitmapHeight);
}
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
mHandler.removeCallbacks(mDrawParallax);
}
#Override
public void onSurfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height) {
super.onSurfaceChanged(holder, format, width, height);
mHeight = height;
recalibrateLayers();
drawBackgrounds();
}
And here is where I draw them.
/*
* Draw one frame of the animation. This method gets called repeatedly
* by posting a delayed Runnable. You can do any drawing you want in
* here.
*/
void drawBackgrounds() {
final SurfaceHolder holder = getSurfaceHolder();
final Rect frame = holder.getSurfaceFrame();
mFrame = frame;
Canvas c = null;
try {
c = holder.lockCanvas();
if (c != null) {
// draw something
drawParallax(c);
}
} finally {
if (c != null) holder.unlockCanvasAndPost(c);
}
}
void drawParallax(Canvas c) {
int frameWidth = mFrame.width();
for (int i=layers.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
Layer layer = layers.get(i);
Bitmap bitmap = layer.bitmap;
float bitmapWidth = bitmap.getWidth() * layer.scale;
float max = frameWidth - bitmapWidth;
float offset = mOffset * max;
final Matrix m = layer.getMatrix(offset, 0);
c.drawBitmap(bitmap, m, null);
}
}

How to set-up automatic collision with just an update() function?

I've just started with Android programming using eclipse and recently came across this problem. I have a bunch of sprites assigned to an arraylist. Now, I want to make it so that collision is detected automatically between sprites but the template I'm currently using can only detect collision between the surface's borders and the moving sprites. Each sprite's position and speed is generated randomly.
How can I change the update() function in my Sprite() class to detect collision between the moving sprites themselves and at the same changing/bouncing to the opposite direction?
Here's my Sprite class template:
package com.gameproject.cai_test;
import java.util.Random;
public Sprite(GameView gameView, Bitmap bmp) {
this.width = bmp.getWidth() / BMP_COLUMNS;
this.height = bmp.getHeight() / BMP_ROWS;
this.gameView = gameView;
this.bmp = bmp;
Random rnd = new Random();
x = rnd.nextInt(gameView.getWidth() - width);
y = rnd.nextInt(gameView.getHeight() - height);
xSpeed = rnd.nextInt(MAX_SPEED * 2) - MAX_SPEED;
ySpeed = rnd.nextInt(MAX_SPEED * 2) - MAX_SPEED;
}
private void update() {
if (x >= gameView.getWidth() - width - xSpeed || x + xSpeed <= 0) {
xSpeed = -xSpeed;
}
x = x + xSpeed;
if (y >= gameView.getHeight() - height - ySpeed || y + ySpeed <= 0) {
ySpeed = -ySpeed;
}
y = y + ySpeed;
currentFrame = ++currentFrame % BMP_COLUMNS;
}
public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
update();
int srcX = currentFrame * width;
int srcY = getAnimationRow() * height;
Rect src = new Rect(srcX, srcY, srcX + width, srcY + height);
Rect dst = new Rect(x, y, x + width, y + height);
canvas.drawBitmap(bmp, src, dst, null);
}
private int getAnimationRow() {
double dirDouble = (Math.atan2(xSpeed, ySpeed) / (Math.PI / 2) + 2);
int direction = (int) Math.round(dirDouble) % BMP_ROWS;
return DIRECTION_TO_ANIMATION_MAP[direction];
}
//gameplay operations
//only values from 0 to 9 will be picked; each assigned its own sprite in the list
public int randomValue(){
Random rnd = new Random();
RandomValue = rnd.nextInt(10);
return RandomValue;
}
//sequence operation from addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
public int produceSum(){
int addOne = 0;
int addTwo = 0;
Sum = addOne + addTwo;
return Sum;
}
public int produceDiff(){
int deductOne = 0;
int deductTwo = 0;
Difference = deductOne - deductTwo;
return Difference;
}
public int produceProduct(){
int multiOne = 0;
int multiTwo = 0;
Product = multiOne * multiTwo;
return Product;
}
public int produceQuotient(){
int divideOne = 0;
int divideTwo = 0;
Quotient = divideOne / divideTwo;
return Quotient;
}
//each time this returns true, the game is reset with new operation
//compares the value of the bubble picked to the random number being compared through operations
public boolean compareBubbleValue(int randomBubble, int bubbleValue){
if (randomBubble == bubbleValue){
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
As you can see, the update() method only checks the collision between the moving sprites and the borders.

Okey, so lets name your array of sprites spriteArray and loop through it twice
public Rect getBounds(){ //put this in your sprite and enemy-class.
return new Rect(x, y, x+width, y+height);
}
Public void checkCollision(){
for (int i = 0; i<spriteArray.size(); i++){
Rect mySprite = spriteArray.get(i).getBounds(); //create rect for every sprite in array
for (int j = 0; j<spriteArray.size(); i++){
Rect myOtherSprite = spriteArray.get(i).getBounds();
if(mySprite.intersect(myOtherSprite)){ //check if they touch
//Todo code here
}
}
}
}
then you just put this method in your update-method.

Here's the coding for the GameView class (pardon the mess, it's a jumble of codes and comments):
package com.gameproject.cai_test;
public class GameView extends SurfaceView {
private Bitmap bmp;
private Bitmap background;
private Bitmap backgroundImage;
private Bitmap pop;
private SurfaceHolder holder;
private GameLoopThread gameLoopThread;
private List<Sprite> sprites = new ArrayList<Sprite>();
private List<TempSprite> temps = new ArrayList<TempSprite>();
private int[] bubbleValue = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
private long lastClick;
private SpriteObject timer;
private SpriteObject morebanner;
private SpriteObject formulaBox;
private SpriteObject levelbanner1;
private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
public GameView(Context context) {
super(context);
gameLoopThread = new GameLoopThread(this);
timer = new SpriteObject (BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.hourglass), 1200, 100);
morebanner = new SpriteObject(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.morebanner), 650, 300);
formulaBox = new SpriteObject(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.formulabox), 650, 600);
background = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.background);
backgroundImage = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.background);
pop = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.pop);
final Toast toast1 = Toast.makeText(context, "LEVEL 1 start", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
holder = getHolder();
holder.addCallback(new Callback() {
#Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
}
#Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
//setSurfaceSize(getWidth(), getHeight());
toast1.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL, 0, 0);
toast1.show();
createSprites();
gameLoopThread.setRunning(true);
gameLoopThread.start();
//banner();
}
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format,
int width, int height) {
}
});
}
private void createSprites() {
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble1));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble2));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble3));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble4));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble5));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble6));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble7));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble8));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble9));
sprites.add(createSprite(R.drawable.bubble10));
for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++){
bubbleValue[i] = sprites.indexOf(i);
}
}
private Sprite createSprite(int resource) {
Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), resource);
return new Sprite(this, bmp);
}
public void setSurfaceSize(int width, int height)
{
synchronized (surfaceHolder)
{
int canvasWidth = width;
int canvasHeight = height;
backgroundImage = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(backgroundImage, width, height, true);
}
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
canvas.drawColor(Color.WHITE);
//levelbanner1.draw(canvas);//causes error when applied;for reference only
for (int i = temps.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
temps.get(i).onDraw(canvas);
}
for (Sprite sprite : sprites) {
timer.draw(canvas);
//formulaBox.draw(canvas);
sprite.onDraw(canvas);
}
if (sprites.size() == 0){
morebanner.draw(canvas);
}
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
if (System.currentTimeMillis() - lastClick > 300) {
lastClick = System.currentTimeMillis();
float x = event.getX();
float y = event.getY();
synchronized (getHolder()) {
for (int i = sprites.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
Sprite sprite = sprites.get(i);
if (sprite.isCollition(x, y)) {
sprites.remove(sprite);
temps.add(new TempSprite(temps, this, x, y, pop));
break;
}
}
}
}
return true;
}
public void update(){
//for possible check of collision bet. sprites
//
}
}
I've tried assigning a Rect for the sprites here and checking collision on the bottom update() function but result gets awry and produces a runtime error. Probably would be better if its automated in the Sprite class update() function, just as it does for border collision.

If you want to have nice and proper collisions between your sprites, maybe looking at a physics engine like http://www.jbox2d.org/ would help.
It will handle a lot of the complex specific cases for you (tunnelling, time of impact, broadphase for early discard...)

Motion Streak for specific Sprites?

AndEngine GLES2 has an example for a full scene motion streak/blur which works great, but I would like to apply that motion blur to only specific sprites.
Kind of like I don't want my characters to motion blur, just the spells(Sprites).
This is what I am using to do a motion blur right now, it is simply the AndEngine example, but the problem is it seems to take a snapshot of the whole screen, apply an aplha, and then merge it with the next frame of the screen, and I would only like to apply this "alpha" blurring affect to individual sprites.
#Override
public Engine onCreateEngine(EngineOptions pEngineOptions) {
return new Engine(pEngineOptions) {
private static final int RENDERTEXTURE_COUNT = 2;
private boolean mRenderTextureInitialized;
private final RenderTexture[] mRenderTextures = new RenderTexture[RENDERTEXTURE_COUNT];
private final Sprite[] mRenderTextureSprites = new Sprite[RENDERTEXTURE_COUNT];
private int mCurrentRenderTextureIndex = 0;
#Override
public void onDrawFrame(final GLState pGLState) throws InterruptedException {
final boolean firstFrame = !this.mRenderTextureInitialized;
if(firstFrame) {
this.initRenderTextures(pGLState);
this.mRenderTextureInitialized = true;
}
final int surfaceWidth = this.mCamera.getSurfaceWidth();
final int surfaceHeight = this.mCamera.getSurfaceHeight();
final int currentRenderTextureIndex = this.mCurrentRenderTextureIndex;
final int otherRenderTextureIndex = (currentRenderTextureIndex + 1) % RENDERTEXTURE_COUNT;
this.mRenderTextures[currentRenderTextureIndex].begin(pGLState, false, true);
{
/* Draw current frame. */
super.onDrawFrame(pGLState);
/* Draw previous frame with reduced alpha. */
if(!firstFrame) {
if(Info.motionStreaking) {
this.mRenderTextureSprites[otherRenderTextureIndex].setAlpha(0.9f);
this.mRenderTextureSprites[otherRenderTextureIndex].onDraw(pGLState, this.mCamera);
}
}
}
this.mRenderTextures[currentRenderTextureIndex].end(pGLState);
/* Draw combined frame with full alpha. */
{
pGLState.pushProjectionGLMatrix();
pGLState.orthoProjectionGLMatrixf(0, surfaceWidth, 0, surfaceHeight, -1, 1);
{
this.mRenderTextureSprites[otherRenderTextureIndex].setAlpha(1);
this.mRenderTextureSprites[otherRenderTextureIndex].onDraw(pGLState, this.mCamera);
}
pGLState.popProjectionGLMatrix();
}
/* Flip RenderTextures. */
this.mCurrentRenderTextureIndex = otherRenderTextureIndex;
}
private void initRenderTextures(final GLState pGLState) {
final int surfaceWidth = this.mCamera.getSurfaceWidth();
final int surfaceHeight = this.mCamera.getSurfaceHeight();
final VertexBufferObjectManager vertexBufferObjectManager = this.getVertexBufferObjectManager();
for(int i = 0; i <= 1; i++) {
this.mRenderTextures[i] = new RenderTexture(DodgingGame.this.getTextureManager(), surfaceWidth, surfaceHeight);
this.mRenderTextures[i].init(pGLState);
final ITextureRegion renderTextureATextureRegion = TextureRegionFactory.extractFromTexture(this.mRenderTextures[i]);
this.mRenderTextureSprites[i] = new Sprite(0, 0, renderTextureATextureRegion, vertexBufferObjectManager);
}
}
};
}
How can I change it to work for specific sprites instead of the whole visible screen?

You could use a particle system to create motion blur effect.

Android sprite VM out of memory errors

I have been trying pretty much everything to get my live wallpaper to stop exceeding the VM memory and nothing seems to works.
I have some animations that are large but hopefully not to large because if I bring them down any more they will look horrible.
I have one sprite that is 30 frames long 7800x329 pixels I put in the mdpi folder it is 356 kb big.
I have two smaller animations I would love to add but it dies also, even when it does load I try to set it as a livewallpaper and it dies again.
Here's the code (I used the aquarium tutorial for this) for the sprite
public class SpriteOne extends SpriteMovement {
private static final int TOTAL_FRAMES_IN_SPRITE = 30;
private static final int SPRITE_ONE_FPS = 15;
public SpriteOne(Context context, TheTemplate thetemplate, Point startPoint, int speed){
super(context, thetemplate);
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inPurgeable = true;
Bitmap leftBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getContext().getResources(), ca.samsstuff.steampunkdroid.R.drawable.droidfinal, options);
this.initialize(leftBitmap, SPRITE_ONE_FPS, TOTAL_FRAMES_IN_SPRITE, startPoint, speed);
}
public void render(Canvas canvas){
super.render(canvas);
}
}
I heard about recycle but not quite sure how to add this here.
This goes into another class I named TheTemplate, I'll add that also.
//template file
public class TheTemplate {
private SpriteThread spriteThread;
private SurfaceHolder _surfaceHolder;
private ArrayList<Renderable> _sprites;
public Bitmap _backgroundImage = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.background1);
//droid measurements
public Bitmap thedroid = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.droidfinal);
public int thedroidHeight = thedroid.getHeight();
public int thedroidWidth = thedroid.getWidth() / 30;
private Context _context;
// add rescale stuff
private float screenWidth = initFrameParamsWidth();
private Bitmap theBackgroundImage;
private float totalHeight = _backgroundImage.getHeight();
private int screenSized = initFrameParams();
private float theScaler = (float) (screenSized / totalHeight);
private Bitmap oneBackImage = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(_backgroundImage, (int) (theScaler * _backgroundImage.getWidth()), (int) (theScaler * _backgroundImage.getHeight()), true);
public void render(){
Canvas canvas = null;
try{
canvas = this._surfaceHolder.lockCanvas(null);
synchronized (this._surfaceHolder) {
this.onDraw(canvas);
}
}finally{
if(canvas != null){
this._surfaceHolder.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);
}
}
}
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
this.renderBackGround(canvas);
for (Renderable renderable : this._sprites) {
renderable.render(canvas);
}
};
public void start(){
this.spriteThread.switchOn();
}
public void stop(){
boolean retry = true;
this.spriteThread.switchOff();
while (retry) {
try {
this.spriteThread.join();
retry = false;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// we will try it again and again...
}
}
}
public int backgroundLeft() {
int startMovement = (int) ((screenWidth - theBackgroundImage.getWidth()) / 2);
return startMovement;
}
public int backgroundRight() {
return this.theBackgroundImage.getWidth();
}
public void initialize(Context context, SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder) {
this.spriteThread = new SpriteThread(this);
this._surfaceHolder = surfaceHolder;
this._sprites = new ArrayList<Renderable>();
this._context = context;
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inPurgeable = true;
this.theBackgroundImage = oneBackImage;
this.addSprites();
}
private void addSprites() {
Point startPoint = new Point((int) ((screenWidth / 2) - (thedroidWidth / 2)), ((screenSized / 2) - (thedroidHeight / 2)));
this._sprites.add(new SpriteOne(this._context, this, startPoint , 30));
}
private void renderBackGround(Canvas canvas)
{
float canvasewidthsize = (float) ((screenWidth / 2) - (theBackgroundImage.getWidth() / 2));
canvas.drawBitmap(this.theBackgroundImage, canvasewidthsize, 0, null);
}
}
Any help in this would be greatly appreciated as this one is driving me nuts.
Thanks in advance
Sam

sorry I should of answered this long ago.
just cut down on frames and image size use purgeable or recycle or both