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Android Drawing a Smooth Path

I have code that I need to improve.
Here's what's wrong: it's a little slow and choppy, meaning the lines aren't smooth and the drawing is a bit delayed.
public void touchStarted(Point point) {
if (null == drawingModePath) {
drawingModePath = new Path();
}
drawingModePath.moveTo(point.x, point.y);
}
public void touchMoved(Point point) {
drawingModePath.lineTo(point.x, point.y);
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap((int) getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getWidth(), (int) getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
mainDrawingView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
// Path
paint = new Paint();
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
canvas.drawPath(drawingModePath, paint);
}
public void touchEnded(Point point) {
touchMoved(point);
}
In essence what this code does is drawing a path based on touchStarted, touchMoved, and touchEnded. If someone can help me optimize this, I'd be grateful. Perhaps if I don't recreate the bitmap each time touchMoved occurs? Not sure here... not sure... I use a UIBezierPath to perform this code on iOS and it's a bit faster (and smoother). Anyway, I come to you for help. Input appreciated.

you are recreating everything every move. that will affect the performance of drawing a lot. the event triggers every 8ms (or 16ms im not sure), imagine you are reinstantiating everything every 8ms? thats tough.
so this must be in the instantiation part
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap((int) getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getWidth(), (int) getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
mainDrawingView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
paint = new Paint();
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
The touchMoved() should only record the new path and call the invalidate() to make the View redraw itself resulting in calling the draw method (onDraw()).
public void touchMoved(Point point) {
drawingModePath.lineTo(point.x, point.y);
invalidate();
}
and then implement onDraw() method to do the drawing
Heres how i do the drawing interface in one of my projects:
public class SignatureView extends View {
public SignatureView(Context context, #Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
// instantiating my paint object
paint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
paint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
paint.setStrokeWidth(5);
path = new Path();
}
#Override
protected void onSizeChanged(int xNew, int yNew, int xOld, int yOld)
{
// this is where i initialize my canvas, because in constructor, the view is not completely instantiated yet, so getting the height and width there will result in null exception.
bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(xNew, yNew, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
background_canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
// draw the new path to a buffer canvas
background_canvas.drawPath(path, paint);
// put the buffer in the real canvas
canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, paint);
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev)
{
//this is like your move event, it just records the new path every move.
int action = ev.getActionMasked();
if ( action == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN )
{
path.moveTo(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
}
else if ( action == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE )
{
path.lineTo(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
// call invalidate() to make the view redraw itself, resulting in calling the onDraw() method.
invalidate();
}
else if ( action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP )
{
onDone.method();
}
return true;
}
public void clear()
{
background_canvas.drawColor(Color.WHITE);
path.reset();
invalidate();
}
interface OnDone{
void method();
}
public void setOnDone(OnDone new_onDone)
{
onDone = new_onDone;
}
OnDone onDone;
private Paint paint;
private Bitmap bitmap;
private Canvas background_canvas;
private Path path;
public Bitmap getBitmap()
{
return bitmap;
}
}

Create image mask in android with 9png

So I have this 9png :
And I have this image :
I need to achieve something like this:
This is the closest I can get to it:
This is how I tried to do it:
public class CustomView extends ImageView {
private Bitmap mImage;
private Bitmap mMask;
private int mPosX = 0;
private int mPosY = 0;
private final Paint maskPaint;
private final Paint imagePaint;
public CustomView(Context context) {
super(context);
maskPaint = new Paint();
maskPaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR));
imagePaint = new Paint();
imagePaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.DST_OVER));
mImage = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.drawable.dummy_video);
mMask = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.drawable.friend_bubble);
}
#Override
public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
canvas.save();
canvas.drawBitmap(mMask, 0, 0, maskPaint);
canvas.drawBitmap(mImage, mPosX, mPosY, imagePaint);
canvas.restore();
}
}
My guess is that the 9png just keeps on drawing and doesn't know when to stop.
Can anyone help? :)

canvas not drawing images in another method

I have extended View to use canvas. I have draw basic drawings in onDraw() method, when user touches in the canvas I have to draw an image there, for that I have used canvas inside onTouchEvent() method,it is not drawing anything there, the code is given below, what is the problem and how can i resolve this
public class ScreenView extends View(){
static Canvas canvas;
Bitmap bm;
protected void onDraw(final Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
this.canvas = canvas;
bm = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
R.drawable.ic_launcher);
canvas.draw.......
......
...........
}
public boolean onTouchEvent(final MotionEvent event) {
handleTouches(event.getX(), event.getY());
return false;
}
public void handleTouches(float x, float y) {
xLocTouch = (int) x;
yLocTouched = (int) y;
Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
canvas.drawBitmap(bm, xLocTouch ,yLocTouched , paint);
}
}

You should call invalidate() method inside onTouchEvent, then your onDraw() method will be called, and you just should store your x and y coordinates, and then draw bitmap to this coordinates, like this:
public class ScreenView extends View {
int xLocTouched;
int yLocTouched;
Bitmap bm;
protected void onDraw(final Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
bm = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
R.drawable.ic_launcher);
//your basic drawings also should depends on xLocTouched and yLocTouched.
Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
canvas.drawBitmap(bm, xLocTouched ,yLocTouched , paint);
}
public boolean onTouchEvent(final MotionEvent event) {
xLocTouched = (int) event.getX();
yLocTouched = (int) event.getY();
invalidate();
return false;
}
}

canvas erase bitmap code android

I am using below code to erase bitmap from canvas on touch event.
it's working fine in android 2.3 but in 4.0 it show me black spot instead of erasing bitmap.
anyone can help.
public class DemoTouch extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(new TouchView(this));
}
class TouchView extends View {
Bitmap bgr;
Bitmap overlayDefault;
Bitmap overlay;
Paint pTouch;
int X = -100;
int Y = -100;
Canvas c2;
public TouchView(Context context) {
super(context);
bgr = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.a1);
overlayDefault = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
R.drawable.a2);
overlay = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
R.drawable.a2).copy(Config.ARGB_4444, true);
c2 = new Canvas(overlay);
pTouch = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
pTouch.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(Mode.CLEAR));
pTouch.setColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
pTouch.setMaskFilter(new BlurMaskFilter(15, Blur.NORMAL));
pTouch.setAntiAlias(true);
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
switch (ev.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: {
X = (int) ev.getX();
Y = (int) ev.getY();
invalidate();
break;
}
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE: {
X = (int) ev.getX();
Y = (int) ev.getY();
invalidate();
break;
}
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
break;
}
return true;
}
#Override
public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
// draw background
canvas.drawBitmap(bgr, 0, 0, null);
// copy the default overlay into temporary overlay and punch a hole
// in it
// c2.drawBitmap(overlayDefault, 0, 0, null); // exclude this line
// to
// show all as you draw
c2.drawCircle(X, Y, 20, pTouch);
// draw the overlay over the background
canvas.drawBitmap(overlay, 0, 0, null);
}
}
}

Have a look at this method of mine. The view EditImageView is a custom ImageView that I also applied that erase function to. I had the same problem until I applied the code below inside the if statement. That fixes the problem for 3.0 and up
/**
* Sets the image to the view in the content view
* #param view
*/
private void setImageView(EditImageView view) {
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
view.setLayoutParams(params);
// #### THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART ######
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
view.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
}
LinearLayout main = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.galleryImage);
main.removeAllViews();
main.addView(view);
}
EDIT
You can probably do something like this in your code.
public TouchView(Context context) {
super(context);
// This should fix it from 3.0 and up
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
}
bgr = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.a1);
overlayDefault = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
R.drawable.a2);
overlay = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
R.drawable.a2).copy(Config.ARGB_4444, true);
c2 = new Canvas(overlay);
pTouch = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
pTouch.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(Mode.CLEAR));
pTouch.setColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
pTouch.setMaskFilter(new BlurMaskFilter(15, Blur.NORMAL));
pTouch.setAntiAlias(true);
}
Hope this also helps you

Draw a bitmap tiled across a Rect android

I am attempting to draw a bitmap along a rectangle, but I am not sure how to go about it. Is there a way to tile a bitmap along a Rect object using a paint property or something? I have looked, but I can't find anything that makes it do what I need it too, most of the tiling options won't tile it for a specific instance, they tile it along the entire screen, so everything using that bitmap ends up having one big bitmap tiling along all of them at the same time, without scrolling or anything.
Any ideas? If you need more info let me know, its kind of a weird question so I know I probably didn't mention something important.
William

There are a couple ways that you can attack this. I'll outline two of them here...
One way:
You can define a BitmapDrawable around the Bitmap. Set its TileMode to repeat. Give it some bounds via setBounds(rect) where rect is your Rect instance.
Here's a brief example using a View onDraw as context:
public class MyView extends View {
Rect rect;
Bitmap mBitmap;
BitmapDrawable mDrawable;
public MyView(Context context) {
super(context);
rect = new Rect(0, 0, 100, 100);
mBitmap = loadBitmap();
mDrawable = new BitmapDrawable(context.getResources(), mBitmap);
mDrawable.setTileModeXY(TileMode.REPEAT, TileMode.REPEAT);
mDrawable.setBounds(rect);
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
mDrawable.draw(canvas);
}
public Bitmap loadBitmap() {
// included only for example sake
Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setColor(Color.RED);
Bitmap bm = Bitmap.createBitmap(10, 10, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bm);
canvas.drawRect(0,0,10,10, paint);
paint.setStyle(Style.STROKE);
paint.setColor(Color.BLUE);
canvas.drawRect(0, 0, 9, 9, paint);
return bm;
}
}
Note:
You can also define a BitmapDrawable in xml instead of doing it in code.
Also, if you know that a drawable you are loading via getResources().getDrawable(resourceId) is indeed just a Bitmap, you can cast it to a BitmapDrawable and set the TileMode there. A la:
public class MyView extends View {
Rect rect;
BitmapDrawable mDrawable;
public MyView(Context context) {
super(context);
rect = new Rect(0, 0, 400, 240);
mDrawable = (BitmapDrawable) context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
mDrawable.setTileModeXY(TileMode.REPEAT, TileMode.REPEAT);
mDrawable.setBounds(rect);
this.setBackgroundDrawable(context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_launcher));
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
mDrawable.draw(canvas);
}
}
This example shows the background being stretched, and a tiled version being draw over top of it.
Another way:
Loop in the x and y direction and repeatedly draw the bitmap into the rect:
public class MyView extends View {
Rect rect;
Bitmap mBitmap;
public MyView(Context context) {
super(context);
rect = new Rect(0, 0, 100, 100);
mBitmap = loadBitmap();
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
final int bmWidth = mBitmap.getWidth();
final int bmHeight = mBitmap.getHeight();
for (int y = 0, height = rect.height(); y < height; y += bmHeight) {
for (int x = 0, width = rect.width(); x < width; x += bmWidth) {
canvas.drawBitmap(mBitmap, x, y, null);
}
}
}
public Bitmap loadBitmap() {
// included only for example sake
Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setColor(Color.RED);
Bitmap bm = Bitmap.createBitmap(10, 10, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bm);
canvas.drawRect(0,0,10,10, paint);
paint.setStyle(Style.STROKE);
paint.setColor(Color.BLUE);
canvas.drawRect(0, 0, 9, 9, paint);
return bm;
}
}
I personally would go for the first (BitmapDrawable) method.

You can do it just like BitmapDrawable does:
Define Paint with bitmap shader and then draw rectangle with that paint:
> Paint paint = new Paint();
> paint.setShader(new BitmapShader(bitmap, Shader.TileMode.REPEAT, Shader.TileMode.REPEAT));
>
> canvas.drawRect(destRect, paint);