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Tarang
Tarang

Reputation: 75975

How to use android.view.SurfaceView

I'm trying to use the SurfaceView widget. I have a class

public class OurView extends SurfaceView implements Runnable {
    public OurView(Context context) {
        super(context);
        Log.d("OurView", "Yay We started");
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {

    }
}

So I have a SurfaceView widget in my Activity's XML. I then try to bind it in the onCreate method

TheView = (OurView) findViewById(R.id.theSurfaceView);

The problem is here I get an error that I can't cast OurView to android.view.SurfaceView.

I know usually I could just do this to the view itself, in the onCreateMethod

TheView = new OurView(this);
setContentView(TheView);

The thing is I don't want to do this, I don't want to draw on my whole activity I just want to draw on the SurfaceView widget that i've put on the layout. How would I do that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 884

Answers (1)

yushulx
yushulx

Reputation: 12160

You should put your customized SurfaceView com.xx.OurView in your layout, not SurfaceView.

Upvotes: 3

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