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Techno7
Techno7

Reputation: 1

Android draw out of a class on an activity

Good Morning,

I just started my first android project (but have knowledge in Java, VB, etc).

I'm searching all day long bt untl know I was unable to find an answer to my problem, I find a lot of ways to draw on an empty screen ... But I searching a methode to draw multiple diagramms and so on directly on my MainActivity next to my buttons and other controls. In Java I would have used different drawPanels to get the job down but due to missing swing library I can't proceed that way. Are their good tutorials out there on that topic or do you have an advice? I'm glad for every tipp.

Dwon there / you will find an example of my current try, but as said it will just draw the "BAttery" and not the activity components:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {


@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);


    DrawBattery draw = new DrawBattery(this, 96);
    setContentView(draw);
}

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public class DrawBattery  extends View {


private int batteryCharge = 0;   //battery charge in %

public DrawBattery(Context pContext, int pBatteryCharge)
{
    super(pContext);
    batteryCharge = pBatteryCharge;
}

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    super.onDraw(canvas);


...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 111

Answers (2)

Squeazer
Squeazer

Reputation: 1254

You should use custom Views. You can create a new class that extends View, then override the onDraw method (and onMeasure / onSizeChanged if you need).

When you want to draw something to the View, you can, for instance, create a setter / init method on the view that will initialize the data that you want to draw.

Then, put your view(s) inside a custom layout, and inflate an activity / fragment with that layout. If you need more or you need them to be dynamically added you can programatically add them in the code.

Upvotes: 0

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006614

Rather than calling setContentView() twice, have your res/layout/activity_main.xml put an instance of your DrawBattery View where you want it.

You may wish to read through the "Creating Custom Views" portion of the Android documentation.

Upvotes: 1

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