anyone have an idea on this one? thanks
On Jan 19, 10:29 am, steve_macleod <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > First - thanks for the reply. > > Maybe im missing something here, but what is the app's "message > looper"? > > I am creating the thread with the following line: > > mPacManThread = new PacManThread(mSurfaceHolder, context, null); > > The PacManThread takes the following arguments (used the LunarLander > thread as a reference): > > PacManThread(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder, Context context, Handler > handler) > > I have left the handler null. I presume the message looper concept has > something to do with this handler. I didn't understand its purpose at > the time, so I left it null. > I have read the class description, but still in the dark as far as its > purpose. > > So, I guess my question is, what is a message looper and what > relationship does it have with the handler argument? > > many thanks, > > On Jan 17, 8:09 pm, Dave Sparks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This will put your app's message looper to sleep for 10 seconds, which > > is probably not what you want. As an alternative, you can send > > yourself a delayed message, or you can have your animation thread read > > the system time when it starts up and exit after the 10 seconds has > > expired. > > > On Jan 17, 2:55 am, steve_macleod <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > I am writing an application to get a grip of basic sprite animation. I > > > have a surfaceCreated method which looks like this: > > > > public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) { > > > mPacManThread.setRunning(true); > > > mPacManThread.start(); > > > //this thread will wait for 10 seconds, and then kill the > > > mPacManThread thread > > > > try { > > > Thread.sleep(10000); > > > mPacManThread.setRunning(false); > > > Log.d("THREAD STOPPED","The animation thread has > > > been stopped, as > > > 10 seconds has elapsed."); > > > > } catch (InterruptedException e) { > > > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > > > e.printStackTrace(); > > > } > > > > } > > > > The intention is to start the thread which manages the user input and > > > animation, and make the main thread (that is the thread that started > > > the view) sleep for 10 seconds, before stopping the animation loop. > > > > My understanding is that the Thread.sleep(10000) will sleep the thread > > > from which the request originated (ie the main thread) for 10 seconds. > > > > However, it looks like the Thread.sleep() is actually working on the > > > animation (mPacManThread) instead. Am I missing something fundamental > > > here? > > > > Thanks,- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
