well, looks like the workaround isn't working. in onTabChange() between the list selector tab and the tab with the videoview in it, i call -
videoTabView.addView (videoView); videoView.setVideoPath (path); videoView.start (); and i get just a black screen. also, even uninstalling the video view on an onTabChange() to the camera preview tab doesn't stop the (removed) video view overwriting the camera preview, so no previews after "watching" a video. what is the recommended way of tearing down a video view? tx j >thanks for the response. > >i think the bug, tersely described, is that setting a SurfaceView's >visibility to GONE (or indeed INVISIBLE) should probably release any >hold on the screen. > >and yes -- my fix is to dynamically add and remove the >relevant/offending views as their corresponding tabs become active >and inactive etc. > >it's looking good but i'm seeing some side effects - calling >VideoView.startPlayback() before the view is actually added to the >layout results in no video. i'm trying to work around that ATM. > > > > >>I'm sure this is an artifact of the way we handle video overlays - >>they are treated differently than a regular surface. If I understand >>the behavior, I would agree that it's a bug. >> >>As a workaround, you will probably need to tear down the VideoView. >>For camera preview, you should be able to get away just clearing the >>preview surface. >> >>On Dec 3, 5:36 pm, Jason Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> i'm looking at the source for TabHost and it turns out that when a >>> tab is selected, its view is set to visibility GONE. hence me setting >>> it to INVISIBLE afterwards probably isn't helping! >>> >>> either way, i think making a SurfaceView GONE should probably stop it >>> claiming chunks of screen and interfering with other views which are >>> definitely VISIBLE. >>> >>> does the panel agree that this is a bug? >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
