Well it is too bad we made that API public. :p You can use "adb shell dumpsys window" to see the windows in the window manager, to see how your windows have been Z-ordered. Also be sure you are setting this property before the SurfaceView is attached to its window, and never changing it.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Shri <shri.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am occasionaly seeing this on Nexus S Gingerbread MR1 as well. Is > this a bug in setZOrderMediaOverlay? > > On Jul 13, 2:09 pm, Shri <shri.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a small screen camera preview being shown on top of a larger > > video (see layout at the end). I use > > SurfaceView#setZOrderMediaOverlay(true) on the small camera preview, > > and this works most of the time. However, occasionally, the camera > > preview is not fully displayed. Only the part of it not blocked by the > > larger video view is displayed, while the 5dip black border *is* fully > > displayed on top of the large video. > > > > So it seems like SurfaceView#setZOrderMediaOverlay(true) is not > > working as expected. My understanding of the API is that it guarantees > > that the SurfaceView will be displayed on top of other SurfaceViews. > > > > I do not want to use #setZOrderOnTop as I do want to overlap the > > camera preview with some icons, and using #setZOrderOnTop(true) would > > cause the camera preview to display on top of the overlay icons. > > > > Any idea why #setZOrderMediaOverlay(true) misbehaves occasionally? I > > am on Honeycomb MR1 on Motorola Xoom. > > > > Thanks, > > Shri > > > > <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > > android:orientation="horizontal" > > android:layout_width="match_parent" > > android:layout_height="match_parent"> > > > > <SurfaceView > > android:id="@+id/some_video" > > android:layout_width="match_parent" > > android:layout_height="match_parent" /> > > > > <!-- Camera preview border --> > > <RelativeLayout > > android:id="@+id/camera_preview_and_overlays" > > android:layout_width="100dip" > > android:layout_height="50dip" > > > <!-- Camera preview. #setZOrderMediaOverlay(true) will be called > > for this. --> > > <SurfaceView > > android:id="@+id/camera_preview" > > android:layout_width="match_parent" > > android:layout_height="match_parent"/> > > <ImageView > > android:id="@+id/overlay_icon" > > android:layout_width="match_parent" > > android:layout_height="match_parent"/> > > > > </RelativeLayout> > > </RelativeLayout> > > -- > 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 > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
