Perhaps you can try adding a synchronized lock that protects your data array. Lock it before going into onDraw() and unlock it when finished, and do the same when calculating your array data. Do you have a separate thread that calculates positions?
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM, niko20 <nikolatesl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hm sounds like a refresh rate issue, with Surface view you probably > can't sync to vertical refresh, so you get "tearing", where you see > halfway animations for a second as the video buffer changes over to > the next frame. > > -niko > > On Aug 5, 1:56 pm, Jeffrey <jeffisagen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm having an issue with drawing on my surface view. At one point I >> was just replacing images with new ones in a grid, but the images >> didn't all draw at the same time. I think that that may have had >> something to do with modifying the array that it was using to >> determine what to draw but I couldn't get it resolved even when >> pausing the drawing. Now I have images that drop down and new ones >> fall in (think slot machine reels) but the images will occasionally >> flicker with what the new image is going to be before the old images >> fall out. >> >> Basically I guess I'm asking what is a good way to either pause the >> onDraw command while I can edit my arrays and get them all in place or >> what is a good way to sync my array modifications to not take place >> during an onDraw cycle? Or is onDraw just bad at drawing images >> simultaneously and I should be using OpenGL or something? > > -- > 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 -- ~ Jeremiah:9:23-24 Android 2D MMORPG: http://solrpg.com/, http://www.youtube.com/user/revoltingx -- 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
