This is used by the standard launcher for its apps list, so it works correctly.
I regret making it public because it really violates the intended semantics of SurfaceView. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Shri <[email protected]> wrote: > I have subclassed SurfaceView and call #setZOrderMediaOverlay in the > constructor. So it is getting called before the SurfaceView is > attached to the window. But it still does not work consistently. > > By "it is too bad we made that API public.", do you mean that there > are known issues with using this API? It would be good to know how > much to rely on it so we can look at alternatives. Since it only > misbehaves occasionally, its never clear if a change in the code has > actually fixed the problem or not. > > Thanks > Shri > > On Jul 27, 12:43 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > [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-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > 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. 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