http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5203547/draw-surfaceview-from-layout-xml
?? On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:18 PM, JamesColeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your reply!! > > I am not sure what doesn't make sense. I was told from a developers > forum that I HAVE to use the xml file and extend surfaceview to > accomplish my goals. So that is what I did. It works, all I need to > do now is call a method. > > The DrawingSurfaceView is created from the xml file, not my code, so I > don't know how to format a call to mymethod. > > If it wasn't created from the xml file there are a couple of ways for > me to call mymethod. For example if I create the class from where I > want to make the call I can do the following. > > DrawingSurfaceView MyView - new DrawingSurfaceView(); > MyView.myMethod(); > > However, I never create the MyView. It is created form the xlm file. > > I do not think basic android questions involve xml layout files. > > On Jan 11, 6:56 pm, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> > wrote: >> It doesn't make any sense to do this, unless you actually have an >> object of that class. Unless the method should indeed be static. >> (This seems like a basic Java question, not an Android specific >> question.) >> >> Kris >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 8:51 PM, JamesColeman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > In my xml layout file I override surface view as follows >> >> > my.xlm >> > <com.MyApp.DrawingSurfaceView >> > android:id="@+id/DrawingSurfaceView" >> > android:layout_width="fill_parent" >> > android:layout_height="fill_parent" >> > android:layout_weight="1" /> >> >> > DrawingSurfaceView.java >> > public class DrawingSurfaceView extends SurfaceView implements >> > SurfaceHolder.Callback{ >> >> > public void myMethod(){ >> > } >> > } >> >> > How do I call MyMethod from another class? >> >> > -- >> > 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 > > -- > 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 -- 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
