I would like to have an image that draws itself and also has the ability to draw itself transparently. I am using c++/cli.
The code I have to draw it is as follows:
void Gnome::draw() {
canvas->DrawImage(gnomeImage, xPos, yPos, gnomeImage->Size.Width,
gnomeImage->Size.Height);
}
I just can't figure out how to make it transparent.
edit..........there doesn't seem to be any way to makeTransparent as there is for bitmap
Any help would really be appreciated.
It was quite simple really.Just drew a rectangle over the top of the image.
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I'm using Canvas for drawing in my Android application. But the result has bad quality (see the picture)
So, canvas drawing don't draw additional pixels with more dark color between "stairs pixels" for smoothing.
Like this
But I'm interesting how to do it.
Are there some preferences or methods for smoothing the picture? Thanx!
Edited: I've founded here
Use the ANTI-ALIAS flag for drawing smooth edges.
Paint p = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
//or
Paint p = new Paint();
p.setAntiAlias(true);
I implemented a little drawing function into my app with CreateJS like so:
var currentPosition = this.posOnStage(event);
var drawing = container.getChildByName('drawing');
drawing.graphics.ss(this.brushSize, "round").s(this.brushColor);
drawing.graphics.mt(this._lastMousePosition.x, this._lastMousePosition.y);
drawing.graphics.lt(currentPosition.x, currentPosition.y);
drawing.alpha = this.brushAlpha;
container.updateCache(this.enableErasing ? "destination-out" : "source-over");
drawing.graphics.clear();
this._lastMousePosition = this.posOnStage(event);
As you can see, the alpha value of this drawing can change. Sadly you can draw over a point you once did draw, so when you draw over a point multiple times the alpha effect will go away. Any idea how to solve this ?
Thanks :)
EDIT:
I tried it like gskinner and Lanny 7 proposed, but it didn't work. I attached a image so you can see the problem.
As suggested by Lanny, apply the alpha to the actual stroke, not to the Shape. You can use Graphics methods to help with this.
For example:
// set the brush color to red with the current brush alpha:
this.brushColor = createjs.Graphics.getRGB(255, 0, 0, this.brushAlpha);
I am using monotouch dialog to generate a view. I managed to change the background color by subclassing DialogViewController, but the contrast with the section caption makes the text hard to read. How do I change the section caption color?
I am also using a StyledStringElement as a button in the same view. I cant seem to figure out how to shrink this element so that it looks more like a button. Please provide examples. Your help is appreciated.
To solve this issue I used a glassbutton with the it's HandleTapped handler as below.
var butt = new GlassButton(new RectangleF(80,150,150,50))
{
Font = UIFont.BoldSystemFontOfSize(22),
NormalColor = UIColor.Red,
};
void HandleTapped (GlassButton obj)
{
}
as for the colors, I used miguel's solution here. Hope this helps someone down the road.
I've been messing around with the Graphics class to draw some things on a panel. So far to draw, I've just been using the Rectangle Structure. On a panel, by clicking a button, it makes a rectangle in a random place and adds it to an array of other rectangles (They're actually a class called UIElement, which contains a Rectangle member). When this panel is clicked, it runs a test with all the elements to see if the mouse is inside any of them, like this:
void GUIDisplay::checkCollision()
{
Point cursorLoc = Cursor::Position;
for(int a = 0; a < MAX_CONTROLS; a++)
{
if(elementList[a] != nullptr)
{
if(elementList[a]->bounds.Contains(cursorLoc))
{
elementList[a]->Select();
//MessageBox::Show("Click!", "Event");
continue;
}
elementList[a]->Deselect();
}
}
m_pDisplay->Refresh();
}
The problem is, when I click the rectangle, nothing happens.
The UIElement class draws its rectangles in the following bit of code. However, I've modified it a bit, because in this example it uses the DrawReversibleFrame method to do the actually drawing, as I was using Graphics.FillRectangle method. When I changed it, I noticed DrawReversibleFrame drew in a different place than FillRectangle. I believe this is because DrawReversibleFrame draws with its positions relative to the window, while FillRectangle does it relative to whatever Paint event its in (Mines in a panel's Paint method.) So let me just show the code:
void UIElement::render(Graphics^ g)
{
if(selected)
{
Pen^ line = gcnew Pen(Color::Black, 3);
//g->FillRectangle(gcnew SolidBrush(Color::Red), bounds);
ControlPaint::DrawReversibleFrame(bounds, SystemColors::Highlight, FrameStyle::Thick);
g->FillRectangle(gcnew SolidBrush(Color::Black), bounds);
//g->DrawLine(line, bounds.X, bounds.Y, bounds.Size.Width, bounds.Size.Height);
}
else
{
ControlPaint::DrawReversibleFrame(bounds, SystemColors::ControlDarkDark, FrameStyle::Thick);
//g->FillRectangle(gcnew SolidBrush(SystemColors::ControlDarkDark), bounds);
}
}
I add in both DrawReverisbleFrame and FillRectangle so that way I could see the difference. This is what it looked like when I clicked the frame drawn by DrawReversibleFrame:
The orange frame is where I clicked, the black is where its rendering. This shows me that the Rectangle's Contains() method is look for the rectangle relevant to the window, and not the panel. That's what I need fixed :)
I'm wondering if this is happening because the collision is tested outside of the panels Paint method. But I don't see how I could implement this collision testing inside the Paint method.
UPDATE:
Ok, so I just discovered that it appears that what DrawReversibleFrame and FillRectangle draw are always a certain distance apart. I don't quite understand this, but someone else might.
Both Cursor::Position and DrawReversableFrame operate in screen coordinates. That is for the entire screen, everything on your monitor, and not just your window. FillRectangle on the other hand operates on window coordinates, that is the position within your window.
If you take your example where you were drawing with both and the two boxes are always the same distance apart, and move your window on the screen then click again, you will see that the difference between the two boxes changes. It will be the difference between the top left corner of your window and the top left corner of the screen.
This is also why when you check to see what rectangle you clicked isn't hitting anything. You are testing the cursor position in screen coordinates against the rectangle coordinates in window space. It is possible that it would hit one of the rectangles, but it probably won't be the one you actually clicked on.
You have to always know what coordiante systems your variables are in. This is related to the original intention of Hungarian Notation which Joel Spolsky talks about in his entry Making Wrong Code Look Wrong.
Update:
PointToScreen and PointToClient should be used to convert coordinates between screen and window coordinates.
I am trying to draw an animation. To do so I have extended View and overridden the onDraw() method. What I would expect is that each time onDraw() is called the canvas would be in the state that I left it in and I could choose to clear it or just draw over parts of it (This is how it worked when I used a SurfaceView) but each time the canvas comes back already cleared. Is there a way that I can not have it cleared? Or maybe save the previous state into a Bitmap so I can just draw that Bitmap and then draw over top of it?
I'm not sure if there is a way or not. But for my custom views I either redraw everything each time onDraw() is called, or draw to a bitmap and then draw the bitmap to the canvas (like you suggested in your question).
Here is how i do it
class A extends View {
private Canvas canvas;
private Bitmap bitmap;
protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
if (bitmap != null) {
bitmap .recycle();
}
canvas= new Canvas();
bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(w, h, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
canvas.setBitmap(bitmap);
}
public void destroy() {
if (bitmap != null) {
bitmap.recycle();
}
}
public void onDraw(Canvas c) {
//draw onto the canvas if needed (maybe only the parts of animation that changed)
canvas.drawRect(0,0,10,10,paint);
//draw the bitmap to the real canvas c
c.drawBitmap(bitmap,
new Rect(0,0,bitmap.getWidth(),bitmap.getHeight()),
new Rect(0,0,bitmap.getWidth(),bitmap.getHeight()), null);
}
}
you should have a look here to see the difference between basic view and surfaceView. A surfaceView has a dedicated layer for drawing, which I suppose keeps track of what you drew before. Now if you really want to do it on a basic View, you could try to put each item you draw in an array, like the exemple of itemized overlay for the mapview.
It should work pretty much the same way
Your expectations do not jib w/ reality :) The canvas will not be the way you left it, but it blank instead. You could create an ArrayList of objects to be drawn (canvas.drawCircle(), canvas.drawBitmap() etc.), then iterate though the ArrayList in the OnDraw(). I am new to graphics programming but I have used this on a small scale. Maybe there is a much better way.