Adobe AIR Development

[killerham]

Is there a way to add UIComponents to a sprite separate from the main sprite?

for example, I have  popup which is just a sprite added ontop of the sprite from the stage.

I don't get any errors, it just pretends that they are not there. Here is some code for an example:

package
{
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import qnx.ui.core.*;

	[SWF(height="600", width="1024", frameRate="30", backgroundColor="#FFFFFF")]
	public class Example extends Sprite
	{
		public function Example()
		{
			
			super();
			//put in a popup
			this.addChild(new popup());
			
		}
	}
}

package
{
	import flash.display.Shape;
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	
	import qnx.ui.core.*;
	
	public class popup extends Sprite {
		public function popup(){
			
			super();
			
			// make a background for the popup
			var shape:Shape;
			shape = new Shape();
			shape.graphics.beginFill(0x000000,0.9);
			shape.graphics.drawRect(0,0,600,300);
			shape.graphics.endFill();
			this.addChild(shape);
			
			//add a container to the popup
			var myMain:Container = new Container();
			myMain.margins = Vector.<Number>([50,60,50,60]);
			myMain.flow = ContainerFlow.HORIZONTAL;
			myMain.debugColor = 0xFFCC00;
			
			this.addChild(myMain);
		}
	}
	
}

[Brandon_Appetizer]

I'll take a look at your code when I'm not on my mobile, but does your container render as you'd expect if you add it directly instead of as a child of the sprite?

[killerham]

I can add it to the main sprite but the background of the second sprite draws, just no container.

[tags07]

check your blackberry-tablet.xml has this:  <transparent>false</transparent>

If its true you will see wierd things like transparent container or no container.

[thesmileman]

call me crazy (and I may be as I am very new to the actionscript stuff) but dont you need to set the width and height of the inner sprite? Or you could draw directly on the inner sprite not using the child shape

[Brandon_Appetizer]

The width and height of the inner sprite should change according to the size of it's children.

[thesmileman]

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Brandon_Appetizer wrote:
The width and height of the inner sprite should change according to the size of it's children.

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I wasn't sure because I thought I had an issue where this was happening to me and I fixed it by setting the width. I am pretty sure you are right though because as I said I am new to the whole actionscript/flash thing. Thanks for letting me know

[CMY]

You didn't place your container by setting the x and y. By default it will place it after your shape which is outside the viewing area of your popup.

[killerham]

I tried that. It doesnt use the container but now I can move around stuff inside the container...So it does half of what I want it to do

[studiochris · Accepted solution]

At the end of your popup code add:

myMain.setSize(600, 300);

to force the layout to refresh and your container will show up.

Default x and y are 0, so they do not need to be set unless you need to change the position.