Java Development

[karandubal]

hello,

I am trying to use ComponentCanvas  to make a button on top of video field.

but it is not drawing field on top of it.

It is adding componentcanvas field first and then adding  videofield ;  behaves like verticalfield manager.

so can any one give me proper way to use componentcanvas as I couldn't find any proper docs to use it.

thanks. 

[peter_strange]

Here are the docs for OS 7.1.  :

http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/7.1.0api/net/rim/device/api/ui/container/ComponentCanvas.h...

From a review of your problem description, are you actually adding the video field to the ComponentCanvas?

There are a few Threads that talk about ComponentCanvas, I recommend that you review these. 

[karandubal]

Thanks peter_strange for your reply:

But I need example for using the componentcanvas.

i tried one of the demo example provided by RIM.

i found one code sample but it is not working for me as well.

 if(_cameraField != null)
        {
            // Add the camera field to a new ComponentCanvas
            ComponentCanvas compCanvas = new ComponentCanvas(Display.getWidth(), Display.getHeight());
            compCanvas.add(_cameraField, 0, 0);

            // Initialize GLField 
//            _glField = new DemoGLField(GL_FIELD_WIDTH, GL_FIELD_HEIGHT);
//            _glField.setTargetFrameRate(GL_FRAME_RATE);
            
            // Add the GLField to the canvas
             abc=new RichTextField("karan Dubal");
            compCanvas.add(abc, 100, 100);
            
            // Add the ComponentCanvas to the screen
            add(compCanvas);
        }

  here glfield is commented which is in original RIM's Demo app and it is working fine but when i tried to put my own field like buttonfield/labelfield or richtextfield it is not working. camera field is  overlapping other fields and richtextfield cannot be viewed.

[karandubal · Accepted solution]

I figure out the how to overlap buttonfield on camerafield.

I used ViewFinderOverlay for this purpose.

here is the code that i used:

if(_cameraField != null)
        {
            
        		try{
        		overlay= new ViewfinderOverlay(_cameraField);//used viewfinderoverlay
    			overlay.getCanvas().add(new ButtonField("KD"));
    			add(overlay);
    			}
        		catch(Exception e){
        		final	String msg=""+e;
        			Application.getApplication().invokeLater(new Runnable() {
						
						public void run() {
							// TODO Auto-generated method stub
						Dialog.alert(msg);	
						}
					});
        		}
}
        else
        {
            add(new RichTextField("Error connecting to camera"));
        }