SurfaceView Android Example

Example of Surface View

public class GameView extends SurfaceView
{
private SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;

public GameView(Context context) {

               init();
}

private void init() {

surfaceHolder = getHolder();

surfaceHolder.addCallback(new SurfaceHolder.Callback() {

@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
surfaceHolder = holder;
mTask = new MySurfaceViewThread(holder);
mTask.start();
}

@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format,
int width, int height) {
Log.w("surfaceChanged", "Running.......");
}

@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
mTask.postStop();
}
});
}

public void draw(Canvas c) {

//Draw Something

}


public class MySurfaceViewThread extends Thread {
private SurfaceHolder holder = null;

private volatile boolean run = true;
Canvas c;

public MySurfaceViewThread(SurfaceHolder h) {
holder = h;
}

@Override
public void run() {

while (run) {


try {


if (holder.getSurface().isValid()) {
c = holder.lockCanvas();

draw(c);

}


holder.unlockCanvasAndPost(c);

}
}
}

public void postStop() {
run = false;
}
}


}