How to call one canvas from another canvas

[smart_aju2007]

Dear Friends,

I m trying to develop an application using the low-level gui (i.e. Using canvas)...

I have implemented some buttons on it...

Now i want to call one Canvas from another canvas when control goes to particular button on canvas...

Is it possible...if yes then anybody pls tell me how to do that?
If no then pls suggest me other ways...

Thanks,
Ajit

[balagopalks]

If you want to display another canvas, you have to use setCurrent(Displayable nextDisplayable).
A Displayable is made visible by calling the setCurrent() method of Display. When a Displayable is made current, it replaces the previous Displayable.

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Gopal

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[mobafoneid]

Shouldn't there be only one Canvas for each MIDlet? For performance reason, shouldn't we have different images drawn on the same canvas to display different states(information) within a single application?

I'm new to j2me game development and is very confused. I decompile various j2me games and sees that there's only one Canvas with tens/hundreds of thousands of lines of code. Please help me with what approach should I take?

Thanks in advance!

[balagopalks]

IMHO, it would be preferable to use one Canvas in games.

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[axs]

Actually it is much simpler and better to have one Canvas in your application, and redraw its contents (menus, buttons, etc.) according to the state changes (pressed keys, selected options, etc.) If for a moment you need to show a totally another contents (like "The best scores"), then you can also use different classes, where each of the class will draw its own content on the provided Graphcis object, and will return control to the main class after pressing "OK" or "Back" button.

[inteluk]

Hi everyone!

I am having a similar issues to the one stated above. Basically I am loading a midlet up which calls a Splash screen which then moves onto a GUI menu which is in another class. The GUI menu is a extension of the game canvas.

On my menu I have some options, just simple images, when I use the up or down button a rectangle highlights the current option. When I hit the FIRE button I want to enter my game, which is in another file, which is again a extension of a GameCanvas.

I am having real difficult in moving between these two canvasses!

Any extra help?