Android Racing Game - Algorithm Efficiency
Feb 6, 2014
I am making an android racing game. I have a method that draws the track to the screen, the map is bigger than the screen so i clip the bitmap and draw it to the screen hence to draw the track I have to get the visible track points and then draw them. I have noticed that when I enable drawing the track the game lags quite a bit but when i disable it is smooth as expected the code is below :
public void drawTrack(Canvas canvas) {
if (this.trackPoints != null && this.trackPoints.size() > 0) {
// get points, convert back to screen coords and add them to array,
// then
// use that arraylist<point> below
getCurrentVisibleTrack();
counter++;
if (this.visibleTrackPoints.size() > 0) {
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Nov 7, 2014
I'm making a game to teach myself programming java so I can start making android. I have this game I'm making where there will be objects(so far its asteroids) will be falling with a progressive velocity (they will move faster as time goes on). The object is the click on the objects before they hit the bottom. It's still early meaning not all the parts I want to implement are there but it works the way I want it to so far besides my click function.
I'm using the Mouse.isButtonDown(0) to record left click but It lets me hold it down and hover over them instead of clicking on each one. Here is a snippet of the part of the code im talking about :
I uploaded a .jar and a exe file so you can see what I mean
[URL] .... -jar
[URL] .... -exe
public void update(GameContainer gc, int d) throws SlickException
{
posX = Mouse.getX();
posY = (Mouse.getY()-height)*-1;
timePassed += d;
deltaTime= deltaTime();
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Sep 1, 2014
I'm trying to create a Texas hold'em Poker application. A rough idea of it would be similar to those poker games on the playstore e.g. Zynga Poker, however it will be a simplified version, more of a home-based application, for a small group of friends. This way, we can get to play poker on the go with each other, like a private table on the go. Anyway, right now how do I get started?
1) How should I even start this project? Do I start the GUI for the application first? Start designing the applications with photoshop? I figured I need a skeletal guide to start and follow.
2) How do I connect all the players together to a table? I know I could use my phone as a Server, where the rest could connect to mine. But I'm not sure what I should research on. Also, as I'm working towards a "Portable, On the go Application". So I would like to work this more based on 3G/4G networks.
3) Database, I would like something to keep a record on the buy-in, winnings & losings so we can keep track of it. However, if the server was my phone. When I turn off the server, would the database be gone? Maybe I might be able to save it on a notepad in a folder on my phone? I think this is possible.
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Jan 8, 2015
The game is too have two players, each user clicks a button and two dices will roll, if a user rolls a double they win.
firstly I have started with two imageview's and a button I am trying to randomise two images by clicking one button I have managed to randomise one image in one box but I am struggling to randomise both image views here is my code so far.
import java.util.Random;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
[Code]....
That code is only generating a random dice image in one of the image views I have hit a brick wall
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Jan 4, 2014
I have been trying to create an algorithm for the computer in my Tic-Tac-Toe game? So I searched for some good ones, and found about this confusing but effective algorithm, at least if you get it working, called Minimax. I tried implementing it into my game. Let's say it was easier said than done. Sometimes I think it's working, but sometimes it doesn't work at all. How do I get my algorithm working? What the variables BEST_SCORE_COMPUTER and BEST_SCORE_PLAYER in my code should have as starting values.
Java Code:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class TicTacToe{
private static char BOARD[] = {' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' '}; // This is the main board itself.
private static int ROWS[][] = {{0, 1, 2}, {3, 4, 5}, {6, 7, 8}, {0, 3, 6}, {1, 4, 7}, {2, 5, 8}, {0, 4, 8}, {2, 4, 6}}; // These are all the rows one can win by filling.
private static int SCORE, BEST_MOVE_COMPUTER, BEST_SCORE_COMPUTER = -1, BEST_SCORE_PLAYER = 1; // These variables speak for themselves.
private static byte TURN = 1; // 1 means player's turn, and 2 means computer's turn.
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Apr 12, 2015
I have a checker game already and I am trying to make an AI opponent even if not so Intelligent as long as it can move chips on its own until the game is over.
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Jun 16, 2014
I am working on replicating this project: [URL] ....
What is wrong with the moveSnake method and the for loop within it?
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Sep 7, 2014
I'm trying to make a checkers game in Java and I managed to make my grid with it's button on it. Each button which has a pawn on it has it's own actionListener which was all done in the loop as I made the grid as shown in my code below. Now I have a huge problem. I don't know how to handle the move, check if move is legal, jump and double jump. Here is the code I wrote so far. I wrote it in such a way that all the buttons which have a pawn on them can perform the same action but then I'm completely stuck.
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class CheckerBoard extends JPanel{
public static final int WIDTH = 530;
public static final int HEIGHT = 530;
private JButton[][] grids;
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Sep 6, 2014
Where usually to instantiate and declare variables to be used in a loop. If you declare it outside to be used in the loop it will still be there when the loop is done, never to be used again and is just sitting there taking up memory. However, if you declare it inside the loop, you have the issue of it constantly creating space for said variable, but once it's out of scope it's gone. Is there any advantage performance wise to doing it either way?
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Feb 11, 2014
I have a case in which I want to sort two types of ArrayLists (using quicksort) and the method originally coded only accepts a String ArrayList. The problem is that now I want to sort an ArrayList of type int but couldn't . . . so I decided to overload the method. Since it looks very ugly to copy and paste the same chunk of code only to change the method signature I wondered if there is a better way to make this method more dynamic and be able to take in different types of ArrayLists.
My code:
private ArrayList<String> sort(ArrayList<String> ar, int lo, int hi){
if (lo < hi){
int splitPoint = partition(ar, lo, hi);
sort(ar, lo, splitPoint);
sort(ar, splitPoint +1, hi);
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Feb 8, 2014
We have an autosys job running in our production on daily basis. It calls a shell script which in turn calls a java servlet. This servlet reads these files and inserts the data into two different tables and then does some processing. Java version is 1.6 & application server is WAS7 and database is oracel-11g.
We get several issues with this process like it takes time, goes out of memory etc etc. Below are the details of the way we have coded this process.
1. When we read the file using BufferedReader, do we really get a lot of strings created in the memory as returned by readLine() method of BufferedReader? These files contain 4-5Lacs of line. All the records are separated by newline character. Is there a better way to read files in java to achieve efficiency? I couldnt find any provided the fact that all the record lines in the file are of variable length.
2. When we insert the data then we are doing a batch process with statement/prepared statement. We are making one batch containing all the records of the file. Does it really matter to break the batch size to have better performance?
3. If the tables has no indexes defined nor any other constraints and all the columns are VARCHAR type, then which operation will be faster:- inserting a new row or updating an existing row based upon some matching condition?
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Apr 14, 2014
I am trying to run a project and i am getting different errors, I know the code is working because i have seen it running, but now i cant even get the app to load up. sometime I get a AndroidManifest cannot be found error and sometimes i get a error like
[2014-04-14 17:28:31 - DatabasePrototype5] Failed to install DatabasePrototype5.apk on device 'emulator-5554!
[2014-04-14 17:28:31 - DatabasePrototype5] (null)
[2014-04-14 17:28:32 - DatabasePrototype5] Launch canceled!
my AndroidManifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.databaseprototype5"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
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Nov 11, 2014
I want to make the board for the game, I want it to be a two-dimensional array of buttons.I know how to make a array but is there a class of buttons that I need to use? and how do I connect it to the xml?I am using eclipse.
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Feb 8, 2015
I didn't see anything specific to Android. I am a very basic beginner when it comes to JAVA and Android programming.
The app is a very simple comic strip viewer that views 3 panels of a comic strip one at a time. My problem is going from a second activity to another. I can go from the main activity to the second fine but when I press the next button to go from the second activity to the third nothing happens. I have tried a few different things but end up with either nothing happening or the app crashes.
Here is my MainActivity Code:
package net.androidbootcamp.comicapp;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
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Here is the code for the second panel:
package net.androidbootcamp.comicapp;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class Panel2 extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
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Here is the code for Panel 3:
package net.androidbootcamp.comicapp;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class Panel3 extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
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And here is the manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="[URL].."
package="net.androidbootcamp.comicapp"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
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I am sure it is something very simple but I am not sure what it could be.
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Jun 4, 2014
I have an integer variable called 'selectedname' which is declared as shown below.
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements View.onclickListener, AdapterView.OnItemClickListener {
int selectedname;
So when the app starts an Alert Dialog with two buttons asks the user if they want to tell the first or the last name. The two buttons are 'first' and 'last'.
The problem I'm facing is that in the code the value of selectedname is suppose to change depending on the users choice as shown below.
public void displayWelcome() {
//*other code comes here but it works fine*
AlertDialog.Builder choice = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
choice.setTitle("Yo!");
choice.setMessage("First name or last");
choice.setPositiveButton("First", new DialogInterface.onclickListener() {
public void onclick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
selectedname = 1;
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Feb 5, 2015
I am trying to make my first application on Android. I have never done it before. I am totally new at it. I want my app to show as an icon on the launcher but how to do it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="net.graphicport.homeinventory" >
<!-- To auto-complete the email text field in the login form with the user's emails -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
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Jul 17, 2014
I am trying to present the user with a response of 'correct' or 'incorrect'. I do the following, but mResultTextView never updates.
mResultTextView.setText("Correct");
android.os.SystemClock.sleep(1000);
I think the problem is that my view needs to be re-drawn.
package com.example.quiz;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Random;
import android.graphics.Color;
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Apr 23, 2014
I have been trying to draw a bitmap image onto the canvas from Android and all it displays is a blank white screen. Whenever my app starts up, I am calling this in my game - view class which extends View and overrides the onDraw method:
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
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Jan 25, 2015
I'm planning to make a unique news app for android (maybe iOS later) and I am fairly experienced in Java. Im thinking to most likely use RSS feeds, but am unaware how to implement them into JAVA.
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Dec 4, 2014
I'm programming an android app where I want to send large sets of data from an MySQL Table to the app and write this data to an SQLite database.So I know i have send an HttpRequest and I can send data with json, but how can I handle large datasets like tables?I think its no good idea to just concatinate a string together in php and then send it?
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Nov 19, 2014
I have a gameengine stil partially in the works for pc made in java, I am attempting a port over to java but certain classes and other fuctions are not available for android that there is in java. this means that my render engine, gameengine and a couple of other clases therefore don't work.
My question is, is there anyway of using the gameengine classes that work into the project so that all i have to do is declare within the engine what i want to export for wheather this is android or java. or importing packages from the game engine project and directly linking with the ability of re-writing the odd few classes that do not work.
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Feb 18, 2014
I'm trying to get my animation for my java game to move along the edges of my device. Once it hits the edge I would like it to turn and keep moving along the edges. I'm sure this is easier than I'm making it but I can't find much on this. Right now my animation moves right and goes right off the screen until the app is closed and restarted.
This is my code so far:
package com.pjf.animation;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.AssetManager;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
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Nov 22, 2014
I am currently developing an android application. there is a problem i got just now. here's the code for java.
public class doReceipt extends Activity
{
boolean nsPutih, nsBeriyani,nsMinyak,aymKurma,aymLemak,aymKari,aymRendang,aymMerah,
prtAsam, dggTomato, dggSinggang, dggMerah,kerabuTaugeh, pindangKacang,jelatah,dalcaSayur,papadom,
kariIkan,ikanMasin, sirapAis, oren,tehTarik,agarAgar, buburKacang,kuih, price;
TextView tvOutput1,tvOutput2, tvOutput3, tvOutput4, tvOutput5, tvOutput6, tvOutput7, tvOutput8, tvOutput9, tvOutput10,
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There is no error shown in the code. but, when i run my program for start, the page before cannot proceed and yet, i cannot proceed to this page and the application stop unexpectedly. below is the error that i gain in logcat.
11-22 06:59:57.664: D/dalvikvm(290): GC_EXPLICIT freed 1505 objects / 106560 bytes in 184ms
11-22 07:00:39.174: D/dalvikvm(320): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 2489 objects / 160496 bytes in 109ms
11-22 07:00:39.534: E/MENU PAKEJ A(320): Total Price: RM 0.0
11-22 07:00:39.544: D/AndroidRuntime(320): Shutting down VM
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Jun 26, 2014
I tried many times to return a string from java project to an android project But it keeps sending incorrect values as in as it should be 1 here is an example.
Java Project:
boolean somethingboolean = false;
if(something == "1"){
somethingboolean = true;
}
public static String getString(){
if(somethingboolean == true){
return "TRUE";
}else{
return "FALSE";
}
}
Android project:
System.out.println(JavaProject.getString())
And in the android project it prints "FALSE"
So what should i do?
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Feb 1, 2014
Using exp4j which is a mathematical parser twice in one routine (or separated) in Eclipse and only the size2 is calculated when app is run in eclipse.
private void calculate size(){
String s1 = size.getText().toString();
String s2 = size2.getText().toString();
try {
Calculable result= new ExpressionBuilder(s1).build();
size1.setText(Double.toString(result.calculate())) ;
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Apr 24, 2015
I am looping through data in Android, using Parse data. I came up with this as a way to get user information; the larger goal is to create a model of data that I can use in an array adapter, so I can create a custom list view (as described here [URL] .... In the example, the data are hard-coded, not pulled from a database.
public static ArrayList<Midwifefirm> getUsers() {
//Parse data to get users
ParseQuery<ParseUser> query = ParseUser.getQuery();
query.orderByAscending(ParseConstants.KEY_PRACTICE_NAME);
query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseUser>() {
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The intention is that for every user that does not have the type patient, collect this data about them, then store it in the arrayList.
On the return statement, though, there is an error: cannot return a value from a method with a void return type.
I may be over complicating this...read through various sources to get a model for this...in the end, I want to display a list of information about specific users, after the user makes a selection of a city...it would therefore display all the information about the medical practices in that city.
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