I'm new to OpenGL-ES on Android, so excuse me for my noobish question. I'm building this program for Android v2.2 - SDK#8. My tablet supports up to Android v3.1
I'm trying to setup an OpenGL-ES environment for Android by following a tutorial on developer.android.com. The program compiled fine, and it was supposed to display a simple blue screen on the device. However, when I tried to run it on my Android device, I got the "IllegalStateException: setRenderer has already been called for this instance" error.
Below is my code:
public class TA_SpaceActivity extends Activity { private MyGLSurfaceView myGLView; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); myGLView = new MyGLSurfaceView(this); //NOTE: this is where the app crashed setContentView(myGLView); } } class MyGLSurfaceView extends GLSurfaceView { public MyGLSurfaceView(Context context) { super(context); setRenderer (new MyRenderer()); setEGLContextClientVersion(2); setRenderMode(GLSurfaceView.RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY); } } class MyRenderer implements GLSurfaceView.Renderer { public void onSurfaceCreated(GL10 unsued, EGLConfig config) { GLES20.glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f); } public void onDrawFrame(GL10 unused) { GLES20.glClear(GLES20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); } public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 unused, int width, int height) { GLES20.glViewport(0, 0, width, height); } }
First, I made sure that the uses-feature tag for OpenGLES was included in the AndroidManifest.xml file:
Then, when I did a Debug run, the ActivityThread.perfo showed a "Source Not Found" error message. So, I added the path to it (and I also made sure that the android.jar file exists in the directory)
Still, the app crashed right at the line "myGLView = new MyGLSurfaceView(this)". When I examined the LogCat, it showed that the program threw an IllegalStateException at the setRenderer() function call.
So, I have 2 puzzles that I don't understand at the moment:
1) Why did it throw a "Source Not Found" error message when the link to the source was clearly defined in the project?
2) Why did it say "setRenderer() has been called for this instance"? I only called it once in my "MyGLSurfaceView" subclass.
For the 1st puzzle, from what I heard, Eclipse will almost always throw a "Source Not Found" message when for every random error you make. Is it right? (if not, please correct me).
If this is the case, then I think the root cause of the issue has something to do with the setRenderer() method in my subclass. After the whole day messing around, I couldn't find a way to fix this issue. Would any body give me some pointer of what I can try to fix this "IllegalStateException: setRenderer() has been called for this instance" problem?
Thank you in advance for your help.
I figured it out. After digging into Google's documentations, I found out that setEGLContextClientVersion() called the checkRenderThreadState(); this function throws the illegal exception "setRenderer() has been called for this instance" if the setRenderer() had been called. So, instead of calling setRenderer() first, I called the setEGLContextClientVersion() first, and the program compiled and ran without a problem. I see the beautiful blue screen showing up on my device now.
Here's the change that I made:
public MyGLSurfaceView(Context context) { super(context); setEGLContextClientVersion(2); setRenderer (new MyRenderer()); setRenderMode(GLSurfaceView.RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY); }
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