Cocos2D how to remove/release/clean up CCMenu - cocos2d-iphone

How can I add/remove CCMenu when the same button is clicked? I have added some code..
Thanks in advance..
CCMenu *menu;
if (!isMenuVisible) {
CCMenuItemSprite *item = [CCMenuItemSprite itemFromNormalSprite: .......];
menu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:item, nil];
[self addChild:menu];
} else {
// [menu cleanup];/// didn't work
// [menu removeFromParentAndCleanup:YES]; //// didnt work
// [menu removeAllChildrenWithCleanup:YES]; //// didn't work
}
isMenuVisible = !isMenuVisible;
}

you probably want to have the top line in your .h file, making the menu an iVar, to that the reference is kept in between successive executions of this code. Set menu to nil after you remove it.

One way - to create two menus. One for show/hide button, another for all buttons that have to be shown/hidden. It is not good way.
Another way is just to add/remove menuitems to the menu. I mean something like that:
- (void) removeItems
{
for(CCNode* item in _addedItems)
{
[item removeFromParentAndCleanup: YES];
}
[_addedItems removeAllObjects];
}
- (void) addItems
{
// create needed items and add them as children
// to your menu and add them to _addedItems array
// to be able to remove added objects
}
Also before using methods like cleanup, check it's code or at least cocos2d documentation. In your case it was comletely useless.

Related

Closing Popup and setting button label

I'm writing a C++ wxWidgets calculator application. I want to compress trigonometric function buttons into a single one to save on space, using what's basically a split button. If you left click on it, the current option is used. If you right click, a popup menu is opened, which contains all the buttons; when you click on one of them, it is used and the big button changes.
I've been suggested to use wxComboBox and other stuff for this job, but I preferred using wxPopupTransientWindow because this way I can display the buttons in a grid, making everything - in my opinion - neater.
Problem is, when I choose an option from the menu, the main button's ID changes (because when I reopen the menu the previously clicked button is light up as its ID and the big button's ID match), but the label does not. Furthermore, the popup is supposed to close itself when you left click on one of the buttons, but it does not.
This is the code for the custom button in the popup which is supposed to do all that stuff:
void expandButton::mouseReleased(wxMouseEvent& evt)
{
if (pressed) {
pressed = false;
paintNow();
wxWindow* mBtn = this->GetParent()->GetParent();
mBtn->SetLabel(this->GetLabel());
mBtn->SetId(this->GetId());
this->GetParent()->Close(true);
}
}
This is the code for the custom button in the main frame which opens up the popup (temporary setup just to test if the whole thing is working):
void ikeButton::rightClick(wxMouseEvent& evt) // CREA PANNELLO ESTENSIONE
{
if (flags & EXPANDABLE)
{
std::vector<expandMenuInfo> buttons;
buttons.push_back(expandMenuInfo(L"sin", 3001));
buttons.push_back(expandMenuInfo(L"cos", 3002));
buttons.push_back(expandMenuInfo(L"tan", 3003));
buttons.push_back(expandMenuInfo(L"arcsin", 3004));
buttons.push_back(expandMenuInfo(L"arccos", 3005));
buttons.push_back(expandMenuInfo(L"arctan", 3006));
wxPoint p = this->GetScreenPosition();
size_t sz = this->GetSize().GetHeight() / 1.15;
expandMenu* menu = new expandMenu(this, buttons, sz, wxPoint(
p.x, p.y + this->GetSize().GetHeight() + 2));
menu->SetPosition(wxPoint(
menu->GetPosition().x - ((menu->GetSize().GetWidth() - this->GetSize().GetWidth()) / 2),
menu->GetPosition().y));
menu->Popup();
}
}
Let me know if I need to show more code.
This is probably a terrible way of doing this, but this is basically the first "serious" application I'm creating using the wxWidgets framework. Any help is appreciated.
when I choose an option from the menu, the main button's ID changes
(because when I reopen the menu the previously clicked button is light
up as its ID and the big button's ID match), but the label does not.
If you're creating the popup menu like in your previous post, you had a popup window with a panel as its child and the buttons were then children of the panel layed out with a sizer.
If that's still the case, this->GetParent() and should be the panel, this->GetParent()->GetParent() should be the popup. So this->GetParent()->GetParent()->GetParent() should be the trig function button (assuming you created the popup with the trig function button as the parent).
So I think the line wxWindow* mBtn = this->GetParent()->GetParent(); should be changed to wxWindow* mBtn = this->GetParent()->GetParent()->GetParent();.
Or slightly shorter wxWindow* mBtn = this->GetGrandParent()->GetParent();;
the popup is supposed to close itself when you left click on one of
the buttons, but it does not.
It looks like wxPopupTransientWindow has a special Dismiss method that is supposed to be used to close it.
So I think the line this->GetParent()->Close(true); should be changed to this->GetGrandParent()->Dismiss(); (Assuming as above that the buttons in the popup are children pf a panel).
Alternately, if you want a solution that will work regardless of the parentage of the controls in the popup window, you could have a utility function to find the popup ancestor which would look something like this:
wxPopupTransientWindow* FindPopup(wxWindow* w)
{
wxPopupTransientWindow* popup = NULL;
while ( w != NULL )
{
popup = wxDynamicCast(w, wxPopupTransientWindow);
if ( popup )
{
break;
}
w = w->GetParent();
}
return popup;
}
This uses the wxDynamicCast function which is slightly different from the c++ dynamic_cast expression. wxDynamicCast uses wxWidgets' RTTI system to check if the given pointer can be converted to the given type.
Then the mouseReleased method could use this utility function something like this:
void expandButton::mouseReleased(wxMouseEvent& evt)
{
if (pressed) {
pressed = false;
paintNow();
wxPopupTransientWindow* popup = FindPopup(this);
if (popup ) {
wxWindow* mBtn = popup->GetParent();
mBtn->SetLabel(this->GetLabel());
mBtn->SetId(this->GetId());
mBtn->Refresh();
popup->Dismiss();
}
}
}
I'm not sure why you're setting trig function button to have a new id, but I assume you have a reason.
To make the SetLabel method work in your custom button class, I think the easist thing is to call the SetLabel() method in the button's constructor. This will store the string passed to the constructor in the button's internal label member.
Based on other questions, I think the ikeButton constructor looks something like this:
ikeButton::ikeButton(wxFrame* parent, wxWindowID id, wxString text,...
{
...
this->text = text;
To store the label, you would need to change the line this->text = text; to
SetLabel(text);
And when you draw the button, I think the method you use looks like this:
void ikeButton::render(wxDC& dc)
{
...
dc.DrawText(text, ...);
}
You would need to change, the line dc.DrawText(text, ...); to
dc.DrawText(GetLabel(), ...);
Likewise, any other references to the button's text member should be changed to GetLabel() instead.
Finally, when you set the label in the expandButton::mouseReleased method, it might be a good idea to call button's Refresh() method to force the button to redraw itself. I added that my suggestion for the mouseReleased method above.

slow response on right click contex menu in graphic scene Qt

I have set a large menu in event filter on right click with 45-50 actions
inside and I find that when I right click the response to show the menu is slow
I did try the same code with 5 actions in the menu and the response was fine.
Is there something wrong with this way of coding on a contex menu ?
eventFilter
bool Editor::eventFilter(QObject *o, QEvent *e)
{
Q_UNUSED (o);
QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *me = (QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent*) e;
switch ((int) e->type()){
case QEvent::GraphicsSceneMousePress:{
switch ((int) me->button()){
case Qt::RightButton:{
QGraphicsItem *item = itemAt(me->scenePos());
showContextMenu(item->scenePos().toPoint());
return true;
}
//more cases here//
}
break;
}
}
return QObject::eventFilter(o, e);
}
showContextMenu
void Editor::showContextMenu(const QPoint &pos)
{
QGraphicsItem *item =itemAt(pos);
// Create main effe menu
effeMenu= new QMenu("Menu");
QString menuStyle(
"QMenu {"
"border:10px };"
//more code here
);
effeMenu->setStyleSheet(menuStyle);
AmpMenu=effeMenu->addMenu(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/amp.png"),"Amp");
Amp1 =AmpMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/amp.png"),"Amp 1");
Amp2 =AmpMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/amp.png"),"Amp 2");
CabMenu=effeMenu->addMenu(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/cab.png"),"Cab");
Cab1 =CabMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/cab.png"),"Cab 1");
Cab2 =CabMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/cab.png"),"Cab 2");
.
.
.
.
//45 actions more
connect(effeMenu, &QMenu::triggered,this,[this,&item](QAction * k){
menuSelection(k,item);
});
Instead of creating a new QMenu each time you call showContextMenu you could make it a member of the class and build it once. On the other hand it is not necessary to use a signal, you could simply use the exec() method of QMenu:
*.h
class Editor: ...{
...
private:
QMenu effeMenu;
}
*.cpp
Editor::Editor(...){
effeMenu.setTitle("Menu");
QString menuStyle(
"QMenu {"
"border:10px };"
//more code here
);
effeMenu.setStyleSheet(menuStyle);
AmpMenu=effeMenu.addMenu(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/amp.png"),"Amp");
Amp1 =AmpMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/amp.png"),"Amp 1");
Amp2 =AmpMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/amp.png"),"Amp 2");
CabMenu=effeMenu.addMenu(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/cab.png"),"Cab");
Cab1 =CabMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/cab.png"),"Cab 1");
Cab2 =CabMenu->addAction(QIcon(":/effectImg/img/effePng/cab.png"),"Cab 2");
...
}
void Editor::showContextMenu(const QPoint &pos){
QGraphicsItem *item =itemAt(pos);
QAction *action = menu.exec(pos);
menuSelection(action, item);
}
There are two things you can do to improve speed:
1 - itemAt(pos) is costly, and you are doing it twice, one in the event, and one in the showContextMenu. From what I could understand from your code you don't need the item in the event, just in the showMenu.
2 - The menu creation that you are doing is expensive: all the actions have pixmaps. this allocs memory for the QPixmap, loads, execute, dumps. Because you told us that you use around 40 actions (and really, that's too much for a menu), this can get costly.
My advice:
Create a class for your menu, create one instance of it, add a setter for the current QGraphicsObject that your menu will work on, and always use that one instance.

how to close layer that showed in other layer in cocos2d-iphone

I have one layer called alayer, and there is a button called abutton, when click the button, another layer called blayer will show in alayer, not replaceScene, please look at the following code,
alayer.m
-(void)abuttonclicked:(id)sender
{
blayer *blayer = [blayer node];
blayer.position = ccp(1,1);
[self addChild:blayer];
}
blayer.m has a button called bbutton and string value called bstring, I want to click the b button, it will close blayer (remove blayer from alayer), and pass the string value bstring to alayer, please look at following code,
-(void)bbuttonclicked:(id)sender
{
// how can do here to close its self(remove its self from alayer), and pass the bstring to alayer?
}
thanks.
ps. I can use NSUserDefault to pass the string value, but I think it's a bad way to do this, is there another way to pass value?
maybe to pass the string you could declare and implement a property in ALayer.h/.m
#property(nonatomic,copy) NSString *stringFromLayerB;
to remove bLayer when bButtonClicked :
-(void)bbuttonclicked:(id)sender
{
ALayer *lay = (ALayer*) self.parent;
lay.stringFromLayerB = #"Whatever you want to set";
[self removeFromParentAndCleanup:YES];
}
There are other ways to do this. You could implement a callback mechanism , use notifications, some kind of delegate protocol binding BLayer and ALayer. All depends what your real (unsaid) requirements are.
Considering your scenario, I think its better to use NSNotificationCenter.
You can post notification from blayer when the button is tapped and add an observer in alayer to respond exactly how to want.
Add [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(receivedNotification:) name:#"BlayerNotification" object:nil]; in alayer's init and [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self]; in its dealloc.
Its selector like:
- (void)receivedNotification:(NSNotification *)notification {
NSString *string = (NSString *)notification.object;
NSLog (#"String received %#", string);
}
Now you can post notification from blayer when hte button is clicked:
-(void)bbuttonclicked:(id)sender {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"BlayerNotification" object:self];
[self removeFromParentAndCleanup:YES];
}

run another animation after running an animation with ccbanimationmanager

I'm running cocos2d with cocosbuilder 2.1 and I use the cocosbuilder animation delegate (CCBAnimationManagerDelegate::completedAnimationSequenceNamed) to get notified when an animation has completed and take actions like firing another cocosbuilder animation.
It runs fine the first time the foodfactoryshow animation is run from the delegate and after the animation is completed it also runs restoration animation correctly. However, when restoration animation is completed, the parameter name for -(void) completedAnimationSequenceNamed method is NULL!?
-(void) completedAnimationSequenceNamed:(NSString*)name
{
if ([name isEqualToString:#"foodfactoryshow"])
{
[manager runAnimationsForSequenceNamed:#"restoration"];
}
if ([name isEqualToString:#"restoration"])
{
[self colorLayerChanged];
self.gameLayer.isLock = true;
}
}
Is this a bug or am I not supposed to run animations from the CCBAnimationManagerDelegate::completedAnimationSequenceNamed method!?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I believe it is a CCBReader bug. There is an open issue about it in the CocosBuilder github page (https://github.com/cocos2d/CocosBuilder/issues/121). It should be fixed in the latest version of CocosBuilder + CCBReader, however, if you want to use the 2.1 version you can change the "sequenceCompleted" method of CCBAnimationManager to the following:
- (void) sequenceCompleted
{
NSString *completedSequenceName = [runningSequence.name copy];
int nextSeqId = runningSequence.chainedSequenceId;
runningSequence = NULL;
if (nextSeqId != -1)
{
[self runAnimationsForSequenceId:nextSeqId tweenDuration:0];
}
[delegate completedAnimationSequenceNamed:completedSequenceName];
[completedSequenceName release];
}

cocos2d creating dynamic menu lists

How do I create a CCMenuItem list dynamically?
//Returns me an array with my items
Items *items = [ItemParser loadItemsForLevel:selectedLevel fromSuperLevel:selectedSuperLevel];
For an item I have a string with the name of the item that I'd like to display in my CCMenu. The number of items could vary but I want to display only 6 items at a time
and how do I remove it? I'm cleaning up from the CCLayer but I'd like to do it also from the menu list
Anyone?
Cocos2D does not provide a method to do this.
You may create your own initializer based on the original one found in "CCMenu.m".
The original looks like this (I removed code that does not add items here for clarity). Create your own init method based on the original and add a variable amount of items instead. If you like you may also set it up as a category to CCMenu.
-(id) initWithItems: (CCMenuItem*) item vaList: (va_list) args
{
if( (self=[super init]) ) {
// ... code cut for clarity
if (item) {
[self addChild: item z:z];
CCMenuItem *i = va_arg(args, CCMenuItem*);
while(i) {
z++;
[self addChild: i z:z];
i = va_arg(args, CCMenuItem*);
}
}
// ... code cut for clarity
}
return self;
}
Update:
When your menu items change then rebuild the whole menu.