I would like to know how to loop the following animation of a button in Kotlin:
Example: https://ibb.co/XD7H073
As you can see in the image my goal is to constantly move the button up and down.
Here are the core parts of the code I´m trying to write:
ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(button, "translationY", 30f).apply {
duration = 500
start()
}
ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(button, "translationY", -30f).apply {
duration = 500
start()
}
Thanks to the one who can show me how to put these two animations in an array and then loop the array infinitely!
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Solution:
val animations = arrayOf(-140f).map { translation ->
ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(button, "translationX", translation).apply {
duration = 800
repeatCount = ObjectAnimator.INFINITE
repeatMode = ObjectAnimator.RESTART
}
}
Not tested, you may need to play with ObjectAnimator.REVERSE/RESTART and/or add from value in ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(_, _, from, to)
val animations = arrayOf(30f, -30f).map { translation ->
ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(button, "translationY", translation).apply {
duration = 500
repeatCount = ObjectAnimator.INFINITE
repeatMode = ObjectAnimator.REVERSE
}
}
val set = AnimatorSet()
set.playTogether(animations)
set.start()
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So I have the following script to get all combination of an array :
'''
var value = new Array(40)
for (var i=0;i<value.length;i++){
value[i]=i;
}
var comb_list = getAllComb(value,24);
trace(comb_list)
function getAllComb(values:Array, r:int):Array{
var n = values.length;
var result = new Array();
var a = new Array(r);
// initialize first combination
for (var i = 0; i < r; i++) {
a[i] = i;
}
i = r - 1; // Index to keep track of maximum unsaturated element in array
// a[0] can only be n-r+1 exactly once - our termination condition!
var count = 0;
while (a[0] < n - r + 1) {
// If outer elements are saturated, keep decrementing i till you find unsaturated element
while (i > 0 && a[i] == n - r + i) {
i--;
}
result.push(a.slice())// pseudo-code to print array as space separated numbers
count++;
a[i]++;
// Reset each outer element to prev element + 1
while (i < r - 1) {
a[i + 1] = a[i] + 1;
i++;
}
}
return result;
}
'''
Running above script will get me:
Error: Error #1502: A script has executed for longer than the default timeout period of 15 seconds.
How to add time delay each 14 seconds passed so that I can run the script? So, after 14 seconds passed, the program will wait for 50ms then continue.
Any help appreciated.
So, there's a simple (well, pretty much so) and working example of how to separate the heavy calculations part from the main thread so the main thread (which also handles UI and external events like user input) would run smoothly, while being able to read the progress and the results of the heavy calculations going under the hood. It also is in a form of a single class, this could be a bit confusing (until you understand how it works) but still easy to handle and modify.
Although the background AVM goes along the same execution flow (code execution > graphics rendering > code execution > graphics rendering > and so on), there are no graphics to render hence there's no need to anyhow limit the code execution time. As a result Worker thread is not a subject to 15 seconds limit, which, somehow, solves the problem.
package
{
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
import flash.concurrent.Mutex;
import flash.system.Worker;
import flash.system.WorkerDomain;
public class MultiThreading extends Sprite
{
// These variables are needed by both the main and
// subservient threads and will actually point to
// the very same object instances, though from
// the different sides of this application.
private var B:ByteArray;
private var W:Worker;
private var M:Mutex;
// Constructor method.
public function MultiThreading()
{
super();
// This property is 'true' for the main thread
// and 'false' for any Worker instance created.
if (Worker.current.isPrimordial)
{
prepareProgress();
prepareThread();
startMain();
}
else
{
startWorker();
}
}
// *** THE MAIN THREAD *** //
private var P:Sprite;
private var F:Sprite;
// Prepares the progress bar graphics.
private function prepareProgress():void
{
F = new Sprite;
P = new Sprite;
P.graphics.beginFill(0x0000FF);
P.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 10);
P.graphics.endFill();
P.scaleX = 0;
F.graphics.lineStyle(0, 0x000000);
F.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 10);
F.x = 10;
F.y = 10;
P.x = 10;
P.y = 10;
addChild(P);
addChild(F);
}
// Prepares the subservient thread and shares
// the ByteArray (the way to pass messages)
// and the Mutex (the way to access the shared
// resources in a multi-thread environment
// without stepping on each others' toes).
private function prepareThread():void
{
M = new Mutex;
B = new ByteArray;
B.shareable = true;
B.writeObject(incomingMessage);
W = WorkerDomain.current.createWorker(loaderInfo.bytes);
W.setSharedProperty("message", B);
W.setSharedProperty("lock", M);
}
// Starts listening to what the background thread has to say
// and also starts the background thread itself.
private function startMain():void
{
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrame);
W.start();
}
private var incomingMessage:Object = {ready:0, total:100};
private function onFrame(e:Event):void
{
// This method runs only 20-25 times a second.
// We need to set a lock on the Mutex in order
// to read the shared data without any risks
// of colliding with the thread writing the
// same data at the same moment of time.
M.lock();
B.position = 0;
incomingMessage = B.readObject();
M.unlock();
// Display the current data.
P.scaleX = incomingMessage.ready / incomingMessage.total;
P.alpha = 1 - 0.5 * P.scaleX;
// Kill the thread if it signalled it is done calculating.
if (incomingMessage.terminate)
{
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrame);
W.terminate();
B.clear();
B = null;
M = null;
W = null;
}
}
// *** THE BACKGROUND WORKER PART *** //
// I will use the same W, M and B variables to refer
// the same Worker, Mutex and ByteArray respectively,
// but you must keep in mind that this part of the code
// runs on a different virtual machine, so it is the
// different class instance thus its fields are not
// the same quite as well.
// Initialization.
private function startWorker():void
{
W = Worker.current;
M = W.getSharedProperty("lock");
B = W.getSharedProperty("message");
// Before starting the heavy calculations loop
// we need to release the main thread which is
// presently on W.start() instruction. I tried
// without it and it gives a huuuge lag before
// actually proceeding to intended work.
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onWorking);
}
private function onWorking(e:Event):void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onWorking);
var aMax:int = 10000000;
// Very very long loop which might run
// over the course of several seconds.
for (var i:int = 0; i < aMax; i++)
{
// This subservient thread does not actually need to
// write its status every single loop, so lets don't
// explicitly lock the shared resources for they
// might be in use by the main thread.
if (M.tryLock())
{
B.position = 0;
B.writeObject({ready:i, total:aMax});
M.unlock();
}
}
// Let's notify the main thread that
// the calculations are finally done.
M.lock();
B.position = 0;
B.writeObject({ready:i, total:aMax, terminate:true});
M.unlock();
// Release the used variables and prepare to be terminated.
M = null;
B = null;
W = null;
}
}
}
The error is not related to your script needing a time delay, the problem is your while loops are making your script unresponsive for more than 15 seconds, triggering the script timeout error. Action Script only allows 15 seconds for your script to execute.
Your first while loop looks problematic, and I'm unclear how the value of a[0] changes to end the loop. Add a break to the loop or make sure the condition changes to allow the loop to end, and you should solve your problem. You can also considering adding continue statements to your embedded while loops if they are only supposed to run one time after they find an unsaturated value.
Personally, since you are using ActionScript, I'd suggest using objects and listeners for value changes instead of iterating over arrays checking for changes.
You could also add a manual timeout for your while loop, but would need to include logic for it to pick up where it left off.
//Set timer to 14 seconds
timeout = getTimer() + 14000;
while(true && timeout > getTimer()){
trace("No Error");
}
If you were used Adobe Animate (Flash), you could change the "Script Time Limit" from Publish setting page.
I'm making a simple game in swift and xcode and I ran into this problem that I can't figure out. Because I have so many levels, the code locks up indexing and slows down the whole program. I get a color wheel spinning for a few minutes but it never crashes. Just takes several minutes everytime I type in a few characters. Strange, but xcode has always had it's bugs right?
Each Button ("button1, button2..." below) gets a single number from "level1:Array". It's like a code that fills in the button's value for the game. There are only 4 buttons, but the numbers should be able to change as they each have their own variables.
I want to generate this for every level. I should be able to generate something like "button1 = level#[0]" where # is replaced by "userLevel". Changing to a string and doing something like "button1 = ("level(userLevel)") as! Array... doesn't seem to work. Look below and use my terminology when giving examples if you can. Thanks!
Here's the example:
let level1:Array = [9,7,4,1] // current puzzle, to go directly into button vars below (button1,button2,ect)
var userLevel = 1 // current user's level
if userLevel == 1 {
print("making Level 1, setting buttons to value from array")
button1 = level1[0]
button2 = level1[1]
button3 = level1[2]
button4 = level1[3]
}
Now, since level# is repeated so often (for each level as the number progresses) I would rather just make it something like this:
//this doesn't work in swift, but what else can I do?
if userLevel > 0 {
button1 = level\(userLevel)[0]
button2 = level\(userLevel)[1]
button3 = level\(userLevel)[2]
button4 = level\(userLevel)[3]
}
Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks!
-GG
Try using a for-in loop. Create an array of the buttons, and then
var index = 0
for button in buttons {
button = level1[index]
index++
}
EDIT since you want both the user level and the level number to increase, I suggest you define the levels like this. (Make sure that the number of buttons is equal to the number of userLevels, otherwise you will have problems)
var array = [1,2,3]
let levels = [1:[1,3,8],2:[3,6,4],3:[4,2,5]]
var index = 0
if array.count == levels.count {
for number in array {
array[index] = levels[index+1]![index]//The second index can be 0 if you want
index++
}
}
//array = [1,6,5]
// You could create a second index to match the number of levels within the main user level.
In this case, assume array to be your array of buttons
EDIT 2 :)
I've made a function that will allow you to assign all the levels to your array for a specific userLevel, since I see that is what you want
let levels = [1:[1,3,8],2:[3,6,4],3:[4,2,5]]
func assignValuesToArray(levelNo:Int) -> [Int] {
var array: [Int] = []
if (levelNo > 0) && (levelNo <= levels.count) {
for (level,levelArray) in levels {
if level == levelNo {
for value in levelArray {
array.append(value)
}
}
}
return array
} else {
print("This Level number does not exist")
return []
}
}
var finalArray = assignValuesToArray(2)
print(finalArray) // Returns [3,6,4]
As you can see from this example, you will return your array of buttons from the function, and you can assign the returned array values to whatever you like.
I'm trying to create a function in Xcode that I can call every time I hit a button to iterate through an array in sequence which then updates the value of the button title.
I can't seem to crack the challenge. I've tried various iterations of while loops and if statements but everytime I run it I end straight up at the last value in the array. Here's the code I've got at the moment, I tried to add a break clause to stop the function from automatically iterating through the whole array but it's now throwing up an error message saying that the code after the return statement will never be executed:
So, I've created an instance of a button within my viewController as follows:
#IBAction func repCount() {
repCountButton.setTitle("\(repCounter.repCount())", forState: UIControlState.Normal)
I'm hoping that this will then update the title of the button with what I return from the repCount function that is called every time the button is pressed.
I've set up the function in a separate Swift file called repCounter and my code for the repCount function is as follows:
var repArray = [1,2,3,4,5]
var repArrayIndex: Int = 0
func repCount () -> String {
if repArrayIndex < repArray.count {
while repArrayIndex < repArray.count {
return "\(repArray[repArrayIndex])"
break
}
repArrayIndex++
} else {
return "\(repArray[0])"
}
}
What I'd like this to do is to cycle through the array every time it is called and once it's got to the end of the array to start cycling from the beginning of the array again.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'm not at a computer where I can pull up XCode to test it, but I think the version below will do what you want. It isn't the most elegant code, but it is very straightforward. You have to do all the index juggling before the return statement since once the code hits a return, nothing following it will be executed.
I added some code to reset the index once it reaches the end of the array.
var repArray = [1,2,3,4,5]
var repArrayIndex: Int = 0
func repCount () -> String {
while repArrayIndex < repArray.count {
var curIndex = repArrayIndex
repArrayIndex = repArrayIndex + 1;
if repArrayIndex >= repArray.count {
repArrayIndex = 0
}
return "\(repArray[curIndex])"
}
return "\(repArray[0])"
}
Another option to getting this count, without iterating, is to do
// From Swift 1.2
func repCount () -> String {
return count(repArray)
}
// Before Swift 1.2
func repCount () -> String {
return countElements(repArray)
}
If you insist on iterating there are multiple options, see Iterating over an array, one which could be:
var count = 0
for rep in repArray {
count++
}
Or you could for the round trip iteration provided in the other answer, but why do it the hard way, when you don't need to? Or is there something you haven't told us?
edit: I can't believe I didn't catch this sooner. Turns out my problem was re-declaring my first variables over and over again, essentially starting the program fresh instead of continuing it. To fix it, I replaced the first two lines with this:
if (initialized === undefined) {
trace("INITIALIZING");
var MCs = [];
var lastPos = "intializer";
var initialized = 1;
}
Now it works like a charm. I feel like a noob for this one; sorry to anyone whose time I wasted. I'd post this as an answer to my own question, but it won't let me since I'm still new.
Original Post follows:
I'm trying to make a flash that will randomly choose an ad, play it, and then randomly play another. To that end, I've succeeded by shuffling an array, and then gotoAndPlay-ing the label in the first element of the array, and then removing that element. At the end of each ad is gotoAndPlay(1); with all the main code being on the first frame. If the array is empty, it rebuilds it and reshuffles it.
The problem is, I don't want it to repeat any ads until its run through all of them; I think I've got that down, but I'm not positive. Further, I don't want the last element in the array to be the same as the first in the new one, so the same ad won't ever show twice in a row. I'm trying to have it detect if the element it just used matches the one it's about to use, and reshuffle if that happens, but in my testing it continues to occasionally show the same ad twice in a row.
I'm obviously doing something wrong, but being entirely new to ActionScript3 (and in fact to flash) I'm having a lot of trouble identifying what it is. Here's what I have right now:
var MCs = [];
var lastPos = "intializer";
if (MCs.length == 0) {
MCs = reset();
if (lastPos == MCs[0]) {
while (lastPos == MCs[0]) {
MCs = reset();
}
}
}
if (MCs.length > 0) {
lastPos = MCs[0];
MCs.splice(0,1);
gotoAndPlay(lastPos+"MC");
}
function reset(){
var PrepMCs = new Array("Image1", "Image2", "Image3");
var WorkMCs = new Array(PrepMCs.length);
var randomPos:Number = 0;
for (var i:int = 0; i < WorkMCs.length; i++)
{
randomPos = int(Math.random() * PrepMCs.length);
WorkMCs[i] = PrepMCs.splice(randomPos, 1)[0];
}
return WorkMCs;
}
Personally, I'd rather just do this with JavaScript, HTML, and images; it'd be really simple. But for hosting/CMS reasons I don't have any control over, I'm limited to a single file or a single block of code; I can't host anything externally, which as far as I can tell leaves Flash as my best option for this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! If I've done something horribly, horribly wrong, and it's a wonder this even runs at all, don't hesitate to tell me!
edit: It just occurred to me, it is perfectly fine if the second run is in the same order as the first run, etc. The main thing is, it needs to be random. This is probably much easier to implement.
edit 2: MASSIVE DERP HERE. Every time it runs, it re-initializes MCs and lastPos... in other words, it's shuffling every time and starting over. What I should be researching is how to only run a line of code if a variable hasn't been initialized yet.
Blatantly stealing from #32bitKid, this is my version.
The main problem I have with his solution is the push/splice idea. As much as possible, I like to create once, and reuse. Shrinking and growing arrays is bulky, even if effective.
Also, this method does not re-order the array, which may or may not be valuable.
BTW, I like the way that he prevents a repeat of the previous item ("almost empty").
So here is another method:
package
{
public class RandomizedList
{
private var _items:Array;
private var idxs:Array;
private var rnd:int;
private var priorItemIdx:int;
private var curIdx:int;
public function RandomizedList(inarr:Array)
{
items = inarr;
}
private function initRandomize():void
{
idxs = new Array();
//Fisher-Yates initialization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Yates_shuffle):
idxs[i] = 0;
for (var i:int = 1; i < items.length; i++)
{
rnd = int(Math.random() * (i + 1));
idxs[i] = idxs[rnd];
idxs[rnd] = rnd;
}
curIdx = 0;
priorItemIdx = -1;
}
private function randomize():void
{
var tempint:int;
//Fisher-Yates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Yates_shuffle):
for (var i:int = items.length; i >= 1; i--)
{
rnd = int(Math.random() * (i + 1));
tempint = idxs[i];
idxs[i] = idxs[rnd];
idxs[rnd] = tempint;
}
curIdx = 0;
}
public function next():void
{
if (curIdx >= idxs.length)
{
randomize();
}
if (items.length > 1 && priorItemIdx == idxs[curIdx])
{
curIdx++;
}
priorItemIdx = idxs[curIdx++];
return items[priorItemIdx];
}
public function get items():Array
{
return _items;
}
public function set items(value:Array):void
{
_items = value;
initRandomize();
}
}
}
I would use a utility class like this to abstract out the behavior I wanted:
import flash.text.TextField;
class Randomizer {
private var unused:Array = [];
private var used:Array;
public function Randomizer(playList:Array) {
used = playList;
}
public function next():* {
// If almost empty, refill the unused array
if(unused.length <= 1) refill();
// Get the first item off the playList
var item:* = unused.shift();
// Shove it into the bucket
used.push(item);
// return it back
return item;
}
public function refill():void {
var i:int;
// Fisher-Yates shuffle to refill the unused array
while(used.length > 0) {
i = Math.floor(Math.random() * used.length)
unused.push(used.splice(i,1)[0])
}
}
}
Notice that it refills the unused array when the unused array still has one item in it, this makes it impossible for the last result to repeat twice in a row. This will return each item once before before looping, and will never repeat the same item twice.
You would use it by saying something like:
var ads:Randomizer = new Randomizer(["Image1", "Image2", "Image3"]);
ads.next(); // will return something
ads.next(); // will return something
ads.next(); // will return something
ads.next(); // will return something
// Keep going into infinity...
There is a little test example of this code working here.
See if this makes any sense
//create your array of all your ad names/frame labels
var PrepMCs:Array = new Array("Image1", "Image2", "Image3");
var shuffledMCs:Array = [];
//store the name of the last played ad in this var
var lastAdPlayed:String;
//shuffle the array
shuffleArray(PrepMCs);
function shuffleArray(arrayToShuffle:Array):void {
//clear the array
shuffledMCs = [];
var len:int = arrayToShuffle.length;
for(var i:int = 0; i<len; i++) {
shuffledMCs[i] = arrayToShuffle.splice(int(Math.random() * (len - i)), 1)[0];
}
//test to see if the new first ad is the same as the last played ad
if (lastAdPlayed == shuffledMCs[0]) {
//reshuffle
shuffleArray(PrepMCs);
} else {
lastAdPlayed = [0];
trace(shuffledMCs);
playAds();
}
}
//after each ad has played, call this function
function playAds():void {
if (shuffledMCs.length > 0) {
gotoAndPlay(shuffledMCs[0]);
shuffledMCs.splice(0,1);
} else {
//array is empty so we have played all the ads
shuffleArray(PrepMCs);
}
}
I have an array which is filled with platforms that are supposed to move.
var MovingPlatformArray:Array = new Array();
for (var c:int = numChildren - 1; c >= 0; c--){
var child3:DisplayObject = getChildAt(c);
if (child3.name == "movingplatform"){
MovingPlatformArray.push(child3);
}
}
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,ctrl_birdie);
function ctrl_birdie(e:Event):void{
for(var c in MovingPlatformArray){
MovingPlatform[c].y += speed;
if(MovingPlatformArray[c].hitTestPoint(birdie.x,birdie.y,true)){
birdtelleryvertrager=0;
birdtellery = 0;
birdie.y-=14;
}
if(movingplatform.y <= 25){
speed = 2;
}
if(movingplatform.y >= 350){
speed = -2;
}
}
Right now I have 2 moving platforms in this array. But only one moves up and down. But they both register a touch with the birdie. Am I doing something wrong?
In your listener, you're only setting the position of one platform, which ever one "movingplatform" is a reference to. As all your stage instances of moving platforms are named "movingplatform", one lucky platform is getting referenced by name (the rest ignored), instead of what you intended, which is to use the references in your array and adjust each platform.
You probably meant for movingplatform to be a local variable in your event handler, declared something like this:
var movingplatform:DisplayObject = MovingPlatformArray[c] as DisplayObject;
I'd recommend using a for each loop in place of the for in, because I think it's a little cleaner, but this is a minor style thing:
for each (var platform:DisplayObject in MovingPlatformArray)
{
platform.y += speed;
... rest of your code ...
}
For the sake of clarity, I edited the loop variable to be platform instead of movingplatform, to avoid confusion of having a local variable shadow a stage instance (i.e. this.movingplatform). I wanted it to be clear that the stage instance name is not being used here, because the unintentional instance name reference in your code is the source of your problem in the first place.
As far as i'm concerned, you have two options. use a for each, as adam smith suggested or use a for-loop as it was intended to be used :)
for(var c:uint = 0; c < MovingPlatformArray.length; c++){...
and btw: should "MovingPlatform[c].y += speed;" not be "MovingPlatformArray[c].y += speed;"?
edit: looking at your code, i would also suggest you use MovingPlatformArray[c].hitTestObject(birdie) instead of MovingPlatformArray[c].hitTestPoint(birdie.x,birdie.y,true)
If I were you, I would bring the logic for the platform out, and store it in a class. (Ideally you would do this for the birdie object as well). I have created an example below. The movieclips on the stage should extend Platform rather than MovieClip so they invoke the methods at the bottom.
// Use vectors if you know all the items are going to be the same type
var platforms:Vector.<Platform> = new <Platform>[];
for (var c:int = numChildren - 1; c >= 0; c--){
var child:DisplayObject = getChildAt(c);
// You shouldn't check against names (as per the original post). Because
// names should be unique
if (child is Platform){
platforms.push(child);
// This could be random so each platform has a different range
// This means platform 1 could go from y 30 to y 400, platform 2
// could go from y 60 to y 200, etc
child.setRange(25, 400);
}
}
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, gameLoop);
// Have an overall game loop
function gameLoop(e:Event):void {
// Loop over the platforms
platforms.forEach(function(item:Platform, i:int, a:Vector.<Platform>):void {
// Hit test function in the class means you only have to pass in one mc
// rather than the points and a boolean
if(item.hitTest(birdie)) {
birdtelleryvertrager=0;
birdtellery = 0;
birdie.y-=14;
}
// Removed the movement logic, this should be kept out of the game loop
// plus how much better does this read?
item.move();
});
}
Then in a class location somewhere, like in a folder game/activeObjects
// A class for the platform stored else where
package game.activeObjects
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
/**
*
*/
public class Platform extends MovieClip {
private const SPEED:Number = 2;
private var _direction:int = 1;
private var _minimumHeight:Number = 25;
private var _maximumHeight:Number = 350;
public function Platform() {
}
public function setRange(minimumHeight:Number, maximumHeight:Number) {
_minimumHeight = minimumHeight;
_maximumHeight = maximumHeight;
}
public function move():void {
this.y += SPEED * _direction;
if(this.y <= _minimumHeight) {
_direction = 1;
} else if(this.y >= _maximumHeight) {
_direction = -1;
}
}
public function hitTest(mc:MovieClip):Boolean {
return hitTestPoint(mc.x,mc.y,true);
}
}
}