Learning Java by Building Android Games - Second Edition

Coding the Hud

The HUD in this game is no more complex than the previous game. We will define some Rect instances to draw the controls on the screen, we will rely on GameState to provide the time and fastest times for each level and we will make the button Rect ArrayList available so that GameEngine can pass then them to our two classes that require them to handle the player's input.

Get started by adding a new class called HUD and add the following members and constructor method.

import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.Paint; import android.graphics.Point; import android.graphics.Rect; import java.util.ArrayList; ...