Extended SurfaceView's onDraw() method never called

Question

I\'m trying to modify the SurfaceView I use for doing a camera preview in order to display an overlaying square. However, the onDraw method of the extended SurfaceView is ne

Answer 1

Based on all above comments I used :

Add setWillNotDraw(false) in the onAttachedToWindow() event.

@Override protected void onAttachedToWindow() { super.onAttachedToWindow(); setWillNotDraw(false); }

and it worked.