Android Multiple SurfaceViews

Question

I\'m trying to work with 3 SurfaceViews on one screen, one on top half (BoardView), one on bottom half (StatusView), and the last one as an extra layer above the top half (T

Answer 1

It sounds like the SurfaceViews are being drawn, but transparency is not enabled for whichever one is on top. In your MySurfaceView class in the surfaceCreated() method, make sure you are calling holder.setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT);