There is something I miss with the notion of Synchronizing code in Android.
Scenario
There are always 3 items drawn on the screen. Each image is stored in a ArrayList (lstGraphics). For this purpose I use a SurfaceView. Once the user taps on a image, the image get's market to be removed and a new one will be added.
Code samples:
AnimationHideThread
...
@Override
public void run() {
Canvas c;
while (run) {
c = null;
try {
c = panel.getHolder().lockCanvas(null);
synchronized (panel.getHolder()) {
panel.updatePhysics();
panel.manageAnimations();
panel.onDraw(c);
}
} finally {
if (c != null) {
panel.getHolder().unlockCanvasAndPost(c);
}
}
}
}
...
So as you can seem first I updatePhysics(). This means I calculate direction where each image will move to. In here I will also remove clicked images from my list. After that I check if I need to add a new Item in my list in manageAnimations() and then the final step draw the whole thing.
public class Panel extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
....
public void manageAnimations()
{
synchronized (this.getHolder()) {
...
while (lstGraphics.size()<3) {
lstGraphics.add(createRandomGraphic());
}
}
}
}
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
synchronized (getHolder()) {
if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
//... check if a image has been clicked and then set its property
graphic.setTouched(true);
}
}
return true;
}
}
public void updatePhysics() {
synchronized (getHolder()) {
for (Graphic graphic : lstGraphics) {
//.... Do some checks
if (graphic.isTouched())
{
lstGraphics.remove(graphic);
}
}
}
}
@Override
public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
/// draw the backgrounds and each element from lstGraphics
}
public class Graphic {
private Bitmap bitmap;
private boolean touched;
private Coordinates initialCoordinates;
....
}
The error I get is:
> 03-01 10:01:53.365: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(454): Uncaught handler: thread Thread-12 exiting due to uncaught exception
> 03-01 10:01:53.365: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(454): java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
> 03-01 10:01:53.365: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(454): at java.util.AbstractList$SimpleListIterator.next(AbstractList.java:66)
> 03-01 10:01:53.365: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(454): at com.test.customcontrols.Panel.updatePhysics(Panel.java:290)
> 03-01 10:01:53.365: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(454): at com.test.customcontrols.AnimationHideThread.run(AnimationHideThread.java:41)
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.