J2ME Canvas KeyPressed

This tutorial is going to show you how to handle keypressed event in J2ME using canvas class. After going through the given example, you will be able to show different output against different keypressed actions.

J2ME Canvas KeyPressed

J2ME Canvas KeyPressed

     

This tutorial is going to show you how to handle keypressed event in J2ME using canvas class. After going through the given example, you will be able to show different output against different keypressed actions. This example illustrates you how to set different game actions on the various keypressed codes that will help you to show different actions on different key clicks.

 Find out these game Action  used in this example within switch statement:

  • case UP:   message = "[UP]";   break;   
  • case DOWN:   message = "[DOWN]";   break;   
  • case LEFT:   message = "[LEFT]";   break;   
  • case RIGHT:   message = "[RIGHT]";   break;   
  • case FIRE:   message = "[FIRE]";   break;   
  • case GAME_A:   message = "[LEFT_UP]";   break;   
  • case GAME_B:   message = "[RIGHT_UP]";   break;   
  • case GAME_C:   message = "[LEFT_DOWN]";   break;   
  • case GAME_D:   message = "[RIGHT_DOWN]";   break;   
  • default:   message = "";   break;

And the following methods is used to paint the screen and text:

  • int width = getWidth();   
  • int height = getHeight();  
  • g.setColor(255, 0, 0);   
  • g.fillRect(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1);   
  • g.setColor(0, 0, 255);   
  • g.drawRect(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1);   
  • g.setFont(font);  
  • int x = width / 2;   
  • int y = height / 2;  
  • g.drawString(message, x, y, Graphics.BASELINE | Graphics.HCENTER);

The Application is as follows:

 

Source Code of KeyCanvas.java

import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;

public class KeyCanvas extends MIDlet{

  private Display display;

  public void startApp(){
  Canvas canvas = new CanvasKey();
  display = Display.getDisplay(this);
  display.setCurrent(canvas);
  }

  public void pauseApp(){}

  public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional){}
}

class CanvasKey extends Canvas{

  private Font font;
  private String message = "[PRESS KEY]";

  public CanvasKey(){
  font = Font.getFont(Font.FACE_PROPORTIONAL, 
   Font.STYLE_PLAIN, Font.SIZE_MEDIUM);
  }

  public void paint(Graphics g){
  int width = getWidth();
  int height = getHeight();

  g.setColor(255, 0, 0);
  g.fillRect(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1);
  g.setColor(0, 0, 255);
  g.drawRect(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1);
  g.setFont(font);

  int x = width / 2;
  int y = height / 2;

  g.drawString(message, x, y, Graphics.BASELINE | Graphics.HCENTER);
  }

  protected void keyPressed(int keyCode){
  int gameAction = getGameAction(keyCode);

  switch(gameAction){
  case UP:
  message = "[UP]";
  break;
  case DOWN:
  message = "[DOWN]";
  break;
  case LEFT:
  message = "[LEFT]";
  break;
  case RIGHT:
  message = "[RIGHT]";
  break;
  case FIRE:
  message = "[FIRE]";
  break;
  case GAME_A:
  message = "[LEFT_UP]";
  break;
  case GAME_B:
  message = "[RIGHT_UP]";
  break;
  case GAME_C:
  message = "[LEFT_DOWN]";
  break;
  case GAME_D:
  message = "[RIGHT_DOWN]";
  break;
  default:
  message = "";
  break;
  }
  repaint();
  }
}

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