Bug? textField boxes remain on top of content when widget tabs are switched

Solar2D Android
#1

Hey all,

I’m building a demonstration app with native-ish appearance using widgets (derived from WidgetDemo), but I have the following problem.  After I built the app for Android, on my device the textField boxes remain on top of everything when I switch tabs of my app.  Other objects like buttons and text labels go away, but textField objects stay on top.

Look here:

corona_textField.png

That’s Android 4.1.2 if it matters.  It doesn’t do that in the Corona Simulator.  I don’t know if it does that in iOS, I don’t have any way to test.

The textField objects have been inserted into the sceneGroup like the rest, however they behave differently.

Here is the code for my textField:

 local usernameField = native.newTextField( 15, 80, 280, 30, fieldHandler ) usernameField.font = native.newFont( native.systemFont, 14 ) usernameField.anchorY = 0 usernameField.x = screenCenter sceneGroup:insert( usernameField )

How do I fix this?  Is it a Corona bug?

Thanks in advance.

#2

Native objects reside outside of the normal Corona graphics layer and as such, cant be inserted into display groups and need to be removed explicitly.

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/native/index.html

#3

That’s the workaround I came up with for now.  I set isVisible in show / hide listeners for the scene.  Is that the best way?

#4

Native objects reside outside of the normal Corona graphics layer and as such, cant be inserted into display groups and need to be removed explicitly.

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/native/index.html

#5

That’s the workaround I came up with for now.  I set isVisible in show / hide listeners for the scene.  Is that the best way?