Get image to appear as a hud display

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#1

I have been testing many things to make an image appear like a HUD display or if you will like a sun rising on the horizon.

I am just not getting this to work.

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#2

Just to answer my own question. If someone has a better way to do this, I would love to see it

[lua]H = display.contentHeight
W = display.contentWidth

local bottomRect = display.newRect(0,300, W, H - 300)
local bottomgroup = display.newGroup()
bottomRect:setFillColor(140, 140, 140)
bottomgroup:insert(bottomRect)

local sun = display.newImage(“sun.jpg”)
sun.y = H + (sun.height/2)
sun.x = W / 2
bottomgroup:insert(sun)
sun:toBack()

local sunIsVisible = false

local function showsun()
if (sunIsVisible == false) then
transition.to(sun, {time=1000, y=1000})
print “sun is now visible”
elseif (sunIsVisible == true) then
transition.to(sun, {time=1000, y=300-(sun.height/2)})
print “sun is not visible”
end

sunIsVisible = not sunIsVisible
end

Runtime:addEventListener(“tap”, showsun)[/lua] [import]uid: 61610 topic_id: 12139 reply_id: 44169[/import]