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AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook

You're reading from   AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook AndEngine is a simple but powerful 2D game engine that's ideal for developers who want to create mobile games. This cookbook will get you up to speed with the latest features and techniques quickly and practically.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849518987
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Brian Boyles Brian Boyles
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Nicolas Gramlich Nicolas Gramlich
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JAYME SCHROEDER JAYME SCHROEDER
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

AndEngine for Android Game Development Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. AndEngine Game Structure FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Entities 3. Designing Your Menu 4. Working with Cameras 5. Scene and Layer Management 6. Applications of Physics 7. Working with Update Handlers 8. Maximizing Performance 9. AndEngine Extensions Overview 10. Getting More From AndEngine Source Code for MagneTank Index

Creating the scene manager


Creating a scene manager that just swaps the engine's current scene for another scene is quite simple, but not graphically appealing to players. Showing a loading screen while resources load and the scene is constructed has become a well-accepted practice in game design because it lets the player know that the game is doing more than just idling.

Getting ready...

Open the SceneManager.java class in this chapter's code bundle. Also, open the ManagedScene.java and ManagedLayer.java classes. We will be referencing all three of these classes throughout this recipe. The inline comments within the classes provide additional information to what is discussed throughout this recipe.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to understand how a SceneManager class functions so that we can create a custom-tailored one for future projects:

  1. First, notice that the SceneManager class is created as a singleton so that we can access it from anywhere in our project. Furthermore, it uses the...

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