Question

If I have some basic game loop in a thread, like this:

public void run(){
    getInput(); //onTouchEvent method is only available in view class.
    updateState();
    renderScreen();     
}

I was wondering how to actually check for input (touchscreen ie). I know I can use the onTouchEvent() in my view class, but I want to check it from my game loop. How is this done ?

ps: i’m using android with GlSurfaceView.

Answer 1

Usually i would copy the input events in the UI thread and make them available to the game thread in a threadsafe fashion.

You may use the input implementation of libgdx as a good example.