Question

I’m trying to get a simple AS3 app up and running, and for some reason, I cannot get a sprite to show. At this point, all I want to do is get a red sprite to fill the stage.

public class Main extends Sprite 
{       
    public function Main():void 
    {
        super();

        stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
        stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;

        var square:Sprite = new Sprite();   

        square.width = stage.stageWidth;
        square.height = stage.stageHeight;
        square.x = square.width / 2;
        square.y = square.height / 2;

        square.graphics.clear();
        square.graphics.lineStyle(3, 0xFF0000);
        square.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
        square.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, width, height);
        square.graphics.endFill();

        square.addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, addedToStage);
        square.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);

        addChild(square);
     }

     private function addedToStage(e:Event):void 
     {
          trace("Added sprite to stage");           
     }
     private function onClick(e:Event):void 
     {
          trace("Got click on sprite");         
     }      
}

The trace shows that the sprite was added to the stage, but nothing is displayed, and if I click on it, the onClick function never gets called. If I use a TextField instead of a Sprite, it displays just fine. There must be something weird about Sprites.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Trying to set the width and height for a empty Sprite will return 0. Have a look at here.

and

Refer Mr.Marty Wallace’s answer.