BetterPath is a fork of the Hopscotch library, which brings a pure JVM implementation of the android.graphics.Path class, instead of relying on the SKIA library supplied by the Android Framework at runtime (and therefore only available on certain API levels). BetterPath improves upon Hopscotch by adding operations export and import functionality to the BetterPath class.
- Operations Import and Export
- Implements Serializable
- Implements Parcelable
- Save Paths to storage for later
Wherever you would normally use Path, just use BetterPath instead. Feel free to pass it
around in Intents or Bundles or write it out to disk. And when you actually need an instance of
Path, call the makePath() method and it will build you one. BetterPath also supports export and import
of the operations list that act as an instruction set for creating the Path.
public class FirstActivity extends Activity {
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
BetterPath path = new BetterPath();
Intent intent = new Intent(this, SecondActivity.class);
//Since BetterPath implements both Parcelable and Serializable,
// we need to specify
intent.putExtra("path", (Parcelable) path);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
public class SecondActivity extends Activity {
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
BetterPath path = getIntent().getParcelableExtra("path");
Path realPath = path.makePath();
}
}BetterPath is on Maven Central! Simply add the following line into your build.gradle file. Remember to update the version number properly.
compile 'com.tylereastman.library:betterpath:X.X.X'
Why BetterPath?
BetterPath is forked from Hopscotch. The way that Hopscotch works is basically recording every move that extends the path. Each step is discrete and iterable, much like a hopscotch court.
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