Android Canvas Redo and Undo Operation

Question

I am working on a drawing project. My code is working perfectly other than canvas redo and undo operations. My undo operation removes paths from the paths ArrayList and saves to the undonePaths ArrayList, and the redo operation removes the last element from undonePaths and saves to paths.

Here's my code:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;

public class DrawView extends View implements OnTouchListener {
    private Canvas  mCanvas;
    private Path    mPath;
    private Paint       mPaint;   
    private ArrayList<Path> paths = new ArrayList<Path>();
    private ArrayList<Path> undonePaths = new ArrayList<Path>(); 

    private Bitmap im;
    public DrawView(Context context) 
    {
        super(context);
        setFocusable(true);
        setFocusableInTouchMode(true);      
        this.setOnTouchListener(this);
        mPaint = new Paint();
        mPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
        mPaint.setDither(true);
        mPaint.setColor(0xFFFFFFFF);
        mPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
        mPaint.setStrokeJoin(Paint.Join.ROUND);
        mPaint.setStrokeCap(Paint.Cap.ROUND);
        mPaint.setStrokeWidth(6);
        mCanvas = new Canvas();
        mPath = new Path();
        paths.add(mPath);

        im=BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),R.drawable.ic_launcher);


    }               
        @Override
        protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
            super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
            //mPath = new Path();
            //canvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);
            for (Path p : paths){
                canvas.drawPath(p, mPaint);
            }
        }

        private float mX, mY;
        private static final float TOUCH_TOLERANCE = 4;

        private void touch_start(float x, float y) {
            mPath.reset();
            mPath.moveTo(x, y);
            mX = x;
            mY = y;
        }
        private void touch_move(float x, float y) {
            float dx = Math.abs(x - mX);
            float dy = Math.abs(y - mY);
            if (dx >= TOUCH_TOLERANCE || dy >= TOUCH_TOLERANCE) {
                mPath.quadTo(mX, mY, (x + mX)/2, (y + mY)/2);
                mX = x;
                mY = y;
            }
        }
        private void touch_up() {
            mPath.lineTo(mX, mY);
            // commit the path to our offscreen
            mCanvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);
            // kill this so we don't double draw            
            mPath = new Path();
            paths.add(mPath);
        }

        public void onClickUndo () { 
            if (paths.size()>0) 
            { 
               undonePaths.add(paths.remove(paths.size()-1));
               invalidate();
             }
            else
            {

            }
             //toast the user 
        }

        public void onClickRedo (){
           if (undonePaths.size()>0) 
           { 
               paths.add(undonePaths.remove(undonePaths.size()-1)); 
               invalidate();
           } 
           else 
           {

           }
             //toast the user 
        }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View arg0, MotionEvent event) {
          float x = event.getX();
          float y = event.getY();

          switch (event.getAction()) {
              case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                  touch_start(x, y);
                  invalidate();
                  break;
              case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                  touch_move(x, y);
                  invalidate();
                  break;
              case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                  touch_up();
                  invalidate();
                  break;
          }
          return true;
    }
}

This code is working perfectly for drawing but not working perfectly for undo and redo operations. What's wrong with my code?

Here's my full source code:

http://www.4shared.com/rar/8PQQEZdH/test_draw.html

UPDATED:

Finally my problem was solved; here's my drawing class:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;

public class DrawView extends View implements OnTouchListener {
    private Canvas  mCanvas;
    private Path    mPath;
    private Paint       mPaint;   
    private ArrayList<Path> paths = new ArrayList<Path>();
    private ArrayList<Path> undonePaths = new ArrayList<Path>(); 

    private Bitmap im;
    public DrawView(Context context) 
    {
        super(context);
        setFocusable(true);
        setFocusableInTouchMode(true);      
        this.setOnTouchListener(this);
        mPaint = new Paint();
        mPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
        mPaint.setDither(true);
        mPaint.setColor(0xFFFFFFFF);
        mPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
        mPaint.setStrokeJoin(Paint.Join.ROUND);
        mPaint.setStrokeCap(Paint.Cap.ROUND);
        mPaint.setStrokeWidth(6);
        mCanvas = new Canvas();
        mPath = new Path();

        im=BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),R.drawable.ic_launcher);


    }               
        @Override
        protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
            super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
            //mPath = new Path();
            //canvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);
            for (Path p : paths){
                canvas.drawPath(p, mPaint);
            }
            canvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);
        }

        private float mX, mY;
        private static final float TOUCH_TOLERANCE = 4;

        private void touch_start(float x, float y) {
            undonePaths.clear();
            mPath.reset();
            mPath.moveTo(x, y);
            mX = x;
            mY = y;
        }
        private void touch_move(float x, float y) {
            float dx = Math.abs(x - mX);
            float dy = Math.abs(y - mY);
            if (dx >= TOUCH_TOLERANCE || dy >= TOUCH_TOLERANCE) {
                mPath.quadTo(mX, mY, (x + mX)/2, (y + mY)/2);
                mX = x;
                mY = y;
            }
        }
        private void touch_up() {
            mPath.lineTo(mX, mY);
            // commit the path to our offscreen
            mCanvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);
            // kill this so we don't double draw
            paths.add(mPath);
            mPath = new Path();            

        }

        public void onClickUndo () { 
            if (paths.size()>0) 
            { 
               undonePaths.add(paths.remove(paths.size()-1));
               invalidate();
             }
            else
            {

            }
             //toast the user 
        }

        public void onClickRedo (){
           if (undonePaths.size()>0) 
           { 
               paths.add(undonePaths.remove(undonePaths.size()-1)); 
               invalidate();
           } 
           else 
           {

           }
             //toast the user 
        }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View arg0, MotionEvent event) {
          float x = event.getX();
          float y = event.getY();

          switch (event.getAction()) {
              case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                  touch_start(x, y);
                  invalidate();
                  break;
              case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                  touch_move(x, y);
                  invalidate();
                  break;
              case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                  touch_up();
                  invalidate();
                  break;
          }
          return true;
    }
}

That code is working perfectly...!

Krissykrista

Answer 1

At first glance I see the following problems:

• By adding your empty Path to paths as soon as you make it, you're going to have a problem as soon as you undo: you're popping that empty Path first, making the first undo not seem to work. Then if you draw into that Path, it's not added to paths. The solution is to add the completed Path to paths in touch_up() before creating a new one.

That is, remove

paths.add(mPath);

from the constructor, and in touch_up(), change

mPath = new Path();
paths.add(mPath);

to

paths.add(mPath);
mPath = new Path();

You'll also want to add

canvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);

after your for loop in onDraw() in order to draw the in-progress Path.

• You're not emptying undonePaths when the user starts drawing again.

Illona

Answer 2

Please check below code it is working..

package com.testpath;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.View.OnTouchListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

public class TesUndoPaintActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    LinearLayout linearLayout2;
    private ArrayList<Path> undonePaths = new ArrayList<Path>();
    private ArrayList<Path> paths = new ArrayList<Path>();

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        linearLayout2 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearLayout2);
        final DrawingPanel dp = new DrawingPanel(this);
        linearLayout2.addView(dp);
        ((Button) findViewById(R.id.button1))
                .setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                        if (paths.size() > 0) {
                            undonePaths.add(paths
                                    .remove(paths.size() - 1));
                            dp.invalidate();
                        }
                    }
                });
        ((Button) findViewById(R.id.button2))
        .setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                 if (undonePaths.size()>0) { 
                       paths.add(undonePaths.remove(undonePaths.size()-1));
                       dp.invalidate();
                   } 
            }
        });
    }

    public class DrawingPanel extends View implements OnTouchListener {

        private Canvas mCanvas;
        private Path mPath;
        private Paint mPaint, circlePaint, outercirclePaint;

        // private ArrayList<Path> undonePaths = new ArrayList<Path>();
        private float xleft, xright, xtop, xbottom;

        public DrawingPanel(Context context) {
            super(context);
            setFocusable(true);
            setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

            this.setOnTouchListener(this);

            circlePaint = new Paint();
            mPaint = new Paint();
            outercirclePaint = new Paint();
            outercirclePaint.setAntiAlias(true);
            circlePaint.setAntiAlias(true);
            mPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
            mPaint.setColor(0xFFFFFFFF);
            outercirclePaint.setColor(0x44FFFFFF);
            circlePaint.setColor(0xAADD5522);
            outercirclePaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
            circlePaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
            mPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
            mPaint.setStrokeJoin(Paint.Join.ROUND);
            mPaint.setStrokeCap(Paint.Cap.ROUND);
            mPaint.setStrokeWidth(6);
            outercirclePaint.setStrokeWidth(6);
            mCanvas = new Canvas();
            mPath = new Path();
            paths.add(mPath);
        }

        public void colorChanged(int color) {
            mPaint.setColor(color);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
            super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {

            for (Path p : paths) {
                canvas.drawPath(p, mPaint);
            }

        }

        private float mX, mY;
        private static final float TOUCH_TOLERANCE = 0;

        private void touch_start(float x, float y) {
            mPath.reset();
            mPath.moveTo(x, y);
            mX = x;
            mY = y;
        }

        private void touch_move(float x, float y) {
            float dx = Math.abs(x - mX);
            float dy = Math.abs(y - mY);
            if (dx >= TOUCH_TOLERANCE || dy >= TOUCH_TOLERANCE) {
                mPath.quadTo(mX, mY, (x + mX) / 2, (y + mY) / 2);
                mX = x;
                mY = y;
            }
        }

        private void touch_up() {
            mPath.lineTo(mX, mY);
            // commit the path to our offscreen
            mCanvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);
            // kill this so we don't double draw
            mPath = new Path();
            paths.add(mPath);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View arg0, MotionEvent event) {
            float x = event.getX();
            float y = event.getY();

            switch (event.getAction()) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                // if (x <= cx+circleRadius+5 && x>= cx-circleRadius-5) {
                // if (y<= cy+circleRadius+5 && cy>= cy-circleRadius-5){
                // paths.clear();
                // return true;
                // }
                // }
                touch_start(x, y);
                invalidate();
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                touch_move(x, y);
                invalidate();
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                touch_up();
                invalidate();
                break;
            }
            return true;
        }
    }
}

And Below XML File.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button1"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Undo" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Redo" />

    </LinearLayout>


    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Please check it.

Opposite

your code is working perfectly,but, one problem undo button first time click not undo drawing how to solve this? – Krissykrista

+1, Thanks for your effect hats off!.sorry, your code always working but some problem,i found answer from @Darshan Computing – Krissykrista

Answer 3

Problem

The path is only shown when you finish drawing it which leaves the user clueless as to what he is drawing

Solution

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    super.onDraw(canvas);

   for (Path p : paths){
        canvas.drawPath(p, mPaint);
    }

    //Draw path along with the finger
    canvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);
}

Add canvas.drawPath(mPath,mPaint) to onDraw() so the user gets a feeling of actually painting on the canvas.

Brecher

This is posted as an answer, but it doesn't address any part of the question. (And the accepted answer already addresses this problem.) – Illona