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copied!<p>I am trying to create a simple game based on the 2D game framework as described in the 2011 Apress book, "Beginning Android Games" by Mario Zechner. Maybe that helps, maybe it doesn't, but either way:</p> <p>I only have one activity for the whole game. Everything is rendered onto a bitmap, which is then sent to a SurfaceView, and what is sent to the SurfaceView will change based on what screen the game is on.</p> <p>I want to implement a simple highscore system that lets users enter their name into an EditView on the main menu screen. I've been able to combine the SurfaceView and the EditView with a RelativeLayout, but the problem is getting rid of the EditView once the user moves past the main menu screen.</p> <p>There is much more to this class, but here's a snipet of what I feel is important:</p> <pre><code> public abstract class AndroidGame extends Activity implements Game{ public EditText et; public RelativeLayout rl; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){ super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); et = new EditText(this); renderView = new AndroidFastRenderView(this, frameBuffer); rl = new RelativeLayout(this); rl.addView(renderView); rl.addView(et); setContentView(rl); } } </code></pre> <p>The above is the only activity for the game. The AndroidFastRenderView class extends SurfaceView. The problem I'm having is that while I need the SurfaceView to persist through the whole game, I need EditText to only persist for a short while, then disappear based on touch events.</p> <p>I try to call RelativeLayout.removeView(et) from my class MainMenuScreen, which is responsible for constructing the bitmap sent to the SurfaceView as well as listening for touch events. But I get an uncaught exception that says I can't edit views that are defined in one thread from another.</p> <p>I'm sorry for the novel, but I've been trying to solve this myself for hours with no luck. I feel like this is a very simple thing I'm just not getting. Any help is much appreciated!</p>

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