Android Question libGDX: using fonts giving null pointer error

andymc · Mar 13, 2014

I'm trying to use fonts in a game I'm making but I'm getting a null pointer exception in my main batch loop.

I setup the font with:

B4X:

Dim bitmapfont As lgBitmapFont

then in lg_create:

B4X:

    bitmapfont.Initialize
    bitmapfont.SetColorRGBA(0, 0, 0, 1) 'Blue

in lg_render I then call:

B4X:

bitmapfont.Draw(Batch,"Score",50%x,50%y)

andymc · Mar 13, 2014

Okay, I've figured it out. I think the Lib does not include a default bitmap font file. So I generated one using this:
http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/
And then saved the fnt file into my files folder for my project. I then initialised the font in B4A using the line:

B4X:

bitmapfont.Initialize2(lGdx.Files.internal("bmfont.fnt"))

And this has worked

Android Question libGDX: using fonts giving null pointer error

andymc

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Android Question libGDX: using fonts giving null pointer error

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