array of methods?

[fresh83]

So ive been studying java and android for the last 2 months and have decided its time to tackle my first app without a tutorial to guide me. I decided to start with a simple game. The game will have 3 buttons and when started the game will show users a graphic showing which button to press and it must be pressed within 2 seconds or game over.

i tried to think out the game as best i could and this is what i came up with :

Start game method{

Generate random var
Is game alive Boolean=true


While isgamealive= true{

Generate random number to pick witch button
Button method array that uses the randomly generated number to select which array item to play



Button 1 method
Play button 1 sound
Show button 1 prompt
If button isn't pressed in 2 seconds isgamealive=false


Button 2 method
Play button 2 sound
Show button 2 prompt
If button isn't pressed in 2 seconds isgamealive=false

Button 3
Play button 3 sound
Show button 3 prompt
If button isn't pressed in 2 seconds isgamealive=false


}


Game over graphics





if this is right i guess my q is how do i create the array of button methods?if this isnt possible can someone point out my logic flaws. Any real implementation snippets of any of this would be greatly appreciated/helpful. im in that stage of programming where i can read almost any code but, i have a big problem coming up with the right code from scratch in my head. i think this can be implemented completly in java without android knowledge and i can convert it if need be so any help is still help .

[santa]

Just make a ActionListener for the buttons man =P and just put what you want to happend there..

[Fubarable]

Just make a ActionListener for the buttons man =P and just put what you want to happend there..

That's not going to work for the original poster as he's talking about Android coding, not Swing coding.

[santa]

That's not going to work for the original poster as he's talking about Android coding, not Swing coding.

Oh sry ... ;P my bad

[fresh83]

thats like a button listener right? idt that alone would work bc theres no way i could pick which button the game asks the user to press at random like that.

[DarrylBurke]

... idt that alone would work bc ...

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[pbrockway2]

Once you have your randomly generated number, remember the associated button in an instance variable. Then all of the button listeners can do the same thing: compare the button that was pressed with the one that was supposed to be pressed.

In fact a single button listener could do for all three buttons since the logic is the same: if correct button is pressed end the timer that would end the game or if an incorrect button was pressed do something else.