Drawing a Mesh and a Texture libgdx

Question

  private Mesh mesh;
  private Texture texture;

  private SpriteBatch batch;

  @Override
  public void create() {
    if (mesh == null) {
      mesh = new Mesh(true, 3, 3, new VertexAttribute(Usage.Position, 3,
          "a_position"));

      mesh.setVertices(new float[] { -0.5f, -0.5f, 0, 
          0.5f, -0.5f, 0, 
          0, 0.5f, 0 });

      mesh.setIndices(new short[] { 0, 1, 2 });

      texture = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("data/circle.png"));

      batch = new SpriteBatch();
    }

  }

  @Override
  public void render() {
    Gdx.gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

    batch.begin();

    mesh.render(GL10.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
    batch.draw(texture, 10, 10);

    batch.end();

  }

I'm trying to draw a triangle and a circle (From a png) on the screen, using libgdx.

When I run this, I can only see the Texture (circle) on the screen. What should I do in order to make both Mesh and the Texture visible ?

Answer 1

SpriteBatch uses orthographic projection matrix. When you call batch.begin() then it applies its matrices (see SpriteBatch.setupMatrices().

So either:

1. change vertices for mesh, so it is on screen:

   mesh.setVertices(new float[] { 100f, 100f, 0, 
             400f, 100f, 0, 
             250, 400f, 0 });
   

2. move rendering of mesh out of batch rendering:

   Gdx.gl10.glMatrixMode(GL10.GL_PROJECTION);
   Gdx.gl10.glLoadIdentity();
   Gdx.gl10.glMatrixMode(GL10.GL_MODELVIEW);
   Gdx.gl10.glLoadIdentity();
   mesh.render(GL10.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
   
   batch.begin();
   batch.draw(texture, 10, 10);
   batch.end();
   

   you have to reset the projection and transformation matrices set by batch in begin(); because SpriteBatch.end() doesn't set matrices back.