Movement of Text In Windows Phone 7

In this example, we will be discussing the movement of text in both directions in Windows Phone 7. Use the following to do that.

Step 1

First we create a new project in Windows Phone 7:

New Project -> XNA Game Studio 4.0 -> Windows Phone Game (4.0)

After that we select a name for the project.

Step 2

Now we add a SpriteFont Class to our project. For this first we right-click on the MovementOfTextInWP7Content (Content) like this:

MovementOfTextInWP7Content.jpg

Add -> New Item -> Sprite Font

After that a SpriteFont (SpriteFont1) class will be added.

Step 3

Now we will write the program in the Game1.cs page. Here we write the following code:

Public int x=0;

        public int y = 0;

        public int z = 0;

        public int c = 0;

        const float textSpeed= 500f;         

        const string TEXT = "Mahak Gupta";

 

        GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;

        SpriteBatch spriteBatch;

        SpriteFont segoe14;

        Viewport viewport;

        Vector2 textSize;

        Vector2 textPosition;

        bool DirectionIsUp = false;

 

        public Game1()

        {

            graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this);

            Content.RootDirectory = "Content";

 

            // Frame rate is 30 fps by default for Windows Phone.

            TargetElapsedTime = TimeSpan.FromTicks(333333);

        }

Here x, z and c are variables used to fulfill some conditions. textSpeed is used for the speed measurement of the text.

Now we write the code for LoadContent like this:
 

protected override void LoadContent()

        {

            spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);

            viewport = this.GraphicsDevice.Viewport;

            segoe14 = this.Content.Load<SpriteFont>("SpriteFont1");

            textSize = segoe14.MeasureString(TEXT);

            textPosition = new Vector2((viewport.Width - textSize.X) / 2, (viewport.Height - textSize.Y) / 2);

        }
 

Here we describe the TextSize and the position of the text Like this:

Movement-of-Text-In-Windows-Phone7.jpg

Step 4

Now we write the Update Method. Here we describe the text in both directions (X and Y) like this:

 

protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)

        {

            if (x < 3)

            {

                if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed)

                    this.Exit();

 

 

                if (!DirectionIsUp)

                {

                    textPosition.X += textSpeed* (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds;

                    if (textPosition.X + textSize.X > viewport.Width)

                    {

                        float excess = textPosition.X + textSize.X - viewport.Width;

                        textPosition.X += 4* excess;

                        DirectionIsUp = true;

                        x += 1;

                        z += 1;

                    }

 

                }

                else

                {

                    textPosition.X -= textSpeed* (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds;

 

                    if (textPosition.X < 0)

                    {

                        float excess = -textPosition.X;

                        textPosition.X += 4 * excess;

                        DirectionIsUp = false;

                       

                    }

 

                }

             

            }

 

            else if (x >= 3)

            {

                if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed)

                    this.Exit();

 

 

                if (!DirectionIsUp)

                {

                    textPosition.Y += textSpeed* (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds;

                    if (textPosition.Y + textSize.Y > viewport.Width)

                    {

                        float excess = textPosition.Y + textSize.Y - viewport.Width;

                        textPosition.Y += 4 * excess;

                        DirectionIsUp = true;

                       

                    }

 

                }

                else

                {

                    textPosition.Y -= textSpeed* (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds;

 

                    if (textPosition.Y < 0)

                    {

                        float excess = -textPosition.Y;

                        textPosition.Y += 4 * excess;

                        DirectionIsUp = false;

                        y += 1;

                    }

                    if (y == 3)

                    {

                        x = 0;

                    }

 

                }

 

 

            }

            base.Update(gameTime);

        }


Now we write the Draw Method, here we change the color of the text like this:
 

protected override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)

        {

            GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.BurlyWood);

 

            spriteBatch.Begin();

           

            if (z <= 3)

            {

                spriteBatch.DrawString(segoe14, TEXT, textPosition, Color.Chocolate);

            }

            else if (z == 3)

            {

                z =0;

            }

 

            else

            {

                spriteBatch.DrawString(segoe14, TEXT, textPosition, Color.Cornsilk);

            }

                spriteBatch.End();

 

            base.Draw(gameTime);

        }

 output-Movement-of-Text-In-Windows-Phone7.jpg

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