In Flex, how do I create, populate, and display a bitmap?

Question

Starting with a completely empty MXML application:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" 
    layout="absolute" >

</mx:Application>

What is a script that will be:

• create a bitmap (should it be an object BitmapData?)
• programmatically populate it with data (e.g. draw a circle) (is there a better way to do this than repeat the call BitmapData.SetPixel?)
• visualize it inside the application (for example, centered in the middle) (how can I get a bitmap on the screen? Online Flash samples show a call myBitmap=new Bitmap(myBitmapData)and then myBitmap.AddChild, but this causes an error in Flex).

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Answer 1

. -, Degrafa, , script AS3 api ( , , createComplete:

private function handleCreationComplete():void
{
    var component:UIComponent = new UIComponent(); //needed to add to the flex display list
    var myCircle:Sprite = new Sprite();
    myCircle.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF,1)
    myCircle.graphics.drawCircle(100,100,50);
    component.addChild(myCircle);
    this.addChild(component);
}

, , .

, UIComponent:

private function getBitmapData( target : UIComponent ) : BitmapData
   {
    var bd : BitmapData = new BitmapData( target.width, target.height );
    var m : Matrix = new Matrix();
    bd.draw( target, m );
    return bd;
   }

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Answer 2

, Joel Hooks:

MXML FILE (ards.mxml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"
       creationComplete="onCreationComplete()">

<mx:Script source="ards_script.as" />

</mx:Application>

SCRIPT FILE (ards_script.as):

import mx.core.UIComponent;

private function onCreationComplete():void
{
    // create a UIComponent and add it to the Flex display list
    var component:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
    component.width = this.width;
    component.height = this.height;
    component.x = 0;
    component.y = 0;
    this.addChild(component);

    // create a BitmapData object (basically an array of pixels) the same size as the screen    
    var bd : BitmapData = new BitmapData( component.width, component.height );

    // draw a green circle in the bitmap data
    var xCenter:int = component.width/2;
    var yCenter:int = component.height/2;
    var r:int = Math.min(xCenter,yCenter);
    var rSquare:int = r*r;
    var color:Number = 0x00ff00;
    for( var i:int=0; i<component.width; i++ )
    {
        for( var j:int=0; j<component.width; j++ )
        {
            var dX:int = i - xCenter;
            var dY:int = j - yCenter;
            var q:int = dX*dX + dY*dY;
            if( q < rSquare )
            {
                    bd.setPixel( i, j, color );
            }       
        }
    }

    // create a bitmap based on the data, and add it as a child to the UIComponent to be displayed
    // (if you try to add it directly to the Application, you get a runtime error)
    var bt:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bd);
    component.addChild(bt);    
}