AnimatedGIFField from blackberry knowledge base, don't know how to manipulate the gif

Question

I am using this code, if anybody is familiar with it, its from the blackberry knowledge base. Anyway, I was wondering how to manipulate GIF's using this class. I can get the gif on the screen, but it keeps repeating and will not disappear. Any help is greatly appreciated!

public class AnimatedGIFField extends BitmapField { private GIFEncodedImage _image; //The image to draw. private int _currentFrame; //The current frame in the animation sequence. private int _width; //The width of the image (background frame). private int _height; //The height of the image (background frame). private AnimatorThread _animatorThread;

public AnimatedGIFField(GIFEncodedImage image)
{
    this(image, 0);
}

public AnimatedGIFField(GIFEncodedImage image, long style)
{
    //Call super to setup the field with the specified style.
    //The image is passed in as well for the field to
    //configure its required size.
    super(image.getBitmap(), style);

    //Store the image and it's dimensions.
    _image = image;
    _width = image.getWidth();
    _height = image.getHeight();

    //Start the animation thread.
    _animatorThread = new AnimatorThread(this);
    _animatorThread.start();
}

protected void paint(Graphics graphics)
{
    //Call super.paint. This will draw the first background
    //frame and handle any required focus drawing.
    super.paint(graphics);

    //Don't redraw the background if this is the first frame.
    if (_currentFrame != 0)
    {
        //Draw the animation frame.
        graphics.drawImage(_image.getFrameLeft(_currentFrame), _image.getFrameTop(_currentFrame),
            _image.getFrameWidth(_currentFrame), _image.getFrameHeight(_currentFrame), _image, _currentFrame, 0, 0);
    }
}

//Stop the animation thread when the screen the field is on is
//popped off of the display stack.
protected void onUndisplay()
{
    _animatorThread.stop();
    super.onUndisplay();
}


//A thread to handle the animation.
private class AnimatorThread extends Thread
{
    private AnimatedGIFField _theField;
    private boolean _keepGoing = true;
    private int _totalFrames;     //The total number of
                                    frames in the image.
    private int _loopCount;       //The number of times the
                                  animation has looped (completed).
    private int _totalLoops;      //The number of times the animation should loop (set in the image).

    public AnimatorThread(AnimatedGIFField theField)
    {
        _theField = theField;
        _totalFrames = _image.getFrameCount();
        _totalLoops = _image.getIterations();

    }

    public synchronized void stop()
    {
        _keepGoing = false;
    }

    public void run()
    {
        while(_keepGoing)
        {
            //Invalidate the field so that it is redrawn.
            UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeAndWait(new Runnable()
            {
                public void run()
                {
                    _theField.invalidate();
                }
            });

            try
            {
                //Sleep for the current frame delay before
                //the next frame is drawn.
                sleep(_image.getFrameDelay(_currentFrame) * 10);
            }
            catch (InterruptedException iex)
            {} //Couldn't sleep.

            //Increment the frame.
            ++_currentFrame;

            if (_currentFrame == _totalFrames)
            {
                //Reset back to frame 0 if we have reached the end.
                _currentFrame = 0;

                ++_loopCount;

                //Check if the animation should continue.
                if (_loopCount == _totalLoops)
                {
                    _keepGoing = false;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

}

Answer 1

Don't call super.paint(graphics), rather draw everything you need to draw by yourself. re-write your paint(Graphics graphics) method like below:

private boolean isPaint = true;
protected void paint(Graphics graphics) {
    if(!isPaint) return;
//  super.paint(graphics);      
    if (_currentFrame == _image.getFrameCount()-1) {
        graphics.setGlobalAlpha(0);
        isPaint = false;
    }
    graphics.drawImage(
                _image.getFrameLeft(_currentFrame),
                _image.getFrameTop(_currentFrame),
                _image.getFrameWidth(_currentFrame),
                _image.getFrameHeight(_currentFrame), _image,
                _currentFrame, 0, 0
            );
}