composer.removeScene() not working, other display objects not disappearing - lua

Question

I'm working on an app in lua using Corona SDK.
I'm trying to go from my buildscene2 to my mainbuildscene, and I am successfully calling the new scene, but the objects from buildscene2 are not being removed. I have added the code to remove the previous scene, in the mainbuildscene.lua file. I've tried adding it in scene:create() and in scene:show(). Neither worked. This exact method has worked for me when transitioning from other scenes in the same application. What I've done here is created a function that uses composer.gotoScene("mainbuildscene") and then called the function when a button is pressed. I have a bunch of random prints in there just to see if the code is being read. It is.
I've looked for other people having this problem. Plenty of people have experienced this, but none of their solutions have worked for me. I've tried moving the event listener for when the next button is pressed to inside the snapTo function and then back out. If the listener is outside, it gives me an error.
Also, I know that the problem is not when I'm calling the new scene, because I put in a random picture to test if the objects from that scene would show up, and they did, except they were overtop of the objects from buildscene2. I even tried adding a function into the second scene that, when called, destroys the first scene. Didn't work.
Unless I did something wrong, all my display objects in buildscene2 are added to the group.
Here's my buildscene2 file. This is the file I'm transitioning away from and trying to destroy.
local composer = require( "composer" )
local scene = composer.newScene()
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- All code outside of the listener functions will only be executed ONCE unless "composer.removeScene()" is called.
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- local forward references should go here
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- "scene:create()"
function scene:create( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
-- Initialize the scene here.
-- Example: add display objects to "sceneGroup", add touch listeners, etc.
local group = display.newGroup()
composer.removeScene("thirdscene")
----------EMPTY BOXES
local itemFrame1=display.newImageRect("images/selection-box.png", 200,200)
itemFrame1.x=140
itemFrame1.y=130
group:insert(itemFrame1)
local itemFrame2=display.newImageRect("images/selection-box.png", 200,200)
itemFrame2.x=387
itemFrame2.y=130
group:insert(itemFrame2)
local itemFrame3=display.newImageRect("images/selection-box.png", 200,200)
itemFrame3.x=635
itemFrame3.y=130
group:insert(itemFrame3)
---------------HEADS
local robotHead=display.newImageRect("images/robot-head.png", 195,180)
robotHead.x=137
robotHead.y=130
robotHead.rotation = 180
robotHead.headtype=1
local rabbitHead=display.newImageRect("images/rabbit-head.png", 200, 180)
rabbitHead.x=387
rabbitHead.y=130
rabbitHead.rotation = 180
rabbitHead.headtype=2
local dinoHead=display.newImageRect("images/dino-head.png", 210, 190)
dinoHead.x=665
dinoHead.y=140
dinoHead.rotation = 180
dinoHead.headtype=3
-------------------OTHER
local nextButton=display.newImageRect("images/donebutton.png", 130, 130)
nextButton.x=140
nextButton.y=710
group:insert(nextButton)
nextButton.isVisible = false
local nextText=display.newText("NEXT", 100,100, native.systemFontBold, 40)
nextText.x=140
nextText.y=710
nextText:setTextColor (0,0,0)
group:insert(nextText)
function snapTo (event)
function makeVisible (event)
nextButton.isVisible = true
end
if event.phase == "began" then
event.target.markX = event.target.x -- store x location of object
event.target.markY = event.target.y -- store y location of object
torsoPlaced=event.target.torsoName
end
function addHeadsToGroup (event)
group:insert(robotHead)
group:insert(rabbitHead)
group:insert(dinoHead)
end
if event.phase == "moved" then
local x = (event.x - event.xStart) + event.target.markX
local y = (event.y - event.yStart) + event.target.markY
event.target.x, event.target.y = x, y -- move object based on calculations above
function demolish1 (event)
robotHead.x = 1000
robotHead.y = 900
robotHead.width = 10
robotHead.length = 10
robotHead.isVisible = false
group:insert(robotHead)
local staticRobot = display.newImageRect("images/robot-head.png", 195, 180)
staticRobot.x=137
staticRobot.y=130
staticRobot.rotation = 180
group:insert(staticRobot)
end
function demolish2 (event)
rabbitHead.x = 1000
rabbitHead.y = 900
rabbitHead.width = 10
rabbitHead.length = 10
rabbitHead.isVisible = false
group:insert(rabbitHead)
local staticRabbit = display.newImageRect("images/rabbit-head.png", 200, 180)
staticRabbit.x=387
staticRabbit.y=130
staticRabbit.rotation = 180
group:insert(staticRabbit)
end
function demolish3 (event)
dinoHead.x = 1000
dinoHead.y = 900
dinoHead.width = 10
dinoHead.length = 10
dinoHead.isVisible = false
group:insert(dinoHead)
local staticDino = display.newImageRect("images/dino-head.png", 210, 190)
staticDino.x=665
staticDino.y=140
staticDino.rotation = 180
group:insert(staticDino)
end
if (event.target.headtype == 1) then
event.target.width = 220
event.target.height = 200
if event.target.y > 400 then
event.target.isVisible = false
local newHead1 = display.newImageRect("images/robot-head.png",220, 200)
newHead1.x=150
newHead1.y=500
newHead1.rotation = 270
end
addHeadsToGroup()
makeVisible()
demolish2()
demolish3()
end
if (event.target.headtype == 2) then
event.target.width = 340
event.target.height = 240
if event.target.y > 400 then
event.target.isVisible = false
local newHead2 = display.newImageRect("images/rabbit-head.png",340, 240)
newHead2.x=140
newHead2.y=500
newHead2.rotation = 270
end
addHeadsToGroup()
makeVisible()
demolish1()
demolish3()
end
if (event.target.headtype == 3) then
event.target.width = 280
event.target.height = 250
if event.target.y > 400 then
event.target.isVisible = false
local newHead3 = display.newImageRect("images/dino-head.png",280, 250)
newHead3.x=140
newHead3.y=540
newHead3.rotation = 270
end
addHeadsToGroup()
makeVisible()
demolish1()
demolish2()
end
local function nextButtonClicked2 (event)
if event.phase=="ended" then
function sceneChange (event)
composer.gotoScene("mainbuildscene")
print("jererefs")
end
print("egsijegij")
sceneChange()
end
end
nextButton:addEventListener("touch", nextButtonClicked2)
end
end--end of snapTo
robotHead:addEventListener( "touch", snapTo)
rabbitHead:addEventListener( "touch", snapTo)
dinoHead:addEventListener("touch", snapTo)
end -- end
-- "scene:show()"
function scene:show( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
if ( phase == "will" ) then
-- Called when the scene is still off screen (but is about to come on screen).
elseif ( phase == "did" ) then
-- Called when the scene is now on screen.
-- Insert code here to make the scene come alive.
-- Example: start timers, begin animation, play audio, etc.
end
end
-- "scene:hide()"
function scene:hide( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
if ( phase == "will" ) then
-- Called when the scene is on screen (but is about to go off screen).
-- Insert code here to "pause" the scene.
-- Example: stop timers, stop animation, stop audio, etc.
elseif ( phase == "did" ) then
-- Called immediately after scene goes off screen.
end
end
-- "scene:destroy()"
function scene:destroy( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
-- Called prior to the removal of scene's view ("sceneGroup").
-- Insert code here to clean up the scene.
-- Example: remove display objects, save state, etc.
end
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Listener setup
scene:addEventListener( "create", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "show", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "hide", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "destroy", scene )
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------
return scene
Here's my mainbuildscene file, the file I'm trying to load. It's loading in but the previous scene isn't going away.
local composer = require( "composer" )
local scene = composer.newScene()
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- All code outside of the listener functions will only be executed ONCE unless "composer.removeScene()" is called.
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- local forward references should go here
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- "scene:create()"
function scene:create( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
function removeTheScene (event)
print("this is not working, unless it is...?")
composer.removeScene("buildscene2")
end
removeTheScene()
-- Initialize the scene here.
-- Example: add display objects to "sceneGroup", add touch listeners, etc.
local group=display.newGroup()
--
--
local picture=display.newImageRect("images/bee-torso.png", 100, 100)
picture.x=display.contentCenterX
picture.y=display.contentCenterY
group:insert(picture)
end
-- "scene:show()"
function scene:show( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
if ( phase == "will" ) then
-- Called when the scene is still off screen (but is about to come on screen).
elseif ( phase == "did" ) then
-- Called when the scene is now on screen.
-- Insert code here to make the scene come alive.
-- Example: start timers, begin animation, play audio, etc.
end
end
-- "scene:hide()"
function scene:hide( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
if ( phase == "will" ) then
-- Called when the scene is on screen (but is about to go off screen).
-- Insert code here to "pause" the scene.
-- Example: stop timers, stop animation, stop audio, etc.
elseif ( phase == "did" ) then
-- Called immediately after scene goes off screen.
end
end
-- "scene:destroy()"
function scene:destroy( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
-- Called prior to the removal of scene's view ("sceneGroup").
-- Insert code here to clean up the scene.
-- Example: remove display objects, save state, etc.
end
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Listener setup
scene:addEventListener( "create", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "show", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "hide", scene )
scene:addEventListener( "destroy", scene )
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
return scene
Please let me know what I did wrong or give me any advice you can. Thanks for reading.

Answer 1

You must add them to "sceneGroup". You are adding all the object into your own group but they should be added to the "sceneGroup".
In buildscene2.lua remove these lines:
local group = display.newGroup()
composer.removeScene("thirdscene")
And make sure you add all your display object into the sceneGroup, and not the group:
Change this group:insert(itemFrame1) to this sceneGroup:insert(itemFrame1) but for all your display objects and on all your scenes.
If you're planning to reuse the scene (i.e. being able to go back and forth) you don't need to use the removeScene because Corona handles all the display objects belonging to the scenes i.e. when you go from Scene A to Scene B Corona will automatically move away the display objects belonging to Scene A from the screen and move the display objects belonging to Scene B to the screen.