Lua - how do storyboard scenes transition to composer scenes? - lua

Question

My storyboard scenes transition to each other and so do my composer scenes. But when I want a storyboard scene to transition to a composer scene the screen goes dark and things stop dead.
Scene one - storyboard:
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-- firstBar1.lua
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local storyboard = require "storyboard"
local scene = storyboard.newScene()
function scene:createScene(event)
local screenGroup = self.view
local widget = require "widget"
local function onFirstBar2BtnRelease()
storyboard.gotoScene("firstBar2", "fade", 40)
return true
end
image1 = "images/staveBlankgrey2.png" -- the only button necessary
local firstBar2Btn = widget.newButton{
defaultFile = image1,
width = 480, height = 320,
onRelease = onFirstBar2BtnRelease
}
screenGroup:insert(firstBar2Btn)
-- clef24
image2 = display.newImageRect("images/clef24C.png", 100, 118)
image2.x = display.contentWidth
image2.y = display.contentHeight
image2.x, image2.y = 62, 149
screenGroup:insert(image2)
-- workout count
image3 = display.newImageRect("images/ex1of4.png", 60, 30)
image3.x = display.contentWidth
image3.y = display.contentHeight
image3.x, image3.y = 32, 20
screenGroup:insert(image3)
-- note1
image4 = display.newImageRect("images/crUp.png", 40, 75)
image4.x = display.contentWidth
image4.y = display.contentHeight
image4.x, image4.y = 170, 167
screenGroup:insert(image4)
-- note2
image5 = display.newImageRect("images/crDown.png", 40, 75)
image5.x = display.contentWidth
image5.y = display.contentHeight
image5.x, image5.y = 320, 142
screenGroup:insert(image5)
end
scene:addEventListener("createScene", scene)
return scene
Second scene - composer:
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-- firstBar2.lua
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local composer = require ( "composer" )
local scene = composer.newScene()
local function showEvenBars()
local options = {
effect = "slideLeft",
time = 30,
}
composer.gotoScene( "evenBars", options )
end
-- create scene
function scene:createScene ( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
end
The code works up to here.
function scene:show( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
if ( phase == "will") then
local background = display.newImage("images/staveBlankgrey2.png", 240, 160)
note1 = display.newImage( "images/crUp.png", 130, 187)
note2 = display.newImage( "images/crUp.png", 320, 187)
sceneGroup:insert( background )
sceneGroup:insert( note1 )
sceneGroup:insert( note2 )
elseif ( phase == "did") then
timer.performWithDelay(tempo, showEvenBars)
end
end
function scene:hide( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
local phase = event.phase
end
function scene:destroy( event )
local sceneGroup = self.view
end
scene:addEventListener( "create", scene)
scene:addEventListener( "show", scene)
scene:addEventListener( "hide", scene)
scene:addEventListener( "destroy", scene)
return scene
This second scene, firstBar2 lua doesn't come on screen.
I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

Answer 1

It is impossible to switch between storyboard and composer scene because they two are different libraries so their structure is different.
If you want your app to run properly you must always use one scene manager.
I recommend Composer.