Wikitude SDK API Reference

API Docs for: 9.13.0
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ARObject Class

Extends ARchitectObject
Module: AR

An ARObject is an abstract class which must not be instantiated directly. It provides basic methods and properties required for the objects rendered in the AR scene.

ARObjects are somehow registered in the real world, either with geo coordinates (GeoObject) or with visual trackable objects (ImageTrackable). They also have Drawables attached to it, which are used to represent the ARObject on the screen.

Methods

destroy

()

Inherited from ARchitectObject

Destroys the object.

drawables.addCamDrawable

(
  • drawable
  • position
)

Adds Drawables to the ARObject in the camera.

Parameters:

  • drawable Drawable | Drawable[]

    The drawable(s) that should be added to the camera. Can either be a single Drawable, or an Array of Drawables.

  • position Number optional

    The position where the Drawable should be added in the array. If not specified, the Drawable will be added at the end of the array. Must be a whole number.

drawables.removeCamDrawable

(
  • drawable|position
)

Removes Drawables from the ARObject in the cam.

Parameters:

  • drawable|position Drawable | [Drawable] | Number

    When a single Drawable or an Array of Drawables is given, these Drawables will be removed from the array. When an integer is given, the Drawable at the specified position will be removed.

isVisible

() Boolean

Returns the current visibility state of the ARObject. An ARObject is defined visible when at least one of the ARObject's locations (geolocations or visual tracker) is projected onto a screen coordinate which is currently visible on the screen.

Returns:

Boolean:

Whether the ARObject is currently visible on the screen (true) or invisble (false).

Properties

destroyed

Boolean

Inherited from ARchitectObject

Indicates if the object has already been destroyed.

drawables.cam

Drawable[]

The Drawables which will be used to represent the ARObject in the camera view.

Drawables in the array will be printed starting with the Drawable at position 0, causing Drawables at later indices to overlap the previously drawn Drawables.

Remark:

The array content should not be manipulated via the [] operator, as it cannot be guaranteed that the changes will be propagated through to the native application. The property should only be manipulated with arobject.drawables.addCamDrawable() and arobject.drawables.removeCamDrawable(), or directly set with arobject.drawables.cam = new Array(...);.

enabled

Boolean

A boolean flag to enable or disable the ARObject.

Default: true

renderingOrder

Number

Drawables of different ARObjects might overlap. In this case, renderingOrder defines the rendering order of the Drawables of the ARObject. ARObjects with higher renderingOrder values cause their Drawables to be drawn on top of the Drawables of ARObjects with lower renderingOrder values. In case two ARObjects have set the same renderingOrder, the Drawables are rendered based on the distance, causing objects closer to the user to overlap objects further away.
For example, If you want to bring Drawables of a certain ARObject to the very front, set the renderingOrder value of the corresponding ARObject to a very high value.

For the printing order of Drawables within the same ARObject, refer to Drawable2D.zOrder.

Must be a whole number.

Default: 0

Events

onClick

Will be executed when any of the ARObject's Drawables have been clicked, and none of the clicked Drawables's onClick() triggers (might also be referenced by another ARObject) have been set to quit the click chain. ARObject.onClick() will be executed after any Drawable.onClick() triggers have been executed.

In case multiple ARObjects are hit by the click, the order of the execution is defined by the distance of the ARObject to the user, with the closest ARObject's click trigger executed first.

The return value of the function determines if, after the onClick()-function was executed for this ARObject, the queue shall continue to execute onClick() for the next ARObject in the queue. In case the last ARObject in the queue still requests to continue the click-queue, context.onScreenClick() will be executed.

The return value of the function decides what to do next. If false, the click-queue should not stop with this ARObject. Thus, the next ARObject's onClick() function will be executed. This is the default value in case no return value is set or the function is not defined for this ARObject. If true, the queue-execution will stop at the current ARObject, underlying ARObjects will not receive onClick() calls.

onDragBegan

Executed when the user starts dragging on at least one Drawable with a single finger and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • xNormalized Number

    the distance on the X-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]; always 0 in onDragBegan as no change to the drag gesture has occurred yet

  • yNormalized Number

    the distance on the Y-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]; always 0 in onDragBegan as no change to the drag gesture has occurred yet

onDragChanged

Executed when the user drags on at least one Drawable with a single finger and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • xNormalized Number

    the distance on the X-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]

  • yNormalized Number

    the distance on the Y-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]

onDragEnded

Executed when the user stops dragging on at least one Drawable with a single finger and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • xNormalized Number

    the distance on the X-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]; always identical to the most recent distance received in onDragChanged

  • yNormalized Number

    the distance on the Y-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]; always identical to the most recent distance received in onDragChanged

onPanBegan

Executed when the user starts dragging on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • xNormalized Number

    the distance on the X-axis between the initiating touch positions and the updated touch positions [-1, 1]; always 0 in onPanBegan as no change to the pan gesture has occurred yet; the mid-points between the first and second touches are used to calculate the distances to allow co-operative behaviour with the scale and rotate gesture

  • yNormalized Number

    the distance on the Y-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]; always 0 in onPanBegan as no change to the pan gesture has occurred yet; the mid-points between the first and second touches are used to calculate the distances to allow co-operative behaviour with the scale and rotate gesture

onPanChanged

Executed when the user drags on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • xNormalized Number

    the distance on the X-axis between the initiating touch positions and the updated touch positions [-1, 1]; the mid-points between the first and second touches are used to calculate the distances to allow co-operative behaviour with the scale and rotate gesture

  • yNormalized Number

    the distance on the Y-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]; the mid-points between the first and second touches are used to calculate the distances to allow co-operative behaviour with the scale and rotate gesture

onPanEnded

Executed when the user stops dragging on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • xNormalized Number

    the distance on the X-axis between the initiating touch positions and the updated touch positions [-1, 1]; always identical to the most recent distance received in onPanChanged; the mid-points between the first and second touches are used to calculate the distances to allow co-operative behaviour with the scale and rotate gesture

  • yNormalized Number

    the distance on the Y-axis between the initiating touch position and the updated touch position [-1, 1]; always identical to the most recent distance received in onPanChanged; the mid-points between the first and second touches are used to calculate the distances to allow co-operative behaviour with the scale and rotate gesture

onRotationBegan

Executed when the user starts rotating on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • angle Number

    the CCW angle in degree between the line defined by the initiating touch positions and the line defined by the updated touch positions [0, 360); always 0 in onRotationBegan as no change to the rotation gesture has occurred yet

onRotationChanged

Executed when the user rotates on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • angle Number

    the CCW angle in degree between the line defined by the initiating touch positions and the line defined by the updated touch positions [0, 360)

onRotationEnded

Executed when the user stops rotating on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • angle Number

    the CCW angle in degree between the line defined by the initiating touch positions and the line defined by the updated touch positions [0, 360); always identical to the most recent angle received in onRotationChanged

onScaleBegan

Executed when the user starts scaling on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • scale Number

    the scale value defined the ratio of the distance between the updated touches over the distance between the initiating touches [0, inf]; always 1 in onScaleBegan as no change to the scale gesture has occurred yet

onScaleChanged

Executed when the user scales on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • scale Number

    the scale value defined the ratio of the distance between the updated touches over the distance between the initiating touches [0, inf]

onScaleEnded

Executed when the user stops scaling on at least one Drawable with two fingers and none of these Drawables quits the event propagation by returning true. This callback behaves identically to the onClick callback in terms of event propagation.

Event Payload:

  • scale Number

    the scale value defined the ratio of the distance between the updated touches over the distance between the initiating touches [0, inf]; always identical to the most recent scale received in onScaleChanged