How do I draw a sprite on top of a video in Andengine?

Question

I'm playing a video in Andengine on

@Override
protected void onSetContentView() {}

However, when I place a sprite on the screen at some point in time, it is placed behind that video view. I want it to appear in front of it.

My attempt:

Entity foregroundLayer= new Entity();
foregroundLayer.attachChild(drag1);
scene.attachChild(foregroundLayer);

Setting setZIndex also didn't work

Here's a screenshot:

The world icon is half outside and half behind. It should be on top.

Answer 1

It should be straightforward, I think:

• Set Z index of your WorldIcon higher than VideoView.
• Do scene.sortChildren() to apply the Z index sorting.

Answer 2

try this. In short terms you have to rearrange the rendering order.