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Libgdx Box2d Player doesnt move

I got a problem on Box2d I'm new on Box2d so couldnt handle it movement of my player.
I want to move my player to the left and right when the user touch left and right buttons in my game.
in my game player already going through the up y axis .
I wanted see cool smooth animation while controlling player.
I just couldnt move my player to the left how can I do that ?
thanks in advance
//EDITED
I created a fixture for testing , I can move fixture but not my player.
how can I attach my player sprite to body ?
and I have to find a proper way to controlling body. it wont stop once you started.
this is my codes
public World world;
public Body bplayer;
public Box2DDebugRenderer b2dr;
public Matrix4 cameraBox2D;
PlayScreen
buttonimage.addListener(new ClickListener() {
public boolean touchDown(InputEvent event, float x, float y, int pointer, int button)
{
bplayer.setLinearVelocity(-5*PPM , 0);
return true;
}
});
world = new World(new Vector2(player.getPosition().x , player.getPosition().y) , false);
b2dr = new Box2DDebugRenderer();
bplayer = createPlayer(player.getPosition().x , player.getPosition().y);
show method
buttonimage.setPosition(160,0);
rightbuttonimage.setPosition(320,0);
pauseimage.setPosition(220,-20);
cameraBox2D = camera.combined.cpy();
Render method
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 2f, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
sb.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);
player.position.y += 500 * Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime();
sb.begin();
sb.draw(bg, 0, camera.position.y - (camera.viewportHeight/2));
sb.draw(player.sprite, player.getPosition().x , player.getPosition().y);
for (Tube tube : tubes) {
sb.draw(tube.getlefttube(), tube.getposlefttube().x, tube.getposlefttube().y);
sb.draw(tube.getrighttube(), tube.getposrighttube().x, tube.getposrighttube().y);
sb.draw(tube.getLight() , tube.getPoslight().x , tube.getPoslight().y);
}
delta*=speed;
sb.end();
update(delta);
b2dr.render(world , cameraBox2D);
stage.draw();
app.batch.begin();
app.font23.draw(app.batch,"Lights collected :" + dropsGathered , 0, 720);
app.batch.end();
cameraUpdate method
Vector3 position = camera.position;
position.x = player.position.x;
position.y = player.position.y;
camera.position.set(position);
createPlayer method
Body pBody;
BodyDef def = new BodyDef();
def.type = BodyDef.BodyType.DynamicBody;
def.position.set(x * PPM, y * PPM );
def.fixedRotation = true;
pBody = world.createBody(def);
return pBody;
update method
world.step(1 / 60f , 6 , 2);
for(int i = 0; i < tubes.size; i++) {
Tube tube = tubes.get(i);
if (camera.position.y - (camera.viewportWidth/2) > tube.getposlefttube().y + tube.getlefttube().getWidth()) {
tube.reposition(tube.getposlefttube().y + ( TUBE_COUNT) );
}
if (tube.collides(player.getBounds())){
app.setScreen(new GameOver(app));
}
if (tube.gathered(player.getBounds())){
dropsGathered++;
}
if (dropsGathered >= 50){
//app.setScreen(new Stage2(app));
}
}
camera.update();
handleInput();
camera.position.y = player.getPosition().y + 300;
player.update(delta);
camera.update();
cameraUpdate(delta);
stage.act(delta);

In your createPlayer method you can do body.setUserData(sprite). Then in your render method, you can do this (similar to how you are rendering tubes):
for (Body body : bodies) {
Sprite playerSprite = (Sprite) body.getUserData();
playerSprite.setPosition(body.getPosition().x, body.getPosition().y);
playerSprite.draw(spriteBatch);
}
This will update the sprite's position with the body's position.

LibGDX TiledMap - don't detect Collisions

first of all, sorry, because of my rusty English. Since i learnt German i forgot the English.
I'm doing tests with libGDX and my code doesn't detect any collisions.
In my Screen:
public Pantalla(SpriteBatch batch_1) {
batch = batch_1;
screenWidth = Gdx.graphics.getWidth();
screenHeight = Gdx.graphics.getHeight();
stage = new Stage(new StretchViewport(Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight()),batch);
Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(stage);
camera = new OrthographicCamera();
camera.setToOrtho(false, 1000, 840);
camera.update();
mapas = new Mapas(camera);
// ACTORS
indiana_actor = new indiana_Actor();
//Here comes TOUCHPAD with Skin blaBlaBla...
if (touchpad.isTouched()) {
if (touchpad.getKnobX() > 120) {
indiana_actor.moveBy(32,0);
camera.translate(32, 0);
return; }
}
stage.addActor(indiana_actor);
stage.addActor(touchpad);
Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(stage);
}
public void render(float delta) {//TODO RENDER
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
mapas.MapasRender(camera,indiana_actor);
batch.begin();
batch.end();
stage.act(Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime());
stage.draw();
}
indiana_actor Class:
public indiana_Actor() {
W=Gdx.graphics.getWidth(); H=Gdx.graphics.getHeight();
bounds=new Rectangle((int)getX(), (int)getY(), (int)getWidth(), (int)getHeight());
}
Animation anim_temp;
#Override
public void draw(Batch batch, float parentAlpha) {
stateTime += Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime();
batch.setColor(getColor());
batch.draw(Assets.indiana_stop_arriba, (W/2), (H/2), 110, 160);
bounds=new Rectangle((int)getX(), (int)getY(), (int)getWidth(), (int)getHeight());
}
and Mapas Class.
In these class i get the Objects in the "objetos" TiledLayer, and triying to check collisions with a for(...) in the renderer.
public Mapas(OrthographicCamera camera2){
map = new TmxMapLoader().load("terrain/prueba.tmx");
renderer = new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(map, 10);//ESCALA
renderer.setView(camera2);
collisionObjects = map.getLayers().get("objetos").getObjects();
collisionRects = new Array<Rectangle>();
collisionRects_total=collisionObjects.getCount();
int tileWidth = 32; // whatever your tile width is
int tileHeight = 32; // whatever your tile height is
for (int i = 0; i < collisionObjects.getCount(); i++) {
RectangleMapObject obj = (RectangleMapObject) collisionObjects.get(i);
Rectangle rect = obj.getRectangle();
collisionRects.add(new Rectangle(rect.x / tileWidth, rect.y / tileHeight, rect.width / tileWidth, rect.height / tileHeight));
}
}
public void MapasRender(OrthographicCamera camera2,indiana_Actor indi){
camera2.update();
renderer.setView(camera2);
renderer.render();
for (int i = 0; i < collisionRects_total; i++) {
Rectangle rect = collisionRects.get(i);
if (indi.bounds.overlaps(rect)){
Gdx.app.log("EVENTO", "MAPAS RENDER - COLISION!");
}if (rect.overlaps(indi.bounds)){
Gdx.app.log("EVENTO", "MAPAS RENDER - COLISION!");
}
}
}
I know (Through the logcat) that the
" for (int i = 0; i < collisionRects_total; i++) {
Rectangle rect = collisionRects.get(i); "
get always the objectsRectangle , but in the next line find any overlaps.
Is that a problem with the actor bounds-rectangle?A problem when moving actor through the map??....
Thanks in advance!!

Why dont U at first check if your rectangle for collision draw correctly on position. You can do that by calling
shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeType.Line);
shapeRenderer.setColor(Color.NAVY);
shapeRenderer.rect(object.getrect().x,
object.getrect().y,object.getrect().width,
object.getrect().height);
may be you draw collision rectangles at wrong position so collision will never occur.

LibGdx - SideScroller With TiledMap and Two Actors

I have a tiled map that is 40960px wide and 640px high.
I also have a main character and a badguy that are both 64px wide and 64px high.
Assuming that the bottom left corner of the tiled map is displayed at (0,0) in pixels.
I am trying to make the main character start at position (0,0) of the tiled map and be able to move all the way to the other end of the tiled map along the x axis dependent upon the users input.
Also I want a bad guy to be rendered at (255,0) on the x axis and to have a range of movement between 255 and 511 on the x axis this will be controlled programtically.
At the moment my code will display the tiled map and the two characters but when I move one of the characters the other character is moved as well.
I have a link here to an image for clarity
Here is my code in a class that implements libGdx screen interface.
public TestScreen(MyGame game){
this.game = game;
camera = new OrthographicCamera(Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight());
camera.position.set(Gdx.graphics.getWidth()/2, Gdx.graphics.getHeight()/2, 0);
camera.update();
String filename = "levelMaps/level_1.tmx";
map = new TmxMapLoader().load(filename);
mapRenderer = new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(map);
mainPlayer = new Player();
badGuy = new BadGuy();
badGuy.velocity.x = camera.position.x;
}
#Override
public void render(float delta) {
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0.2f, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
mapRenderer.setView(camera);
mapRenderer.render();
game.batch.begin();
mainPlayer.render(game.batch);
badGuy.render(game.batch);
game.batch.end();
//simple input handling
if(Gdx.input.isKeyPressed(Keys.LEFT)){
if(mainPlayer.velocity.x >= 0 && camera.position.x > 400){
mainPlayer.moveLeft();
camera.position.x -= Math.abs(superSim.velocity.x);
} else {
camera.position.x = 400;
superSim.velocity.x = 0;
}
}
if(Gdx.input.isKeyPressed(Keys.RIGHT)){
if(mainPlayer.velocity.x >= 0 && camera.position.x < 41286-(64*12)){
mainPlayer.moveRight();
camera.position.x += superSim.velocity.x;
}
}
camera.update();
mainPlayer.update(delta);
}
How can I get badguys position to remain the same whilst the players position is dynamic?
Anyhelp is truly appreciated

This is how i inialize my camera to be 16*9 units.
private OrthographicCamera camera;
camera = new OrthographicCamera(16, 9);
camera.position.set(camera.viewportWidth / 2,
camera.viewportHeight / 2, 0);
camera.update();
My resize method
public void resize(int width, int height) {
camera.viewportHeight = 16 * (float) height / (float) width;
camera.update();
}
Really my camera is 16*y units because i calculate height to keep same aspect ratio.
Use deltaTime for movement to make app run smoothly on different fps rates. Your input handling is very weird. Why do you change camera's position there? If you need to make your camera follow the player then make something like this:
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.OrthographicCamera;
import com.mygdx.game.entities.Player;
public class ExtendedCamera extends OrthographicCamera {
public Player player;
public ExtendedCamera(Player player) {
super(Constants.WORLD_WIDTH, Constants.WORLD_HEIGHT);
this.player = player;
}
public void followPlayer() {
if (player.body.getPosition().x - position.x > Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_X) {
position.x = player.body.getPosition().x
- Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_X;
update();
} else if (player.body.getPosition().x - position.x < -Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_X) {
position.x = player.body.getPosition().x
+ Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_X;
update();
}
if (player.body.getPosition().y - position.y > Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_Y) {
position.y = player.body.getPosition().y
- Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_Y;
update();
} else if (player.body.getPosition().y - position.y < -Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_Y) {
position.y = player.body.getPosition().y
+ Constants.CAMERA_FOLLOW_LINE_Y;
update();
}
}
}
With this follow method player has zone where he can move freely and camera won't follow him. If player left this zone, camera moves.

Multiple cameras and ScissorStack?

I'm currently trying to make a game, and I'm still novice with using cameras, and I'm thinking that two OrthographicCameras may be necessary, but I'm not sure if that's the most efficient way, or even how to do so.
Basically, I want this to be the layout for it:
The Main Area is where the main stuff is, which is a Server Interface. The Game Level is where the actual game part is in. I am currently using a ScissorStack to cut the region, but with this demo, results make me question how to do this:
public class TestScissorStackAndCamera extends ApplicationAdapter {
private SpriteBatch batch;
private OrthographicCamera camera;
private Sprite sprite;
private int width, height;
#Override
public void create() {
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
width = Gdx.graphics.getWidth();
height = Gdx.graphics.getHeight();
batch = new SpriteBatch();
camera = new OrthographicCamera(width, height);
camera.position.set(width / 2, height / 2, 0);
camera.update();
createSprite();
}
private void createSprite() {
Pixmap map = new Pixmap(width, height, Format.RGBA8888);
map.setColor(Color.RED);
map.fillRectangle(0, 0, width, height);
map.setColor(Color.BLUE);
map.drawLine(width / 2, 0, width / 2, height);
map.drawLine(0, height / 2, width, height / 2);
Texture texture = new Texture(map);
sprite = new Sprite(texture);
}
#Override
public void render() {
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined); // The Question!
batch.begin();
{
Rectangle scissors = new Rectangle();
Rectangle area = new Rectangle(10, 10, width - 20, height - 20);
ScissorStack.calculateScissors(camera, batch.getTransformMatrix(), area, scissors);
ScissorStack.pushScissors(scissors);
batch.draw(sprite, 0, 0);
batch.flush();
ScissorStack.popScissors();
}
batch.end();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
LwjglApplicationConfiguration config = new LwjglApplicationConfiguration();
config.title = "ScissorStack & Camera Test";
config.resizable = false;
new LwjglApplication(new TestScissorStackAndCamera(), config);
}
}
Questioning batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined)
I marked a line in the code with a comment, The Question!, which is what is affecting the results. If I don't have it, using the camera.translate(...) method, the image is drawn at (0, 0) but what it does is it moves what part is viewed. If I do have that line, when I use the camera.translate(...) method, the image is drawn respectively to the position of the camera.
In respect to the game that I'm currently developing, it behaves awkwardly without the projectionMatrix not being set, but when I do set it, it messes up the positioning of the rest of the game. I even added some testing features, and it's not rendering inside of the correct ScissorStack
How could I go about setting up two cameras, or what could I do to set up what I'm trying to correctly and efficiently?
With my actual game (not the mock-up) this is what it is doing. It should be rendering inside of the red lines, but it's not:
If you'd like to see my current code for my GameLevel that is handling the ScissorStack and OrthographicCamera:
public GameLevel(int x, int y, int displayWidth, int displayHeight) {
this.x = x; // x = 10
this.y = y; // y = 10
this.displayWidth = displayWidth; // displayWidth = Gdx.graphics.getWidth() - x - 10
this.displayHeight = displayHeight; // displayHeight = Gdx.graphics.getHeight() - y - 120
camera = new OrthographicCamera(Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight());
camera.position.set(displayWidth / 2, displayHeight / 2, 0);
// FBLAGame.batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);
camera.update();
init();
}
...
#Override
public void render() {
Rectangle area = new Rectangle(x, y, displayWidth, displayHeight);
Rectangle scissor = new Rectangle();
Matrix4 matrix = FBLAGame.batch.getTransformMatrix();
ScissorStack.calculateScissors(camera, matrix, area, scissor);
ScissorStack.pushScissors(scissor);
renderLevel();
FBLAGame.batch.flush();
ScissorStack.popScissors();
Pixmap map = new Pixmap(Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight(), Format.RGBA8888);
map.setColor(Color.RED);
map.drawRectangle((int) area.x, (int) area.y, (int) area.width, (int) area.height);
Texture t = new Texture(map);
map.dispose();
FBLAGame.batch.draw(t, 0, 0);
}

Libgdx Orthographic Camera initial position

I would like the camera to be positioned correctly but I am getting the result below:
It seems like when I resize the window, the map does not get rendered properly. Why does that happen?
Code:
public void render(float delta){
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
camera.update();
mapRenderer.setView(camera);
mapRenderer.render(background);
mapRenderer.render(foreground);
shapeRenderer.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);
//draw rectangles around walls
for(MapObject object : tiledMap.getLayers().get("walls").getObjects()){
if(object instanceof RectangleMapObject) {
RectangleMapObject rectObject = (RectangleMapObject) object;
Rectangle rect = rectObject.getRectangle();
shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeType.Line);
shapeRenderer.rect(rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height);
shapeRenderer.end();
}
}
//done drawing rectangles
}
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height) {
camera.viewportWidth = width;
camera.viewportHeight = height;
}
#Override
public void show(){
//call the tile map here
//I believe this is called first before render() is called
tiledMap = new TmxMapLoader().load("data/mapComplete.tmx");
mapRenderer = new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(tiledMap, 1f);
//initiate shapeRenderer. Can remove later
shapeRenderer = new ShapeRenderer();
shapeRenderer.setColor(Color.RED);
camera = new OrthographicCamera();
camera.setToOrtho(false, Gdx.graphics.getWidth(), Gdx.graphics.getHeight());
}

This should center the camera at the viewport of the game.
#Override
public void resize(int width, int height) {
camera.viewportWidth = width;
camera.viewportHeight = height;
camera.position.set(width/2f, height/2f, 0); //by default camera position on (0,0,0)
}

You do not set the position of the camera anywhere. Thus it is looking at (0, 0) by default (which means (0, 0) will be in the center of your screen). The TiledMapRenderer renders the bottom left corner of the map at (0, 0) which means that it will fill the top right quadrant of your screen. That's what you see in your screenshot.
To set it to the center of the map, you could do something like the following:
TiledMapTileLayer layer0 = (TiledMapTileLayer) map.getLayers().get(0);
Vector3 center = new Vector3(layer0.getWidth() * layer0.getTileWidth() / 2, layer0.getHeight() * layer0.getTileHeight() / 2, 0);
camera.position.set(center);