Can't click on a button added to a layer

[aceinetx]

Just switched from cocos2dx to axmol (for android reasons), and I can't click on a button that I added to a layer, in a scene it works fine (The callback doesn't get called, the button texture doesn't change)
Here's the way I do this in cocos2dx:

auto button = Button::create("CloseNormal.png", "CloseSelected.png");

button->setPosition(Vec2(240, 160));

button->addClickEventListener([this](Ref *sender) { 
  CCLOG("Hi!");
});

this->addChild(button);

Basically the same thing in axmol:

bool MenuLayer::init()
{
  if (!Layer::init())
    return false;

  screen_size = Director::getInstance()->getWinSize();
  auto label  = Label::createWithTTF("Test", "fonts/arial.ttf", 20.5f);
  label->setPosition({screen_size.x / 2, screen_size.y - 10});

  auto button = Button::create("CloseNormal.png", "CloseSelected.png");

  button->setPosition(Vec2(240, 160));

  button->addClickEventListener([this](Object* sender) {
    AXLOG("Hi!");
  });

  this->addChild(button);
  this->addChild(label);

  return true;
}

Here's how the button looks in cocos explorer:

I also tried using menus, but it didn't change anything

[rh101]

Which version of Axmol?
Which platform did you test it on?

[aceinetx]

Which version of Axmol? Which platform did you test it on?

v2.2.1, Windows

[rh101]

Can you provide the entire MenuLayer file? Also, how is the instance of MenuLayer created, and what options in it are configured?

[aceinetx]

Can you provide the entire MenuLayer file? Also, how is the instance of MenuLayer created, and what options in it are configured?

What is MenuLayer? A Scene? Layer? Something else?

Can you provide that entire file that sets up MenuLayer, with the button code etc.? The reason is that the parent object may be blocking input to the child nodes, but there is no way to tell unless we see how you're setting it up.

MenuLayer.h

#if !defined(MENU_LAYER_H)
#define MENU_LAYER_H

#include "axmol.h"
#include "ui/axmol-ui.h"
#include "PlayLayer.h"
#include <iostream>

class MenuLayer : public ax::Layer
{
private:
    ax::Vec2 screen_size;

public:
    bool init() override;

    void onEnter() override;

    CREATE_FUNC(MenuLayer);
};

#endif  // MENU_LAYER_H

MenuLayer.cpp:

#include "MenuLayer.h"

using namespace ax;
using namespace ax::ui;

bool MenuLayer::init()
{
    if (!Layer::init())
        return false;

    screen_size = Director::getInstance()->getWinSize();
    auto label  = Label::createWithTTF("Test", "fonts/arial.ttf", 20.5f);
    label->setPosition({screen_size.x / 2, screen_size.y - 10});


    auto button = Button::create("CloseNormal.png", "CloseSelected.png");

    button->setPosition(Vec2(240, 160));

    button->addClickEventListener([this](Object* sender) { AXLOG("Hi!");
    });

    this->addChild(button);

    this->addChild(label);

    return true;
}

void MenuLayer::onEnter() {
    AXLOG("Parent: %p", this->getParent());
}

MainScene.h:

#ifndef __MAIN_SCENE_H__
#define __MAIN_SCENE_H__

#include "axmol.h"
#include "ui/axmol-ui.h"

#include "MenuLayer.h"
#include "CocosExplorer.h"

class MainScene : public ax::Scene
{
public:
    bool init() override;

    void menuCloseCallback(ax::Object* sender);
};

#endif  // __MAIN_SCENE_H__

MainScene.cpp:

#include "MainScene.h"

using namespace ax;
using namespace ax::ui;

bool MainScene::init()
{
    if (!Scene::init())
    {
        return false;
    }


    auto menu = MenuLayer::create();
    this->addChild(menu);

    CocosExplorer::openForever();

    scheduleUpdate();

    return true;
}

void MainScene::menuCloseCallback(ax::Object* sender)
{
    _director->end();
}

[rh101]

The mistake is here:

void MenuLayer::onEnter() {
    AXLOG("Parent: %p", this->getParent());
}

It should be:

void MenuLayer::onEnter() {
    Layer::onEnter();
    AXLOG("Parent: %p", this->getParent());
}

The same goes for any other methods that are overriden; don't forget to call the base class implementation unless there is a specific reason not to do so.

You can generally assume that functionality related to core engine features, like user input and such, would not have obvious issues like this, at least in common/typical cases of usage, so you can safely assume that the source of the problem would most likely be in the project code.

[aceinetx]

The mistake is here:

void MenuLayer::onEnter() {
    AXLOG("Parent: %p", this->getParent());
}

It should be:

void MenuLayer::onEnter() {
    Layer::onEnter();
    AXLOG("Parent: %p", this->getParent());
}

The same goes for any other methods that are overriden; don't forget to call the base class implementation unless there is a specific reason not to do so.

Oh god can't believe I was this dumb, thank you for help!