Coding the PongGame class
We will be returning to this class constantly over the course of this project. What we will do in this chapter is get the fundamentals set up ready to add the game objects (bat and ball) as well as collision detection and sound effects over the next two chapters.
To achieve this, first we will add a bunch of member variables, then we will add some code inside the constructor to set the class up when it is instantiated/created by PongActivity.
After this, we will code a startNewGame method that we can call every time we need to start a new game including the first time we start a game after the app is started by the user.
Following on, we get to code the draw method which will reveal the new steps that we need to take to ...
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