Attach loaded bitmap into nested movieclip

Just trying to work out if this is possible or if theres a better way to do it.

I have a Moiveclip in my library exported with the class of Circle. Inside that movieclip I have 3 nested clips, with instance names of arms, feet, eyes.

These moviclips are to act as place holders for loaded images and are animated on the timeline.

In the Main class I load in an image called image.gif and create a new instance of Circle passing the images to the constructor.

I use addChild on the Main class to add the Circle to the stage.

Inside of the Circle class I can use addChild and pass the BitmapData image. But I get a null reference when I try to use eyes.addChild but I can add it to the Circles display list with addChild fine.

My question is can you add to a nested movieclips display list and if not what would be the best way to set this up?

From where are the images, if they are loaded into the movieclips you cannot use addChild.

Check if the individual animated parts have the same instance name on each keyframe, and if not, make sure they have!

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From where are the images, if they are loaded into the movieclips you cannot use addChild.

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The images are external and I use the Loader class to load it in.

image = Bitmap(loader.content);

then I can add it to the Circles display list with addChild(image);

but when I tried, lets say arms.addChild(image); or this.arms.addChild(image); it doesn't work and throws a null reference.

I tried MovieClip(getChildByName("arm")).addChild(image); like from your original post and I get a null pointer.

I also tried not casting it with this.getChildByName("arm").addChild(image); I get a different error.

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject.

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Check if the individual animated parts have the same instance name on each keyframe, and if not, make sure they have!

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Yeah I have triple checked and its all named. Its really bugging me because I also use this line fine within my Circle class and it doesn't throw a null pointer.

arm.currentFrame != 2 ? (arm.gotoAndStop("run")) : (null);

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Check if the individual animated parts have the same instance name on each keyframe, and if not, make sure they have!

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Turns out that was the problem. I only had that instance on one frame inside the main clip. Hard to explain the setup but its all good now. I need to change the setup though because the attached Item disappears then I flip between frames on the main clip.

Thanks again.

I've had that problem a dozen times by now and I thought this one looked familiar :p Good luck with the rest of your project