Android very basic game development
<p>Can anyone help me with this simple code?
Why doesn't the circle move smoothly?
What's wrong with it?</p>

<pre><code>package chaseme;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Point;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.Window;

public class ChaseMe extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    setContentView(new SampleView(this));
}

private class SampleView extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback, Runnable {
    private Point point;
    private Thread thread;
    private SurfaceHolder holder;
    private Paint _rect;
    private Paint _circle;
    private boolean running;
    private int WIDTH;
    private int HEIGHT;
    private float radius = 20;

    public SampleView(Context context) {
        super(context);

        point = new Point(20, 20);
        _rect = new Paint();
        _rect.setColor(Color.BLACK);

        _circle = new Paint();
        _circle.setColor(Color.BLUE);

        holder = this.getHolder();
        holder.addCallback(this);
        thread = new Thread(this);

    }

    private void updateModel() {
        if(point.x &gt; WIDTH - radius) {
            point.x = 20;
        }
        if(point.y &gt; HEIGHT - radius) {
            point.y = 20;
        }
        point.x++;
        point.y++;
    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height) {}

    @Override
    public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
        WIDTH = getWidth();
        HEIGHT = getHeight();
        this.setRunning(true);
        thread.start();
    }

    @Override
    public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
        boolean retry = true;

        this.setRunning(false);
        while (retry) {
            try {
                thread.join();
                retry = false;
            } 
            catch (InterruptedException e) {}
        }
    }

    private void setRunning(boolean b) {
        running = b;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        while(running) {
            Canvas c = null;
            updateModel();

            try {
                c = holder.lockCanvas(null);
                // synchronized (holder) {                      
                    render(c);
                // }
            }
            catch(Exception e) {
                Log.e("main", e.getMessage());
            }
            finally {
                if(c!=null) {
                    holder.unlockCanvasAndPost(c);
                }                   
            }               
        }
    }

    private void render(Canvas c) {         
        c.drawRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT, _rect);     
        c.drawCircle(point.x, point.y, radius , _circle);

        //c.save();
        //c.restore();
    }
}
}
</code></pre>
