Itemframe always facing east?

Trying to spawn an itemframe on a block. I finally got that working properly but no matter what, I can never change the side of the block.

Code:

// Spawn only works if the location is an existing solid block.
World currentWorld = event.getBlock().getWorld();
Location loc = new Location(currentWorld, -131, 65, 180);
Hanging h = currentWorld.spawn(loc, ItemFrame.class);
           
// This never works.
h.setFacingDirection(BlockFace.NORTH);

No matter what I try, setFacingDirection does nothing.

 

I believe if you wanted it on the north side, you might do this:

Code:java

 
//adding to your code
 
//Get the new location
Location newLocation = h.getLocation().getBlock().getRelative(h.getAttachedFace()).getRelative(BlockFace.NORTH).getLocation();
 
//Abort if the Roth side is not air.
if(newLocation.getBlock().getType() != Material.AIR) return;
//Remove the old entity
h.remove();
 
//spawn a new one
ItemFrame itemFrame = (ItemFrame) newLocation.getWorld().spawnEntity(newLocation, EntityType.ITEM_FRAME).setFacingDirection(BlockFace.NORTH, true);

Note that that code is untested and may not work.

 

It won't work because that block location is air. You have to spawn a hanging item at a location that contains a solid block.

Fyi, opened a bug for this.

https://bukkit.atlassian.net/browse/BUKKIT-3371

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

darkhelmet just posted this on another thread that was about this topic.
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/item-frame-always-spawn-facing-east.112101/page-2#post-1488021

 

How is that a bug? It looks alright to me. It's defaulting to the first side it finds with air, and it has to default to something. The bug here is that setFacingDirection never changes it.