java - Setting text on Label (Actor) stops drawing -

i can't figure this, , pulling hair out right now!!

i have stage label added it, set , first time call stage.draw() works fine. however, set text of label nothing gets drawn. funny thing is, when don't change text draws expected, when call label.settext("the text") doesn't draw.

i have stepped through code , have noted down height, width, x , y values before , after setting text of label, , same (before , after).

also, when draw stage it's drawn above sprite, , positioning sprite based on label's position. sprite draws fine before set text on label , after.

ps: have made sure sprite not drawn "over" label.

this setup:

i have maingame class renders player class, when ever back button pressed sprite stage gets drawn, or should drawn.

spritebatch.begin();     player.update(spritebatch, delta); spritebatch.end(); // pause menu drawn separate sprite batch needs in middle relative screen , above else if (player.ispaused()){     messagespritebatch.begin();     messagesprite.draw(messagespritebatch);      messagespritebatch.end();     messagestage.draw(); // stage doesn't seem getting drawn } 

player class - update method

if (!paused){                // removed clarity }else{     // on maingame class render small box 1 of following messages     // ready     // pause     // quit?     // game on      if (gdx.input.justtouched()){         paused = false;     }     spritebatch.setprojectionmatrix(camera.combined);     camera.update(); }  messagespritebatch = new spritebatch(); messagestage = new stage(gdx.graphics.getwidth(), gdx.graphics.getheight()); messagefont = new bitmapfont(gdx.files.internal("fonts/fontfile.fnt")); messagestyle = new labelstyle();       messagestyle.font = messagefont; messagelabel = new label("ready", messagestyle); 

this how initialise label, sprite , stage:

float fontscalex = gdx.graphics.getwidth()/scale_x_divider; float fontscaley = gdx.graphics.getheight()/scale_y_divider; messagelabel.setfontscale(fontscalex*1.4f, fontscaley*4.2f); messagelabel.setposition((messagestage.getwidth()/2)-((messagelabel.getwidth()/2)*messagelabel.getfontscalex()), (messagestage.getheight()/2)-((messagelabel.getheight()/2)*messagelabel.getfontscaley())+(player.getscoreboard().getsize().y/2)); messagestage.addactor(messagelabel); messagestage.act();  messagetexture = new texture(gdx.files.internal("images/message_background.png")); messagesprite = new sprite(messagetexture); messagesprite.setsize((messagelabel.getwidth()*messagelabel.getfontscalex())*1.5f, (messagelabel.getheight()*messagelabel.getfontscaley())*3);    messagesprite.setposition(messagelabel.getx()-(messagesprite.getwidth()/6), messagelabel.gety()-messagesprite.getheight()/2); 

please me, before bald xd

well width , height of label set once when creating label, matching width , height of initial text passed constructor. of course can make bigger setting width , height later on. use alignments way...

are using special characters when changing text, font has problem that?

maybe posting code give more insights...