Combination of text scroll with bitmap sprite animation about md_parola

[MajicDesigns]

The sprit animation includes text, not just a sprite, so you will need to animate a " " (space).

You need to set up 2 zones, one for the graphics and one for the text. You can run each zone as per normal Parola animations. The Parola_Sprites_Library example shows how to run a sprite animation. Read https://arduinoplusplus.wordpress.com/2018/04/19/parola-a-to-z-sprite-text-effects/for more info.

If you truly want to mix text and graphics then it will be more complicated. See the example Parola_TG_Combo and the blog post https://arduinoplusplus.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/parola-a-to-z-mixing-text-and-graphics/,

[EdiFirst]

Thank you @MajicDesigns , If I'm not doing wrong I already setup 2 zones:

P.setZone(0, 1, 3); // Set up first 3 displays as Zone 0
P.setZone(1, 0 , 0); // Set up last display as Zone 1
P.displayZoneText(0, message, PA_CENTER, P.getSpeed()*5, P.getPause(), PA_SCROLL_LEFT, PA_SCROLL_LEFT);
P.setSpriteData(1, heart, W_HEART, F_HEART, heart, W_HEART, F_HEART); // Set sprite data for Zone 1

About mixing text and graphics I kind not doing it, once the text is animated in one zone don't affect other zone (of bitmap). Im not sure what happening..

[MajicDesigns]

setSpriteData() only sets the data for the sprite in the zone. You also need to displayZoneText() using the sprite, as per the blog post article and the examples provided.

[EdiFirst]

Thank you @MajicDesigns yep I realize it later, but ever trying pass the message it are not happening:
P.displayZoneText(1, "", PA_CENTER, P.getSpeed(), P.getPause(), PA_SPRITE, PA_SPRITE);
P.setSpriteData(1, heart, W_HEART, F_HEART, heart, W_HEART, F_HEART);

But I kind find another way, I'm using both libraries:
MD_Parola P = MD_Parola(HARDWARE_TYPE, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES);
MD_MAX72XX mx = MD_MAX72XX(HARDWARE_TYPE, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES);
Create a bitmap for instance:
const uint8_t heartBitmap[8] = {0x1c, 0x3e, 0x7e, 0xfc, 0xfc, 0x7e, 0x3e, 0x1c};
A message:
message = "Right Answer!";
and setup both:
mx.begin();
set zones, etc then display message:
P.displayZoneText(0, message, PA_CENTER, P.getSpeed()*2, P.getPause(), PA_SCROLL_LEFT, PA_SCROLL_LEFT);
and Image:
for (uint8_t col = 0; col < 8; col++) {
mx.setColumn(DISPLAY_TO_USE, col, imageToDisplay[col]);
}

That was the best solution, but I believe you could do better for sure.

[MajicDesigns]

Good to know it works for you.

FYI, you need define the sprite data before you do the animation:

P.setSpriteData(1, heart, W_HEART, F_HEART, heart, W_HEART, F_HEART);
P.displayZoneText(1, "", PA_CENTER, P.getSpeed(), P.getPause(), PA_SPRITE, PA_SPRITE);

I think the libraries will ignore animation when the string is empty ("") as there is nothing to display. You should try a space (" ").

Also, not go practice to declare a new mx object like you did. First blog post referenced above shows how to do it properly.