Corona Scrolling Backgrounds Sample

main.lua

--This is a work in progress

--Create the first background
local myBackground=display.newImage("background1.png")
myBackground:setReferencePoint(display.CenterLeftReferencePoint)
myBackground.x=0

--Create the second background
local myBackground2=display.newImage("background2.png")
myBackground2:setReferencePoint(display.CenterLeftReferencePoint)
myBackground2.x=display.contentWidth

--Function to move background1 to the leftmost point of the scene and then start to move background2 off the screen
moveBackground1=function(object)
	myBackground.x=display.contentWidth
	transition.to(myBackground,{time=3500,x=0})
	transition.to(myBackground2,{time=3500,x=-myBackground2.contentWidth,onComplete=moveBackground2})
end

--Function to move background2 to the leftmost point of the scene and then start to move background1 off the screen
moveBackground2=function(object)
	myBackground2.x=display.contentWidth
	transition.to(myBackground,{time=3500,x=-myBackground.contentWidth})
	transition.to(myBackground2,{time=3500,x=0,onComplete=moveBackground1})
end

--Start moving background2
moveBackground2()