Field overlay blinks when using telemetry

[manthey]

If you use FtcDashboard.getInstance().getTelemetry() for your opmode telemetry, and you want to add a field overlay via TelemetryPacket packet = new TelemetryPacket(); and Canvas canvas = packet.fieldOverlay(); and eventually a ftcDashboard dashboard = FtcDashboard.getInstance(); and dashboard.sendTelemetryPacket(packet);, the field overlay blinks.

Specifically, the original telemetry clears the field overlay and the new packet sends the drawing instructions to the field overlay. Am I missing a way to ask the ordinary telemetry to not clear the field overlay or a way to get the ordinary telemetry packet so I can get the fieldOverlay reference of that packet? Is there more appropriate way to send telemetry to the driver station and FTC dashboard AND send a field overlay without duplicating by addData and other calls?

Thank you.

[rbrott]

You can avoid the flickering by creating your empty field overlay packets with new TelemetryPacket(false).