# createGraphics (width, height, renderer)
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/creategraphics-width-height-renderer/29048
**Category:** Processing for Android
**Created:** [April 1, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/creategraphics-width-height-renderer/29048 "2021-04-01T13:31:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/creategraphics-width-height-renderer/29048/1 "2021-04-01T13:31:02Z")
I’m compiling in my android phone with APDE.
APDE 0.5.1
Android 9 (Pie).
It seems you should explicitly set a renderer in size() if you are going to set a renderer in createGraphics.
It should be documented, since using createGraphics with a renderer is useful when your sketch mixes 2D and 3D graphics (chart with a title, game with score panel and so on).
This code works:
```auto
PGraphics l;
void setup(){
float s=10.0;
size(600,600);
l=createGraphics(100,100);
l.beginDraw();
l.rect(s,s,s,s);
l.endDraw();
}
void draw(){
image(l,0,0);
}
```
This code does **not** work:
```auto
PGraphics l;
void setup(){
float s=10.0;
size(600,600);
/*this line changed: */
l=createGraphics(100,100,P2D);
l.beginDraw();
l.rect(s,s,s,s);
l.endDraw();
}
void draw(){
image(l,0,0);
}
```
This code works:
```auto
PGraphics l;
void setup(){
float s=10.0;
/* this line changed:*/
size(600,600,P2D);
/*this line changed: */
l=createGraphics(100,100,P2D); /* or P3D*/
l.beginDraw();
l.rect(s,s,s,s);
l.endDraw();
}
void draw(){
image(l,0,0);
}
```
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### Author:  [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/creategraphics-width-height-renderer/29048/2 "2021-04-01T14:20:09Z")
> [@JoseMY](#):
>
> It should be documented
It is [createGraphics() / Reference / Processing.org](https://processing.org/reference/createGraphics_.html)
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### Author:  [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/creategraphics-width-height-renderer/29048/3 "2021-04-01T15:11:06Z")
You’re right. Sorry!