I want to display a play button (ImageView) ontop of a thumbnail (another ImageView). How can I place UI controls ontop of each other?
Programatically or in XML?
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A:
You can do this programatically & in XML - but XML is the most preferable way. Just choose a layout manager like RelativeLayout, and add your ImageViews to it like this:
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageview_bottom"
... />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageview_ontop"
... />
mreichelt
2010-09-21 22:18:29
perfect, easy solution, if XML is the way to go, then it's the way to go!
Sheehan Alam
2010-09-21 22:25:46
Why would XML be the most preferable way :-/ ?
Pandoro
2010-09-22 18:31:14
A:
The FrameLayout is designed for layering multiple Views on top of each other.
Mayra
2010-09-21 22:24:20
Yeah, it is - but it can do nothing more than that. This is why I didn't mention it. :)
mreichelt
2010-09-21 22:27:23
Well, you can mix it with other layouts to do lots of things. It is often the layout you want if you are layering things, but you are right that RelativeLayout works also in this particular case.
Mayra
2010-09-21 22:59:20