How to create a view that is bigger than the screen?

Question

Is it possible to create a view that is bigger than the screen?

I need a view that has a bigger width then the screen of the device. I use this view in a rotation animation. During the rotation the parts that were not on the screen before animating the view will become visible.

Is there a way to achieve this effect with the android framework?

Update

I tried to set my parent layout much bigger then the screen and it is working. This will make somethings a little bit uncomfortable but it could work. The next problem now is that my layout still starts at the left side of the screen. I can't think of a method to make the layout to expand itself to the left and the right of the screen.

Answer 1

You can use ViewSwitcher to handle that. Used with Animation and a OnGestureListener looks pretty good.

Answer 2

HorizontalScrollView:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/HorizontalScrollView.html

Layout container for a view hierarchy that can be scrolled by the user, allowing it to be larger than the physical display.

Answer 3

Is it possible to create a view that is bigger then screen? 

Why not, you can define the Layout_Width and Layout_height with pixels(or dip) as much as you wants:

android:layout_width="10000px"
android:layout_height="20000px"

Answer 4

Ok I got an answer. It is not very nice because it uses a deprecated View class but it works at least on my current testing screen resolution other resolutions are tested tomorrow.

I wrapped the view that I wanted to expand beyond the screen in an absolute layout like this:

  <ImageView
     android:id="@+id/content"
     android:layout_width="600dip"
     android:layout_height="420dip"
     android:scaleType="centerCrop"
     android:layout_x="-200dip"
     android:layout_y="60dip"
     android:src="@color/testcolor" />

The -200 x coordinate makes the view stick 200dip out of the left side of the screen. If I'm animating the view those parts that are outside the screen will gradually become visible.