linearlayout

Which layout (AbsoluteLayout etc) is best for simple game programming in the android?

There are the following layout options to create interfaces for android. AbsoluteLayout FrameLayout LinearLayout TableLayout RelativeLayout (and some more) Which of the following is most suitable for designing simple games? Guessing that the absoluteLayout is easiest, but will it be problems with different screen sizes? What do you rec...

Android TabHost inside LinearLayout

Hey... i'm trying to create an activity with the layout structure like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" > <TabHost android:id="@+i...

Is it possible to scoll a LinearLayout

Hi stackies, I'm filling programmatically a LinearLayout with some TextViews using the addView() method. Is it even possible to let a LinearLayout scroll? Is there a widget that I could use instead? I tried quite a few but nothing worked. I found a few websites that recommended to use a TextView to create a scrolling area, but a Text...

How to set the background of the titlebar?

I have followed the instructions from this SO question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3438276/change-title-bar-text-in-android I am able to successfully create my own titlebar, however when I apply a background color to my layout, the color doesn't span across the entire titlebar. There are still remnants of the android gray backgr...

How can I create a TableLayout with 4 columns?

I am having problems creating a table layout with 4 columns, that span horizontally. I want my Row to look like this: AAPL | 200.00 | Image Divider | 1.53 (+1.5%) I want the 200.00 to be right aligned, as well as the 1.53(+1.5%). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/an...

Scaling Images in a Linear Layout Evenly

I have a linear layout that contains 6 images, which span the linear layout horizontally. <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@layout/rounde...

Android linearlayout design problem

hi, For my design i have in the xml file something like: The design is like a row that have two cells. I want one of them to be autosize and fill the row and one of them to have fixez size. I want that the second linearlayout to wrapp its content and the first one to fill the rest of the space. Something like in css ...

linearlayout clickable? having listview disabled as only child

i want to have the parent linearlayout as clickable which i have done, but its only child is list view disabled which will not pass the event to parent any one? further more i actually want to notify the user to wait for loading data and should not allow the scrolling, of the list can any one help me with this thanks ...

How to get rid of extra spacing in LinearLayout ?

I've built a widget that uses a LinearLayout and I've put two TextViews in the layout. The gravity of the layout is "top". The problem is that I get a space between the two TextViews and I can't get rid of it. <TextView android:id="@+id/Text01" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="...

How to change Nested layout's child viewgroup's width in java code?

Hi All, I have a layout xml file with a linear layout. One of the children is again a ViewGroup Relative layout. In my java code i want to change the width of this child Viewgroup for my requirements. I tried this enter code here ViewGroup childViewGroup = (LinearLayout)findViewById(childViewGroup); LayoutParams l = childViewG...

LinearLayout Gravity Bottom in Java

Hello, I am trying to accomplish something like a vertical bar chart. This is done dynamically in Java. For some reason the TextViews (bars) are not aligned at the total bottom of the LinearLayout but ~20px above. When the height is set I can see by different and growing sizes that it first stretches to the bottom and then the to the top...

[Android] Nesting Relative layout inside Linear Layout

I have the following code in my layout.xml. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" ...

listview addFooterView problems

i have content i need to display above my listview and below, so much that a scrollview would be great to use if you could use scrollviews and listviews together. Since thats not the best solution, i've been trying to do a couple of things to add footer content to my listview, here the pic below shows what happens when i add a differen...

Android Layout with ListView between a "top bar" and "bottom bar"

I'm trying to construct a layout where there is a text view at the top of the screen and a bottom bar at the bottom of the screen. Each of these views should stay fixed in place and in between the 2 should be a ListView. TOPBAR LISTVIEW (scrollable) BOTTOM BAR My layout (see below) almost works: the top and bottom components stay fixe...

Android: Draggable view to show another view (similar to Facebook)

Hey everyone, For those of you who have used the Facebook app, it has an interesting way of showing more information on the home activity by having a draggable view at the bottom of the screen that, when dragged up, shows Facebook notifications. Dragging the same view back down hides the notifications. Note that this will work either ...

Android, LinearLayout scroll

I have lot of items on the screen, and I need to use Scrollbar so the user can go down, But the scroll is not visible, How is posssible to addd scrollbar to a liniearlayout? ...

what is the bug in this android layout xml chunk

Hi, When I try to debug my app I get a runtimeexception when I include this xml in my layout. I cannot see what is wrong with it, can you? I am using android eclipse plugin, eclipse 3.5.2, with the latest android plugin and the latest java 6...21 on winxppro 32 bit sp3 Thank you. <ImageButton android:id="@+id/map_button" android...