I have a TextView that is generated programmatically (and not in xml layout file).
TextView myTextView = new TextView(this);
How do I apply all the attributes of the parent of this TextView (that is NOT created programmatically and it's stored in xml ) to it via code? (How do I inherit programmatically?)
Suppose your Root xml is-
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/root_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
</LinearLayout>
You want to add view dynamically to this view. Then set layout params of the parent to the child and set all other properties you want. Lastly add the view to the root and enjoy. In your Activity/Fragment use code like this-
LinearLayout rootLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.root_layout);
TextView textView = new TextView(context);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layoutParams.gravity = Gravity.CENTER;
textView.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
textView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
textView.setText("Hello");
rootLayout.addView(textView);
Note: If your root layout is a RelativeLayout then use RelativeLayout.LayoutParams and for others accordingly.
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I am having trouble adding a view in the scrollview. The structure of my xml is
// xml_layout.xml
<ScrollView>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
>
<LinearLayout>
<ListView
...
/>
</LinearLayout>
******Here I am trying to add an item *********
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
I am trying to add a textview at the bottom programmatically as follows.
TextView v = new TextView(getActivity());
ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
v.setText("TEST View");
v.setLayoutParams(params);
LinearLayout container = (LinearLayout) LayoutInflater.from(getActivity()).inflate(R.layout.xml_layout, null).findViewById(R.id.container);
container.addView(v, 1);
The goal I am trying to achieve is making a tablelayout that contains two columns with the title and listview in the second column. Before I do this, I tried to display a simple textview so that I know I can add a widget. I have tried many different ways but did not work. Is there something wrong with my code??
you must first verify that your LinearLayout 'container' is 'vertical ' orientation, and...
LinearLayout container = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.container);
container.addView(v);
I'm trying to add a TextView programmatically, and it has proved immensely difficult. I have found code that works here (added to onCreate):
LinearLayout thisLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
setContentView(thisLayout);
TextView dynamicTextView = new TextView(this);
dynamicTextView.setText("Dynamically Added TextView");
thisLayout.addView(dynamicTextView);
The problem is that this erases all of the views I had created in the XML. There is a popular question with a highly upvoted answer HERE. Based on that, I created this:
LinearLayout myLayout = findViewById(R.layout.activity_main);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));
tv.setText("Trying Again");
myLayout.addView(tv);
But there is an error on this line:
LinearLayout myLayout = findViewById(R.layout.activity_main);
I try to cast it like this, which silences the error, but immediately crashes:
LinearLayout myLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.layout.activity_main);
I'm curious what I'm doing incorrectly. I realize that there are many similar questions out there, but none of them seem to work and many point to the answer I connected here. The problem I'm having is that the answer just doesn't work at all. Also, I'm in the process of familiarizing myself with the Android environment so if there's anything I'm doing that seems "off", please point it out.
Here's my XML:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="lowri.morepractice.app.MainActivity">
<EditText android:id="#+id/edit_message"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/edit_message" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/button_send"
android:onClick="sendMessage"/>
</LinearLayout>
For anyone else who comes here, I also had to change the layout params to this:
tv.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
You can't request the layout by id. It doesn't point to the LinearLayout.
To actually get the LinearLayout you have to add an id to it
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/edit_linearlayout"
....
and request that like:
LinearLayout myLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.edit_linearlayout);
To add the the TextView you have to set the LayoutParams like in the question you posted. Doesn't have to be FILL_PARENT of course:
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));
tv.setText("Trying Again");
myLayout.addView(tv);
The error is because you are looking for an XML file in your resources.
Try this,
In your code:
LinearLayout myLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layout_main);
In your XML
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/layout_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
You are using the xml and the LinearLayout wrong.
1- call this to set your xml as content view
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
2- give an id to your linear layout
android:id="#+id/myLinearLayout"
3- find your linear layout like this
LinearLayout myLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.myLinearLayout);
4- then add your view
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));
tv.setText("Trying Again");
myLayout.addView(tv);
I didn't try but this should work.
The mistakes you're doing are
1- SetContentView method overrides all the views in the content view. so it'll remove everything when you call
LinearLayout thisLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
setContentView(thisLayout);
2- You need to use id of an item while trying to find it. Not the name of the layout file like you did here
// findViewById gets the id of the view that you want to find
LinearLayout myLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.layout.activity_main);
Hi I am developing android application in which I am creating relative layout programmatic and tried to set margin for that and Added it into linear layout which have orientation linear.
So here is my code:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/screen_background"
tools:context=".ChooseChannelsFragment" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/main_outer_llt"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
and inside fragment I am adding relative layout like this
RelativeLayout relativeLayout = new RelativeLayout(getActivity());
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams relativeParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(200, 80);
relativeParams.setMargins(20, 20, 20, 20);
relativeLayout.setLayoutParams(relativeParams);
relativeLayout.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.green_color));
linearLayout.addView(relativeLayout);
It create layout with given color and size but not accepting margins. Am I doing something wrong? How to do this? Need Help. Thank you.
The LayoutParams type you use on a view should actually be from its parent.
So, if you're adding a RelativeLayout to a LinearLayout, the LayoutParams you set to your RelativeLayout should actually be a LinearLayout.LayourParams, and not a RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.
As others suggested, layout_margin# is the space between the parent's # edge and your view.
# replaces "Left", "Right", "Top" or "Bottom"
Getting/setting margins worked for me with:
ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams params = (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) mView.getLayoutParams();
params.topMargin += 20;
mView.requestLayout(); // important
Of course, my View was indeed a ViewGroup and the parent was a ViewGroup as well. In most cases, you should cast your layout params to the parent's View class LayoutParams (in this case it's ViewGroup and RelativeLayout)
In this case, the father is LinearLayout. So you should use:
TableLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new TableLayout.LayoutParams(TableLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, TableLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layoutParams.setMargins(20, 20, 20, 20);
I am trying to add TextView into a view which extends LinearLayout. When I set its width of layoutparams to fill_parent or wrap_content, the text inside TextView will display vertically such like the following.
e.g.
T
E
X
T
However, when I set the width to some fixed number, it will display normally or as I expected.
e.g. TEXT
My question is why this happens and how to solve it, i.e. how I should set programmatically so that TextView can write text horizontally without setting a fixed width to it such as setting fill_parent or wrap_content?
Here is setting of XML code of the parent ilGallery which extends LinearLayout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<com.illib.ilgallery.view.ILGallery
android:id="#+id/galleryLayout"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
The following is the code how i initialize the children inside it:
ilViewPager = new ILViewPager(context);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
ilViewPager.setLayoutParams(params);
ilgallery = this;
//initialize default header and footer view
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params2 = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
headerView = new TextView(context);
headerView.setLayoutParams(params2);
((TextView)headerView).setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX,40);
((TextView)headerView).setText("hello");
footerView = new TextView(context);
footerView.setLayoutParams(params2);
((TextView)footerView).setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX,40);
((TextView)footerView).setText("hello2");
There appears to be only a single item inside your LinearLayout. Please set the orientation of the LinearLayout to "horizontal", like this:
android:orientation="horizontal"
Also, whenever possible instead of creating new LayoutParams objects from scratch, you should get the LayoutParams from the current layout and modify that, like this:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams)ilViewPager.getLayoutParams();
lp.<change-any-values>;
ilViewPager.setLayoutParams(lp);
I went through several links yet i am not able to find if it is possible to set other attributes of relative layout, like android:gravity,android:orientation through java code.
I want to change the positions of the some of the views through java code and not through xml.
e.g, i want to set these attributes through java code for a particular view. android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="vertical"
how can i do so? please help.
as Daan said you can use Layout params for relative layout in android
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.alignWithParent = true;
params.bottomMargin = 5;
params.height = 50;
params.leftMargin = 50;
But as you said you want to set following attributes for particular view, you cannot assign these attributes to RelativeLayout as these are belongs to LinearLayout and other views
android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="vertical"
For setting gravity for any view please follow the code
tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv01);
tv.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
You cannot set Orientation of any view.. instead you can set orientation to LinearLayout
like this
LinearLayout linearLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
linearLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
Hope this will help you
Within a relative layout you have to use other layout params:
Layout params within relative layout