You can set a LinearLayout to the top left of a screen by doing this:
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
I was wondering how would I do this programmatically?
I have the following piece of code:
LinearLayout btnBar = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.btnBar);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams btnBarParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(screenWidth,screenHeight / 3);
//Not sure how to set the layout to the top left.
but in LayoutParameters there is no addRule() method so I am not sure how to set these attributes. The LinearLayout is inside a RelativeLayout.
EDIT: I think I figured it out, but I am getting a exception. Here is my solution:
LinearLayout btnBar = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.btnBar);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams btnBarParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(screenWidth,screenHeight / 3);
btnBarParams.gravity = Gravity.START;
btnBar.setLayoutParams(btnBarParams);
But I cannot see if this is working because I get a exception on the last line of my solution saying
java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.LinearLayout$LayoutParams cannot be cast to android.widget.RelativeLayout$LayoutParams
The solution turned out to be using RelativeLayout.LayoutParams
LinearLayout btnBar = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.btnBar);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams btnBarParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(screenWidth,screenHeight / 3);
btnBarParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP);
btnBarParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT);
btnBar.setLayoutParams(btnBarParams);
This is how it will work,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
params.weight = 1.0f;
params.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
btnBar.setLayoutParams(params);
Related
I am adding some View to the LinearLayout dynamically:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.setMargins(100, 100, 100, 100);
view.setLayoutParams(params);
parent.addView(view);
However, the margins are not getting applied. The following:
view.invalidate();
view.requestLayout();
parent.invalidate();
parent.requestLayout();
didn't work. However, if I force the activity to recreate (e.g. turn off and on my mobile phone), the margins get applied. Calling activity.recreate() also works, but it's too slow.
How to force layout to recalculate margins? Probably, there's something wrong in the flow? I tried to add my views to the root after creation, add children before and after applying properties, but this didn't work for me.
UPD:
I tried to repeat the bug programmatically and got it with this code:
LinearLayout base = new LinearLayout(context);
LayoutParams params1 = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
base.setLayoutParams(params1);
base.setBackgroundColor(Color.CYAN);
root.addView(base);
LinearLayout another1 = new LinearLayout(context);
LayoutParams params2 = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
another1.setLayoutParams(params2);
another1.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
another1.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLUE);
base.addView(another1);
TextView tv1 = new TextView(context);
tv1.setText("SOME TEST TEXT 1");
tv1.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
LayoutParams params4 = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params4.setMargins(100, 100, 100, 100);
tv1.setLayoutParams(params4);
another1.addView(tv1);
TextView tv2 = new TextView(context);
tv2.setText("SOME TEST TEXT 2");
tv2.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
LayoutParams params5 = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params4.setMargins(100, 100, 100, 100);
tv2.setLayoutParams(params5);
another1.addView(tv2);
I expect margins to be applied, but they are not. What is the correct order of initializing such a view?
So, my trouble was in DP to PX converter that just wasn't initialized at that moment. However, to clarify everything, my example above is just an error (I didn't change params4 to params5 when adding the second TextView.
Also while testing everything, I found out that the order of adding layouts and their parameters doesn't matter at all.
You probably added child views to the parent view in onCreate().
In onCreate(), parent view does not have actual size.
If you have to do it in onCreate(), try following code.
final ViewTreeObserver observer = parent.getViewTreeObserver();
observer.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new
LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.setMargins(100, 100, 100, 100);
TextView view = new TextView(context);
view.setLayoutParams(params);
parent.addView(view);
observer.removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
}
};
Hope this will help!
Try this:
LinearLayout ll = findViewById(R.id.linearLayout);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layoutParams.setMargins(30,20,30,0);
Hope this will help!
I need to set TextView centered on a ImageButton, but using code. I can set a text on, but I can't center it.
code:
RelativeLayout rLayout = new RelativeLayout(this);
TextView textView = new TextView(this);
textView.setText("text");
textView.setTextSize(25);
textView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
final ImageButton iButton = new ImageButton(this);
iButton.setImageResource(R.drawable.button);
iButton.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
rLayout.addView(iButton);
rLayout.addView(textView);
linear.addView(rLayout);
This code set text on imageButton, but set it in left-top.
It's kind of unclear what you're asking...but if I'm understanding correctly, you have to set the RelativeLayout.LayoutParams on the TextView before adding it to the parent. Also, you have to add the rule RelativeLayout.CENTER_IN_PARENT.
So, something like:
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(size, size)
params.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_IN_PARENT)
textView.setLayoutParams(params)
Or some other combination of rules that fit your usecase.
so try
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
params.weight = 1.0f;
params.gravity = Gravity.CENTER;
iButton.setLayoutParams(params);
here is the code-
FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = (FrameLayout.LayoutParams) searchPin.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(135, 176, 0, 0);
//params.leftMargin = 135; // also not worked
//params.topMargin = 376;
searchPin.setLayoutParams(params);
Where ever, from xml its working-
android:layout_marginLeft="135dp"
what can be the reason? am i missing something!
-thnx
Try this:
params.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
I had a FrameLayout child of a RelativeLayout so the framework was trying to cast FrameLayout params to RelativeLayout, I solved this way
FrameLayout mylayout = (FrameLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.mylayout);
ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams params = (MarginLayoutParams) mylayout.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(1, 2, 3, 4);
mylayout.setLayoutParams(params);
I think what you're missing is that, when you set programmatically the parameters for an element, those parameters are provided actually to the parent View, so that it knows how to position the element. The parameters are not set back to the element itself. Consider the following code example. Also note, that the layout parameters are of the type of the parent.
LinearLayout linearLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layoutParams.setMargins(6,6,6,6);
Button someButton=new Button(this);
someButton.setText("some text");
linearLayout.addView(someButton, layoutParams);
You can try this
FrameLayout.LayoutParams srcLp = (FrameLayout.LayoutParams)searchPin.getLayoutParams();
FrameLayout.LayoutParams lp = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(srcLp.width, srcLp.height, srcLp.gravity);
lp.setMargins(srcLp.leftMargin, srcLp.topMargin, srcLp.rightMargin, srcLp.bottomMargin);
searchPin.setLayoutParams(lp);
simple solution-
searchPin = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.waypts_search_pin);
searchPin.setPadding(135, 176, 0, 0);
Just use LayoutParams instead of FrameLayout.LayoutParams
LayoutParams params = (LayoutParams) searchPin.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(135, 176, 0, 0);
searchPin.setLayoutParams(params);
this worked for me
I have to add more than one buttons on a LinearLayout. But I want to put those buttons say 5px apart. I could not find a way to set a margin of a Button. Any idea?
Use the layout_margin property of the button element. Does that not work?
<Button android:layout_margin="5px" (...)/>
Edit
When creating a button in java, LayoutParams is used to specify margins and so.
Button button = new Button();
(....)
params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams();
params.leftMargin = 5;
(set params as you need)
parent.addView(button, params);
The LayoutParams you use must match the Layout you add your button in (see http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewGroup.LayoutParams.html). For a LinearLayout, use a LinearLayout.LayoutParams and set the *Margin fields accordingly.
Try this:
//Assuming your button is in a LinearLayout as stated
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = myButton.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0) //left, top, right, bottom
myButton.setLayoutParams(params);
MarginLayoutParams params = (MarginLayoutParams) vector8.getLayoutParams();
params.width = 200; params.leftMargin = 100; params.topMargin = 200;
vector8.setLayoutParams(params);
Need use type of: MarginLayoutParams
Adding padding to the buttons would also solve your problem. Check this out
http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-formstuff.html#CustomButton
use this code to set margin at runtime
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) btnContainer.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(5, 50, 10, 0); //left, top, right, bottom
view_whwre_set_margin.setLayoutParams(params);
In OnCreate:
svMaster = (ScrollView) findViewById(R.id.scroller); //Only layout in XML file
svMaster.setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(false);
Display display = ((WindowManager)getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
height = display.getHeight();
...
initializeGUI();
svMaster.removeAllViews();
svMaster.addView(llMaster);
In initializeGUI():
llMaster = new LinearLayout(this); //Only direct child of scrollview
LinearLayout llFirstScreen = new LinearLayout(this); //First layout added to llMaster;
//It's size is that of one screen
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lpMaster = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams
(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lpFirstScreen = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams
(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, height);
llMaster.setLayoutParams(lpMaster);
llMaster.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
llFirstScreen.setLayoutParams(lpFirstScreen);
llFirstScreen.setBackgroundResource(R.color.blue2);
llFirstScreen.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
Here's my code pertaining to the ImageView:
ImageView ivWeather = new ImageView(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams ivWeatherParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams
(Scale(80), Scale(80);
ivWeather.setImageResource(R.drawable.sunny);
Log.d("ImageView loading?", "I hope so");
ivWeather.setScaleType(ScaleType.FIT_XY);
ivWeather.setLayoutParams(ivWeatherParams);
ivWeather.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); //This is code I tried
ivWeather.setFocusable(true); //when it wouldn't show up
ivWeather.setFocusableInTouchMode(true); //...
ivWeather.invalidate(); //...
...
llFirstScreen.addView(ivWeather);
Log.d("ImageView loading?", "I hope so");
llMaster.addView(llFirstScreen);
...
I have added TextViews with no problem to llFirstScreen, and I am wondering why ImageView
won't show up. I tried even adjusting llFirstScreen's height to WRAP_CONTENT instead of the screen's height. All that did was shrink the layout to the two TextViews. It's as if it never added the ImageView. The Logs I put in check out, so I know the code is running.
Am I missing anything?
Have you tried changing your LinearLayout.LayoutParams from Scale(80), Scale(80) to something like LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT or something? I've never seen Scale(int) used. If that is a custom method can you post it?