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How can I have one unique button in multiple components of a layout in android?

So I have an xml that consists of a linear layout containing a Button and a TextView like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:orientation="vertical">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnCell"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:paddingLeft="40dp"
android:text="Button"
android:textColor="#color/blueText" />
<View
android:height="wrap_content"
android:width="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/Test"/>
</LinearLayout>
And I want to use this same layout inside other layouts in a different xml. I need the same button at every time, so I reuse it by including it in the two layouts (both layouts are in the same xml, but ones is hidden):
First one
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/image"
/>
<include layout="#layout/buttonLayout"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
Second One:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:visibility="gone"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/image"
/>
<include layout="#layout/buttonLayout"/>
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
So I show the first layout and hide the second one at the beginning of the app , as the user moves within the interface, the layouts exchange so that the other one is shown and the first one hidden.
The thing is that I declare the Button in my java activity class like this:
btnCell = (Button) thirdView.findViewById(R.id.btnCell);
btnCell.setOnClickListener(this);
And implemented the listener.
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (v == btnCell) {
System.out.println("entered if");
}
System.out.println("entered function");
}
The problem is that when I click the button when the first view is shown and the second hidden, the button works just fine, but when I unhide the second layout, hide the first one, and proceed to click the button, that should be the same as the first one but in a different layout, nothing happens. I searched and find out, that this happens because the id is assigned only to the button shown in the first layout because of view hierarchy, but not the one in the second layout. How can I make both buttons react to the same action, without declaring a new button in each layout but instead reusing it?

I have used this type of layout. you can create Id different for both and inflate that view and give different name so You can differentiate both thing.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/image"
/>
<include android:id="+id/firstOne" layout="#layout/buttonLayout"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
android second one is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:visibility="gone"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/image"
/>
<include android:id="+id/secondTwo" layout="#layout/buttonLayout"/>
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>

The Problem is both the layout are include in same layout file and the id of that
button are same so whenever you click on any of the button at the same time event will fire on both button like both are clicked.
So, you have to give the different id for both the button I hope it works fine..

You can add a different Id for each included layout:
<include android:id="+id/layout_a" layout="#layout/buttonLayout"/>
and
<include android:id="+id/layout_b" layout="#layout/buttonLayout"/>
and then use two findViewById to reach them:
btnCellA = (Button)thirdView.findViewById(R.id.layout_a).findViewById(R.id.btnCell);
btnCellB = (Button)thirdView.findViewById(R.id.layout_b).findViewById(R.id.btnCell);

Make programmatically added fragment clickable, uniquely identifiable

I'm running into some problems trying to figure out how to make fragments that I have programmatically added into a LinearLayout clickable. I'm using fragments because they will be in multiple activities and it was a good way for me to create a layout like this:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/P4lOG.png
But, if there's a better way to do this that would make the process of making it clickable, I'm certainly open to changing things up.
Anyway, I'm adding the fragments to the LinearLayout, jobsList, like so:
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
int count = 2;
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager
.beginTransaction();
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putInt("jobID", i + 1);
jobFragment job = new jobFragment();
job.setArguments(bundle);
fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.jobsList, job, Integer.toString(i));
fragmentTransaction.commit();
}
The count of 2 is just a placeholder for now, later there will be an arbitrary number of jobs.
Here is the layout, it's a bit of a mess but I got all the specific weights the way I wanted this way.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/rootContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".2" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicPort"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Port" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicLoadOrEmpty"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Load/Empty" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicInOrOut"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="In/Out" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".6"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".333" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicContainerNum"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".4"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Container #" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicChassisNum"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".4"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Chassis #" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicContainerType"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Cont. Type" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".333" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicDirectionArrow"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Direction" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicCustomer"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".8"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Customer Location" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".333" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicSteamshipLine"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".4"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Steamship Line" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicBKG_BOL"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".6"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="BKG-BOL#" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".2" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicStatus1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Status 1" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/basicStatus2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:text="Status 2" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<Space
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="20dp" />
</LinearLayout>
My question to you is, is it possible to make these fragments clickable and uniquely identifiable, and if so, what is the best way to go about doing that?
Thank you for your help!

What you could do is:
Modify the layout of your fragment, so it uses the RelativeLayout (now its probably LinearLayout right?). By modify I mean either use RelativeLayout INSTEAD of LinearLayout (more complicated but i think a bit better), or put your LinearLayout INSIDE RelativeLayout.
Place a view that matches in size the size of the fragment, on top of your textViews. Add an onClickListener to it that performes the code on clicks.

First - fragments are not clickable, layouts and their children are. A Fragment can handle the click action for things that occur in its layout but you do not "click" the fragment.
Second - sounds like you're confused about how to use fragments and what a Fragment actually does. A Fragment is like an Activity with some parts missing. A Fragment has its own lifecycle and can be used to perform many of the same tasks as an Activity the difference being that (1) a Fragment is "hosted" by an activity that provides the missing functions and does not run on its own (2) a Fragment can run in the background with no UI (I do not know of a background activity yet).
You do not need to/should not be using Fragments for what you are trying to do.
Your layout is really just a series of TextViews. You should be able to make that layout in XML reuse that layout file - by simply getting a LayoutInflater anywhere else in your app that you want to. If things got really crazy you could create a custom TextView class to provide detailed functionality but you should not be using 10 fragments, each with one TextView to make that layout work.

I just wanted to follow up on things in case anybody stumbles upon this answer in the future. It turns out using fragments was a bad idea. While I was able to make them clickable and identifiable through a bit of a hack job, I ran into problems later on when I was trying to fix layout issues. So, thanks to #Rarw I looked into using a LayoutInflater instead.
And that was much easier! I just made the layout xml file, used the LayoutInflater to add it to a LinearLayout and added that to the list. Makes things much easier down the road:
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
LinearLayout container = new LinearLayout(this);
inflater.inflate(R.layout.basic, container, true);
container.setId(i);
list.addView(container, params);
container.setClickable(true);
container.setOnClickListener(this);

A hacky solution is to place a transparent button on top of the entire fragment, have the fragment extend onClickListener, and set the button's onClickListener to this.
One way to create such a button:
Use a constraintLayout as the root layout for the xml.
As the last of child of the constraintLayout, create a button, constrain it to occupy entire fragment by setting layout_constrainXXX to corner elements.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
<!-- The remaining properties of the layout -->
<!-- All the children of the layout -->
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
android:background="#00000000"
android:id="#+id/fragment_button" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Note that you can do this other ways too, such as in a RelativeLayout
Then in the java/kotlin file, extend onClickListener.
override fun onClick(p0: View?) {
// Whatever you want to do here
}
In method onActivityCreated, set the transparent button's listener as:
var button : Button = fragment_button
button.setOnClickListener(this)

Resize layout to get into other layout

I created a menuView.xml layout to be in all of the layouts of my activity. This layout has one column on each border and a title bar like this:
ComposeView http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/2121/d6zp.png
I insert this layout in the other layouts this way:
<!-- Show menu -->
<com.example.MenuView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
But if one of the layouts has full screen view, part of this view gets covered by the MenuView, so...
How could I tell to this view to adapt its size to the blank space inside the MenuView to not get covered by it?
UPDATE -- full XML included
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/degradado">
<!-- Show menu -->
<com.example.MenuView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/Left_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" >
//Here go buttons, views, etc...
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/Right_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" >
//Here go buttons, views, etc...
</RelativeLayout>
What happens here is that these 2 Relative layouts get covered by the MenuView (The darkest gre borders and the top black bar), and the ideal way would be that these 2 layouts get fitted to the blank space (the clearest gray).
I can solve this setting margin sizes to the Relative layouts to fit inside of it, but i know this is not the best way to do it, so I don't know if there is another way.

I think the best way to solve your issue is with inheritance.
If you define an Activity that can be used as a template for all your fleshed out Activitys to add their content to.
I don't know what you custom menu is 'made of' but as a simple example:
Create a basic Activity with code:
public class ActivityWithMenu extends Activity
{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_with_menu_layout);
}
}
and xml:
<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"
tools:context=".ActivityWithMenu" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="20dip"
android:background="#ff000000"
android:textColor="#ffffffff"
android:text="Main Menu Title Bar"
android:id="#+id/mainmenutitle" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="20dip"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/mainmenutitle"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:background="#ff999999"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/lefthandmenu" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="20dip"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/mainmenutitle"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:background="#ff999999"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/righthandmenu" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/righthandmenu"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/lefthandmenu"
android:layout_below="#+id/mainmenutitle"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/activitycontent"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Then create your xml for a specific Activity, in this case a simple 'Hello World' layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#ff00ff00"
android:text="Hello World!"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
But now when you write the code for this Activity, extend 'ActivityWithMenu' instead of the Activity class direct and inflate this xml layout as follows:
public class Activity1 extends ActivityWithMenu
{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.activitycontent);
ScrollView sv = (ScrollView)this.getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.activity1_layout, ll, false);
ll.addView(sv);
}
}
I have added the code for making the Activity fullscreen here instead of in the parent ActivityWithMenu class assuming that you wouldn't want them all displayed that way but you could move it into the parent class if appropriate.
Hope this helps.

Android List Below Toggle Buttons

I have a list that is intended to be below toggle buttons. The list grabs data from a server and then parses them. My XML is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textOff="Apps"
android:textOn="Apps" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/toggle_button1"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textOff="VMs"
android:textOn="VMs" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/toggle_button2"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textOff="Groups"
android:textOn="Groups" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/mylist"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/toggle_button1" />
</RelativeLayout>
Code for the actual fragment:
public class ProblemFragment extends SherlockListFragment
{
private SeparatedListAdapter list;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
this.getSherlockActivity().setContentView(R.layout.problem_layout);
list = new SeparatedListAdapter(this.getSherlockActivity(), new Layout(R.layout.separated_list_adapter_two_text, R.id.two_text_title, R.id.two_text_desc));
ToggleButton b1 = (ToggleButton) this.getSherlockActivity().findViewById(R.id.toggle_button1);
ToggleButton b2 = (ToggleButton) this.getSherlockActivity().findViewById(R.id.toggle_button2);
ToggleButton b3 = (ToggleButton) this.getSherlockActivity().findViewById(R.id.toggle_button3);
setListAdapter(list);
refresh();
}
public void refresh()
{
list = new SeparatedListAdapter(this.getSherlockActivity(), new Layout(R.layout.separated_list_adapter_two_text, R.id.two_text_title, R.id.two_text_desc));
refreshStats();
}
public void refreshStats()
{
//Omitted parsing code
list.addSection(new String("Hello world!!"));
setListAdapter(list);
}
}
However, when I use setListAdapter(list), the buttons are overwritten. They are visible before the app retrieves the data and parses it, but they are overwritten after I call setListAdapter. How can i fix this?

First, remove
android:orientation="horizontal"
from your root layout. RelativeLayout doesn't have an orientation property. Also, weight is for child elements of a LinearLayout and when you use it then you should assign the width of each child view to 0dp for horizontal orientation and height="0dp" for vertical orientation.
Then wrap your ToggleButtons in a LinearLayout, vertical or horizontal orientation, and give it the property
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
then give your ListView the property
android:layout_below="#id/idOfLinearLayout"
So it may look something like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/toggleLL"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textOff="Apps"
android:textOn="Apps" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textOff="VMs"
android:textOn="VMs" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textOff="Groups"
android:textOn="Groups" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/mylist"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/toggleLL" />
</RelativeLayout>
I also removed the RelativeLayout properties from the ToggleButtons since they are now wrapped in a LinearLayout. And you had a circular view error there with assigning the second ToggleButton to the right of itself which may have been a copy/paste error. Hope this helps.
Note that the default orientation for a LinearLayout is horizontal so leaving that property out will give you that effect.

Oh! I can not test your XML but I think that you need scrollbars! If the list is filled with a lot of entries, it can became bigger that the screen, making the buttons disappear because they are pushed up by the list. Try to add a scroll to the whole layout.
Something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- Original layout here -->
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Of course, if you just put only one layout inside the scrollview, there is no need for the outer layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Original layout here -->
</ScrollView>

Android: Combining layouts using FrameLayout - Layout Not Visible

I have multiple activities in my app and i want a slidingdrawer to appear in all the activities. I am following the approach given here.
The app starts with a black screen with the slidingdrawer handle.
Issue is that the sliding drawer is visible but the activity layout put in FarmeLayout is not visible.
The activity is there for sure. Toasts came up when the first activity loaded. So I modified my first activity to have only a button on it to go to next activity.
Next I used the direction keys on the AVD, and pressed ok which brought up the the next activity's Toast. Second activity is as well hidden.
So what am I missing???
My Sliding Drawer layout xml (LinearLayout) with farme layout at the end:
<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="horizontal"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<SlidingDrawer
android:id="#+id/slidingDrawer"
android:handle="#+id/drawerHandle"
android:content="#+id/contentLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:persistentDrawingCache="all">
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/drawerHandle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxHeight="5dp"
android:textSize="14dp"
android:textStyle="italic"
android:background="#BB00FF"
android:rotation="270"
android:textOn=""
android:textOff=""/>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/contentLayout"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:contentDescription="#string/todo">
<TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:text="#string/list_view_" />
</LinearLayout>
</SlidingDrawer>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/act_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:background="#808080"
android:visibility="visible">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
DrawerActivity java code:
public abstract class DrawerActivity extends Activity
{
protected LinearLayout fullLayout;
protected FrameLayout actContent;
#Override
public void setContentView(final int layoutResID)
{
fullLayout= (LinearLayout) getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.act_layout, null); // Your base layout here
actContent= (FrameLayout) fullLayout.findViewById(R.id.act_content);
getLayoutInflater().inflate(layoutResID, actContent, true); // Setting the content of layout your provided to the act_content frame
super.setContentView(fullLayout);
}
}
In all my activitie files I have put setContentView(R.layout.XXXXXXXX); in the onCreate method.
So how do I make the activities visible?? What am I doing wrong??
I tried putting in the following but to no effect
actContent.setVisibility(layoutResID);
or
actContent.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);