Android button with texts and image - android

I want to set a button in my Android application that is comprised of text (left aligned), image and another text (right aligned).
Text1, Text2 and image must be customizable from code.
I am a noob in Android development and I only can guess that Text1 and Text2 should be defined as TextView and image should be defined as ImageView. But it is impossible to set them as children to Button because button is not a ViewGroup.
How do I specify it in xml layout file?

Yeah its easy. Place all these component in a single relative layout. Then follow this:
RelativeLayout rl= ( RelativeLayout ) findViewById(R.layout.relative_layout_id);
rl.setOnClickListener(this);
rl.setOnTouchListener(this);
rl.setOnDragListener(this);
In TouchListener method, you will get a view as a parameter. So you get the id of the view using
switch(viewObj.getId()
{
case R.layout.relative_layout_id :
//write your logic here
break;
]
In OnClick method, write your logic, so where ever you perform click on that relative layout your onclick() method will execute.

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Handling an EditText that was added programatically

I've been making all of my views dynamically, and now I've come to the point where I want to add an EditText for people to write in.
I've been able to accomplish this for the most part, but it doesn't look right. I have a linear layout that I'm adding a relative layout to. I'm making the relative layout have a white background, then adding the EditText. Problem is, it always adds it to the direct center of the relative layout, and options to align it vertically to the top have so far failed.
I also need to be able to pull the text from it later when a separate button was pressed (I know how to make the button work, it's the pulling text from it part I'm a bit iffy on). Here's my code so far:
public void addEditText(LinearLayout L){
EditText myEditText = new EditText(c);
myEditText.setSingleLine(false);
RelativeLayout l1 = new RelativeLayout(c);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp=new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(scWidth1, 300);
lp.gravity=Gravity.CENTER;
l1.setLayoutParams(lp);
l1.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
l1.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
l1.addView(myEditText);
L.addView(l1);
}
l1.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL); places the EditText in center vertical of the parent container i.e RelativeLayout, remove that line.

How to combine dynamic an ImageView with TextView

I'd like to fill dynamic ImageViews in a LinearLayout. In addition i like to include at the top of every ImageView a TextView. Implemeting this in a static way with the xml file is no problem but I don't got any idea how to implement this problem?
For example I select 5 pictures out of the gallery and show all pics side by side. At the top of every pic you can see the name of the pic.
[EDIT]
LayoutInflater inflatter=(LayoutInflater)this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
LinearLayout myLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.mylinlayout);
// AbsoluteLayoute has got an ImageView and a TextView
AbsoluteLayout test = (AbsoluteLayout)inflatter.inflate(R.layout.test2, null, false);
TextView texttest = (TextView)test.findViewById(R.id.name);
ImageView image=(ImageView)test.findViewById(R.id.image);
texttest.setText("test");
myLayout.addView(test);
Sounds like you're trying to make a scrollabe list, where each item in the list is a picture and a title text, right?
Have you thought about using an ArrayAdapter in a ListView and in the adapter's getView() you can inflate a layout file that contains an ImageView and a TextView?
You could create a custom layout in xml with the ImageView and TextView arranged the way you want for each item.
AbsoluteLayout
TextView (above ImageView)
ImageView
Then, as you dynamically get the images, you inflate this custom layout using a LayoutInflater and assign the TextView with the desired text and the ImageView with the desired image. Next, you take the inflated view and add it as a child to the LinearLayout. Iterate through your images and do this and you should have what the desired appearance.
Edit: If you have many images that might require scrolling, you would have to wrap the LinearLayout in a ScrollView to allow scrolling if the LinearLayout gets too large.
As someone else just mentioned, a ListView will take custom xml layouts and inflate them the same way using adapters and such, and it will handle scrolling for you. ListView link and example.

How to add editable View components to a layout in Android?

So, what I'd like is: defining a component, which includes TextView-s and an ImageView. This is an item, which I'd like to add to a (for example Linear) layout, so I can display all the custom items, I added one after the other.
The point is, that these items have to be editable, because a database query result will define their text content and the image.
Your custom component should be a ViewGroup itself. You can add any number of TextViews and ImageViews to it, and access them by their ID.
MyCustomViewGroup component = (MyCustomViewGroup)linearLayout.findViewById(...);
TextView textView1 = (TextView)component.findViewById(...);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)component.findViewById(...);
You can go for the XML approach for defining your component. For instance, you can define your component as a LinearLayout, then add all the elements (TextViews, ImageViews) you need to that layout.
As for the "editable" part, just provide your elements with an id property
android:id="#+id/my_view"; that way you may obtain them through a findViewById(R.id.my_view) call.
You cast the results to whatever View implementation you are expecting, then change it's text/content/image with the interpreted results from your query.

how to display a tooltip number over an imageView (like in notification)

Is there an easy way to display a tooltip on an imageview looking the same that the number tooltip on a notification icon?
There are no 'number' attribute in ImageView.
Is there another simple way to display a number in a tooltip over an imageview?
Step #1: Put the ImageView in a RelativeLayout.
Step #2: Put a TextView in the same RelativeLayout, as a later child than the ImageView.
Step #3: Give the TextView an appropriate background and text.
Step #4: Give the TextView the android:layout_ attributes you want to position it where you want.
RelativeLayout allows for stacking on the Z axis -- later children float over top of earlier children. And, RelativeLayout allows you to position the TextView in, say, the lower-right corner.
Here a good solution!
Setup ImageView content description (in xml or in the code) and use static methods from CheatSheet.java.

How to make a gallery with Image and text for android

I wanna make a Gallery, with a picture in the background and a textfield with invisible background... So I can see the text and the Image behind.
I already made the Gallery but i cant figure out how to put text in the foreground.
You create a custom adapter to use for your gallery view, see Hello Gallery tutorial
In the method getView() you have two different ways to achieve the same result:
A. Make an ImageView and a TextView and set the image and text:
ImageView iv = new ImageView(context); //and so on, remember to set the LayoutParams etc to fit your design.
Make a RelativeLayout and add the ImageView and TextView to it
Return the RelativeLayout.
B. Declare a layout in xml, with a RelativeLayout containing a TextView and an ImageView
In getView, inflate this layout, and using
inflatedLayout.findViewById(R.id.myTextView); //and so on
set the text and image and return the layout.

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