I'm sure this is possible. We would also like have templates in Eclipse so that you can create a new layout with some pre-built items arranged in different ways.
We know that sometimes it's not easy to make the layouts do what you want and we are working on making this easier. Xav On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Leo <allway...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to address the lack of examples in samples section on > layouts in future releases? I spent two days trying to figure how to > put 4 large images into a 2x2 grid for option selection in my first > app that I am working on. Granted my UI experience is next to NIL but > such things should be a breeze if there are illustrative examples in > the SDK. > > It would be great to see 20-40 layout examples with images and > animation etc illustrating various aspects of the layouts. The other > parts of the online android framework documentation is vast and very > helpful, but layout attributes are like hit or miss for non UI > (basically java only) developers like me. > > Thanks. > > On Apr 5, 3:20 pm, Xavier Ducrohet <x...@android.com> wrote: >> Our layout editors in Eclipse have been somewhat low priority for a >> long time but we are now focusing some effort on it. You may have seen >> that ADT 10 includes a lot of new features and we have more coming for >> the next versions. >> >> We are working on: >> - better interactivity in the editor itself. >> - better integration into Eclipse (*much* better autocompletion in the >> XML editor, quick assist, refactoring, go to declaration) >> - better rendering (3.0 is a huge step in the right direction already, >> but we're adding some improvements and back porting it to earlier >> versions) >> - new features to help you designlayouts(extract as include >> refactoring, show included in, data in listviews, etc...) >> >> If you want to follow our progress you can look >> athttp://tools.android.com/recent >> >> As someone said, this is open source, and worked on directly in the >> open (you can go >> tohttp://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/sdk.git;a=summaryto see the >> latest changes or >> tohttps://review.source.android.com//#q,status:open+project:platform/sd... >> to see pending changes), and while we aren't forcing (or expecting) >> anyone to contribute, if you feel passionate about tools and want to >> contribute, please let us know (seehttp://tools.android.com/feedback) >> >> thanks, >> Xav >> -- >> Xavier DucrohetAndroidSDK Tech Lead >> Google Inc.http://developer.android.com|http://tools.android.com >> >> Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Xavier Ducrohet Android SDK Tech Lead Google Inc. http://developer.android.com | http://tools.android.com Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
