If anyone is interested in the answer, then I found out that I had to
override onCreateView() instead. Here is the code:
@Override
protected View onCreateView(ViewGroup parent) {
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(getContext());
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params1 = new
LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
TextView view = new TextView(getContext());
view.setText(textToDisplay);
view.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
view.setLayoutParams(params1);
layout.setPadding(15, 5, 10, 5);
layout.addView(view);
return layout;
}
This means that I don't need the XML Fragment and I don't need to
override the getView() method. Now everything works as I want it
to :-)
/Jay
On 6 Feb., 21:17, JP <jetp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have created an app that also contains a preference activity, that
> uses the xml/preferences.xml file.
>
> Apart from the regular controls, I also want to include some
> explanatory text, that isn't part of any of the control summaries.
>
> I haven't found any good way of doing this, so I decided to create my
> own preference control. This uses a layout fragment, that looks like
> this
>
> [CODE]
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <LinearLayout
> xmlns:android="_this_should_be_a_namespace_but_no_links_allowd_http_schemas
> .android.com_apk_res_android"
> android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> android:layout_height="fill_parent"
> android:orientation="vertical">
> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView"
> android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/margin_l"
> android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/margin_l"
> android:text="@string/long_explanation"
> android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> android:gravity="center"></TextView>
> </LinearLayout>
> [/CODE]
>
> I have then created a java class that extends
> [B]android.preference.Preference[/B] and in the contructors set:
>
> [CODE]this.setWidgetLayoutResource(R.layout.preferences_textview_fragment);
> [/CODE]
>
> This works fine... only the text is too long to fit in the preference
> item. The item does not grow with the amount of text I write. It stays
> fixed.
>
> I then tried to override the getView() method like this, but that
> didn't make any difference.
>
> [CODE]@Override
> public View getView(final View convertView, final ViewGroup
> parent) {
> final View v = super.getView(convertView, parent);
> final int height = AbsListView.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
> final int width = AbsListView.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT;
> final AbsListView.LayoutParams params = new
> AbsListView.LayoutParams(height, width);
> v.setLayoutParams(params );
> return v;
> }[/CODE]
>
> Can anyone help me out here and tell me what I am doing wrong... apart
> from wanting to put legal text in the preference section?
>
> All help is appreciated!
>
> Jay
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