Does "wrap_content" always result in "AT_MOST"? If it says 411 pixles at most, I would have thought I will take all of it because I could use that. I would not have thought to give back my "content" size. Just thinking aloud.
what will "match_parent" do? Does that come in as "EXACT", matching the size of the parent? Thank you so much for your help. It saved me hours of agony that I am about to jump into ... Satya On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: > LinearLayout is doing the right thing. wrap_content results in an > AT_MOST MeasureSpec. If you are writing a custom view that extends the > base View class you really should override onMeasure(). > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Satya Komatineni > <satya.komatin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am doing more research to see if this indeed is the case. But here >> are the symptoms >> >> >> <LinearLayout....height="wrap_conent"> >> <textview....height="wrap_content"> >> <some-custom-circle-view....height="wrap_content"> >> <textview ..height="wrap_content"> >> </LinearLayout> >> >> In the custom circleview constructor I set the minimum height and width. >> >> I was hoping these minimum sizes will be used if the height of my >> custom view is "wrap_content". But looks like linear layout never >> sends out the "unspeicified" but only does the 'at_most' making the >> getDefaultSIze return the entire space after the first text view. In >> fact the last textview is beyond the screen below. >> >> Do I have to write onMeasure() in the custom view and deal with >> "wrap_content" separately? why is LinearLayout not measuring the >> desired size? >> >> Your insights are greatly appreciated >> >> Thanks >> Satya >> >> -- >> 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 > > > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > romain...@android.com > > -- > 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 -- 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
