In other words, UIComponents /can/ natively contain other UIComponents,
only the child UIComponent will by default have a 0 width and height.
Which it means it won't show up on the stage. Which means, by default,
you cannot get a native (non-extended) UIComponent to show up when you
add it to
Close, but no.
In Flex, parents are responsible for sizing their children. Flex
Containers (which are just UIComponents with more code) do size
their children, but you can also create UIComponents that know how
to size their children.
Neither a container, nor a component that implements a
Excellent, thanks very much for the responses.
As an aside, I did solve the problem by using the bitmap classes
instead as they seemed to have more consistent behavior. (And I
couldn't find a straightforward way to copy the image data with the
Image class)
Michael and Joseph, that makes perfect
Guys, sorry, but that's not quite right. UIComponents can contain
other UIComponents without being a container. It is a common use
case. Take a look at the simple example Adobe includes with their
docs:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/docs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.h
tm?href=1742.html
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