More Googling has turned up this post: http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/msg/3a9744adda7d98d9 (I'm not sure if Google group thread links are reliable long term, if not search for a post titled "XML Layout Language" in the android- beginners group). It would appear that somewhere mystical there is a association of Java classes to XML elements. Some make sense, like LinearLayout Java class is associated with the <LinearLayout> element. Others don't make as much sense like GradientDrawable Java class is associated with <shape>. Also some contain useful documentation such as LinearLayout while others like <shape> contain very sparse information (ex: the shape attribute is listed but no information is given on what it's for).
So I guess the new quest is, does anyone know where the list of associations can be found at? If I know I want a GradientDrawable I can look at the Java class documentation for it and see that I need a <shape> in XML but finding it the other way around doesn't work as well (mainly because the search feature on that page strips out the '<' and '>' in a search string so I can't search for <shape>, I can instead only search for shape, which returns many unrelated results. On Jul 20, 1:56 pm, Micah <[email protected]> wrote: > Another page that contains some information > ishttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.htmlwhich > appears to list all XML attributes for all elements. Unfortunately, > this list doesn't include any information about which elements the > attribute goes with. Thickness attribute, for example, is meant to be > used with <shape anroid:shape="ring" android:thickness="3.5sp"> and it > doesn't make much sense in a LinearLayout element <LinearLayout > android:thickness="3.5sp">. > > Note: To avoid confusion I am still searching for an answer if anyone > has one. I'm just trying to keep this thread updated on what I learn > in case someone else ends up googling for XML Documentation like I > did. > > On Jul 20, 1:49 pm, Micah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The documentation > > athttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/available-resourc... > > appears to be what I'm looking for except it's incomplete. It doesn't > > contain information about the <shape> tag, and I'm not sure what else > > is missing. :( > > > On Jul 20, 1:36 pm, Micah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > When working with android XML files there are a bunch of tags > > > available such as TextView, shape, alpha, set, menu, LinearLayout, > > > etc. Where can I find a list of all of the tags available along with > > > (ideally) documentation on what they are used for and what attributes > > > are available for them? Searching the reference documentation > > > athttp://developer.android.com/reference/packages.htmldoesn'tturnup > > > any useful results, it only seems to return results for the various > > > Java classes. > > > > An example of what I'm looking for is the shape tag. Based on > > > examples, It can have solid, stroke and padding tags within it as well > > > as an android:sahpe attribute which can be "line" and maybe other > > > things (I don't know what else). So where can I find documentation on > > > what tags are valid within a <shape></shape> block and what attributes > > > are valid on a shape? If I look at the the ShapeDrawable Java class > > > (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/ > > > ShapeDrawable.html) I can see some attributes, but android:shape > > > attribute isn't listed yet it's used in one of the examples. I am not > > > even sure if ShapeDrawable is the same as <shape> or not. :/ > > > > At this point I would be even interested in the definitions in code > > > form (perhaps and XML Schema file or something so I at least know what > > > I can type and then I can play around with it to figure out exactly > > > what it does. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
