I apologize to anyone who has this mailing list set to "e-mail me every new post". My last statement turns out to be inaccurate regarding being able to look up a Java class and know what XML element to use for it. An example is ShapeDrawable which defines XML attributes to be used with it but does not indicate what XML tag to use. Hint: It's not <shape>, as that is used for GradientDrawable.
On Jul 20, 2:10 pm, Micah <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
