I finally sussed it! I couldn't have done it without everyone's help, much appreciated! :)
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Romain Guy Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 2:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [android-beginners] Re: RelativeView Note that Donut will fix the declarations ordering problem. You will be able to declare the dependencies in any order you want (and circular dependencies will be ignored.) On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Andrei Bucur<[email protected]> wrote: > TextView must be declared relative to the parent. If you say that A > (guide) is under B (title) and B is above A all you have is a circular dependency. > You must use a fixed View for the TextBox, which is the parent. Use > these type of attributes for it instead of layout_above > (align_ParentTop is the best choice if you'd ask me): > android:layout_alignParentBottom If true, makes the bottom edge of > this view match the bottom edge of the parent. > android:layout_alignParentLeft If true, makes the left edge of this > view match the left edge of the parent. > android:layout_alignParentRight If true, makes the right edge of this > view match the right edge of the parent. > android:layout_alignParentTop If true, makes the top edge of this view > match the top edge of the parent. > > Also, listen to what Mark says about ID's and take a look at the > layout examples in the APIDemos. > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> tinyang wrote: >> > Makes sense Andrei. Thanks for the reply. So I made the change >> > you suggested and it still has not changed the layout. Any other >> > suggestions? Here is my current xml code after these suggested changes: >> >> This should not even build. >> >> > <TextView android:id=/"@+id/title"/ >> > >> > android:layout_width=/"wrap_content"/ >> > >> > android:layout_height=/"wrap_content"/ >> > >> > android:layout_above=/"@id/guide"/ >> > >> > android:layout_centerHorizontal=/"true"/ >> > >> > android:text=/"BirdTracker Main Menu"/ >> >> You cannot reference @id/guide here, because that widget has not been >> declared yet. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.0 In Print! >> >> > > > > > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.13.49/2293 - Release Date: 8/9/2009 6:10 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
