Hi Justin, setPadding(), will just move the contents of textView, not the widget itself, unlike margin. Margin will move the widget itself. Beacuse of that, i am looking for setMargins() itself.
Thanks On Nov 19, 8:13 am, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never done layout-type stuff programmatically. I've always done it via > XML. > > However, I noticed that TextView has a setPadding method. I know it isn't > exactly the same thing as the margin, but in a lot of cases you can get the > desired look using either. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are only 10 types of people in the world... > Those who know binary and those who don't. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Nithin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am trying to give margin for Textview, using MarginLayoutParams and > > setMargins(), But its not working > > > The way I am trying is, > > > LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this); > > LayoutParams layoutParams = new LayoutParams( > > LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, > > LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT); > > layout.setLayoutParams(layoutParams); > > > MarginLayoutParams compParams = new MarginLayoutParams( > > LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, > > LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT); > > compParams.setMargins(50, 100, 0, 0); > > > TextView tv1 = new TextView(this); > > tv.setText("Sample text 1"); > > tv1.setLayoutParams(compParams); > > TextView tv2 = new TextView(this); > > tv2.setText("Sample text 2"); > > compParams.setMargins(50, 150, 0, 0); > > tv2.setLayoutParams(compParams); > > layout.addView(tv1); > > layout.addView(tv2); > > setContetntView(tv); > > > // trial 2 > > > compParams.leftMargin=50; > > compParams.topMargin=100; > > compParams.rightMargin=0; > > compParams.bottomMargin=0; > > > this way also, not working... > > > Where I am going wrong.. > > > Any idea please > > > Thanks > > Nithin > > > -- > > 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]<android-beginners%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > -- 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
