Thanks, I'm such an idiot! The docs say "LinearLayout aligns all children in a single direction", I expected the items to wrap around and continue underneath. I followed this layout you specified and was able to get the results within minutes. I really do need to RTFM.
Sorry about that On 6 Sep, 23:13, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Carl wrote: > > What I'm trying to achieve is this: > > > A label with "Band" in it, and next to it a textbox in which to type > > the band's name, then underneath the "Band" label a label "Members", > > and next to it a textbox to type the members. > > Then underneath all of this, a save button and a cancel button. > > LinearLayout > LinearLayout > TextView > EditText > LinearLayout > TextView > EditText > LinearLayout > Button > Button > > > Undortunately, all my attempts to use a linearlayout have caused the > > buttons to disappear.... > > > Thanks for the advice on the hierarchyviewer though. I'm now able to > > see whats happening, but it still makes no difference. I can't make it > > display the way I want it to > > Did you follow the other steps I outlined? If yes, and it still does not > work, post the layout XML. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in Germany, 18-22 January 2010:http://bignerdranch.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
