try setting the layoutparams

.setLayoutParams( new LayoutParams(100,40));

When you are creating dynamically its best to set the width and height
always. u can also set to WRAP_CONTENT,WRAP_CONTENT etc.



On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:32 AM, grace <[email protected]> wrote:

> hi,
>
> i tried creating the layout dynamically in the  oncreate of the
> activity
> my code looks some thing like this..
>
>                mLinearLayout_no_button = new LinearLayout(this);
>
>                mLinearLayout_no_button.setOrientation(1);   ///---1.for
> orientation to be vertical
>
>
> mLinearLayout_no_button.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.andy);
>                mEditText_number = new EditText(this);
>                mEditText_number.setWidth(200);           ///--2.width of
> the
> edit text
>                mEditText_number.setText(str);
>                mLinearLayout_no_button.addView(mEditText_number);
>                mButton_dial = new Button(this);
>                mButton_dial.setText("Dial!");
>
>                mButton_dial.setWidth(100);     ///---3.width of the dial
> button
>
>                mLinearLayout_no_button.addView(mButton_dial);
>                mButton_dial.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
>                    public void onClick(View v) {
>                      performDial();
>                    }
>
>   so,if my layout is in default mode i.e, horizontal then lines 2 &3
> work.
> and if i change my layout to vertical,then am not able to set the
> width to any..
> both the edit text and button are filling the parent.
>
> why is it like this??
> cant we set attributes to the widgets dynamically??
> plz help..
>
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Grace.
>                  });
>
>
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