Here's an idea I thought I'd throw out... Can you replace your notes listview with a button or imagebutton that pops up a dialog with notes in a listview?
On Mar 24, 9:24 am, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > My workaround is to simply not allow more than one note - bad for my > application :( (ExpandableListView is not appropriate). But this way, > I can specify a fixed value layout_height="50dip". IMHO it is a bug. > > I opened a bug on this:http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=512 > > "when I try the workaround of having a dummy note - so that at least > one note is always present - it still gives an unspecified size error. > Logically, this should have worked, right? > > I could be mistaken, but it seems the real problem is the inner > ListView is not > recalculating its size. It is not expanding when it grows. It seems > to be taking the > values specified in the layout file, and not the current dynamic state > at runtime." > > thanks, > Anil > > On Mar 23, 3:09 pm, "Dan U." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm going to suggest that it won't work. There might be a way, but I > > think you'll spend too much time searching for it. Can you perhaps use > > ExpandableListView? > > > On Mar 23, 1:04 pm, "Dan U." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Wait, I found why the items didn't show up. Missed some of your code > > > changes. > > > > On Mar 23, 1:00 pm, "Dan U." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Oddly enough, contrary to what the docs say, specifying a specific > > > > height in pixels to the parent of your ListView did not let me use > > > > wrap_content for height of the ListView. I still got the same error. > > > > > I still don't have an answer yet. I can make it work if I specify a > > > > certain height to the ListView, but I never see any of the items in > > > > the notes_list ListView. Anil, were you able to see any of those > > > > items? > > > > > On Mar 23, 6:55 am, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for your reply, but if you look at the previous posts in this > > > > > thread, I did raise the question - > > > > > How can you specify the height of a list when by definition, a list > > > > > can have variable number of elements? > > > > > I tried setting the height of the note i.e. EditText in code, but it > > > > > failed. > > > > > - > > > > > Anil > > > > > > On Mar 22, 10:33 pm, joebowbeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Doesn't this note in the ListView documentation explain the problem: > > > > > > > "Note: You cannot use the value wrap_content for the > > > > > > android:layout_height attribute of a ListView in XML if the parent's > > > > > > size is also not strictly specified (for example, if the parent were > > > > > > ScrollView you could not specify wrap_content since it also can be > > > > > > any > > > > > > length. However, you can use wrap_content if the ListView parent > > > > > > has a > > > > > > specific size, such as 100 pixels." > > > > > > > If so, you either need to specify an actual height in the notes_list > > > > > > ListView or in its parent. > > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > On Mar 22, 7:49 pm, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Here is an example program to demonstrate it. > > > > > > > I have modified List8.java in APIDemos/Views/Lists. > > > > > > > > The objective is to add a list of notes to each photo in List8. > > > > > > > So we have a list containing lists. Since the notes can be > > > > > > > variable > > > > > > > size, we use > > > > > > > wrap_content on the height. > > > > > > > > 1) In class PhotoAdapter line 91 > > > > > > > > // added > > > > > > > ArrayAdapter<String> notesAdapter; > > > > > > > String[] notes = new String[] {"1111", "2222", "3333", > > > > > > > "4444", > > > > > > > "5555"}; > > > > > > > > // modified > > > > > > > public PhotoAdapter(Context c) { > > > > > > > mContext = c; > > > > > > > > notesAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String> > > > > > > > (mContext,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, notes); > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > // modified > > > > > > > public View getView(int position, View convertView, > > > > > > > ViewGroup > > > > > > > parent) { > > > > > > > > ViewInflate vi = (ViewInflate) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mContext.getSystemService(Context.INFLATE_SERVICE); > > > > > > > View photoWithNotes = vi.inflate(R.layout.notes, > > > > > > > null, null); > > > > > > > ImageView i = (ImageView) > > > > > > > photoWithNotes.findViewById(R.id.photo); > > > > > > > ListView notesView = (ListView) > > > > > > > photoWithNotes.findViewById(R.id.notes_list); > > > > > > > notesView.setAdapter(notesAdapter); > > > > > > > > // Make an ImageView to show a photo > > > > > > > // ImageView i = new ImageView(mContext); > > > > > > > > i.setImageResource(mPhotos.get(position)); > > > > > > > i.setAdjustViewBounds(true); > > > > > > > // i.setLayoutParams(new > > > > > > > ViewGroup.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, > > > > > > > // LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)); > > > > > > > // Give it a nice background > > > > > > > i.setBackground(android.R.drawable.picture_frame); > > > > > > > return photoWithNotes; > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > 2) added file notes.xml in res/layout > > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > > > > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > > > > > > android" > > > > > > > android:orientation="vertical" > > > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > > > > android:id="@+id/pictures" > > > > > > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"> > > > > > > > > <ImageView android:id="@+id/photo" > > > > > > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > > > > > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"> > > > > > > > </ImageView> > > > > > > > <ListView android:id="@+id/notes_list" > > > > > > > android:orientation="vertical" > > > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > > > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > > > > > > android:scrollbars="horizontal|vertical" > > > > > > > android:layout_weight="1.0" /> > > > > > > > > </LinearLayout> > > > > > > > > 3) When you run it, clicking on New Photo gives the error "List > > > > > > > Views > > > > > > > can't have unspecified > > > > > > > size". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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