I don't follow your scenario. That being said, I recommend
RelativeLayout for overlapping views. The people using FrameLayout for
this role are either stuck with everything in the upper-left corner or
will have maintenance problems with multiple screen sizes.

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Chris Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm working on a game and have a scenario where I want to overlay a layout
> containing a TextView on top of my game canvas for status updates, and so
> on.  I guess the catch is that I want the layout to be locked at the bottom
> of the screen (horizontal) at all times.  I've done this for my fantasy
> football app, but there I was using a LinearLayout where every game sample I
> saw used a FrameLayout which I ended up going with as well.
> I'm likely just missing some fundamental understanding of the various layout
> options.  But, given my scenario as described, what combination of layouts
> would you use?
>
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