Right I under stand that its a grid layout but my Icon is taking up 2 - 3
grid spaces....HTC Aria shows you the grid space and mine is massive

2010/9/9 Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]>

> Home screen Widgets are laid out on a grid, so no matter how compact you
> make your layout, it won't get any closer to other widgets.
>
> Also, you should not be using pixel dimensions in the layout - use
> device-independent "do" units.
>
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>
> 09.09.2010 23:42 пользователь "Tommy" <[email protected]> написал:
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to make a widget to show on the home screen(s). My problem
> is lets say I set my icon to 30x30 when I load the widget on the
> screen the Icon is the correct size BUT the layout itself takes up a
> lot more space than what is actually needed. This means that I can't
> really place my widget next to other icons on the screen. Its like the
> bounding box is 3 times bigger than the content that fills it. How do
> I fix this? Here is my XML....
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
> android"
>    android:id="@+id/widget"
>    android:layout_width="30px"
>    android:layout_height="30px"
>    android:focusable="true"
>
>    >
>        <ImageView android:id="@+id/widgWeatherIcon"
>        android:layout_width="30px"
>        android:layout_height="30px"
>    android:src="@drawable/asdf_widgettester"
>
>
>        >
>        </ImageView>
>        <TextView android:id="@+id/widgCurrTemp"
>        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
>        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>        android:text="100"
>        android:layout_below="@id/widgWeatherIcon">
>        </TextView>
> </RelativeLayout>
>
>
> I have tried wrap_content and other width/height settings but nothing
> seems to reduce the "Box" around my widget content..... Im super
> confused. I clicked on my ATK widget and started to drag it around on
> my HTC Aria and it shows the bounding box around the widget and that
> one is the same size of the content inside same with all the other
> widgets on my screens.
>
> Thanks so much for the help and advice!
>
> Tommy
>
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