I've tried, but I don't like that nine-patch. Maybe I should draw end substitute my own nine patch. Anyway in this way I can simply manage it in the Eclipse Layout editor, and that's is good! The only thing I don't like of the nine-patch way is that I have to draw one nine-patch for all the time I want to change, for example the color of the background or the alpha value, while extending RelativeLayout I can to that by code programmatically. Is it right?
On 16 Dic, 12:18, Paolo <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok I'm going to try it ;) > > On 16 Dic, 11:31, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Paolo, > > > Yes, using a nine-patch drawable background is easy, efficient, and > > produces great results. > > > Try this: open a layout in XML mode and add this attribute: > > > android:background="@android:drawable/toast_frame" > > > Think you'll like it :) > > > -- Kostya > > > 16.12.2010 13:24, Paolo пишет: > > > > ah... and using nine-patch drawable is better than the way I'm > > > following? Why should I prefer this way? I'm asking just to > > > understand :) > > > > On 16 Dic, 11:16, Kostya Vasilyev<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Just use android:background with a nine-patch drawable. No need to > > >> subclass. > > > >> You can even copy one of Android's nine-patch backgrounds into your > > >> project. > > > >> Take a look inside the Android SDK directory, then > > >> platforms\android-X\data\res\drawable-mdpi (-hdpi). > > > >> There are some very nice one in there, in particular toast_frame.9.png, > > >> zoom_plate, panel_background, etc. > > > >> -- Kostya > > > >> 16.12.2010 13:03, Paolo пишет: > > > >>> Because I'd like to draw something similar to this. > > >>>http://pocketjourney.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/goal.gif?w=500 > > >>> On 16 Dic, 10:53, Zsolt Vasvari<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Why would you need to extend RelativeLayout just to change the > > >>>> background? > > >>>> On Dec 16, 5:36 pm, Paolo<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> Hi! > > >>>>> I'm trying to customize a RelativeLayout on order to show a nice > > >>>>> trasparent black content box. So my class has extended RelativeLayout > > >>>>> and has overridden the onDraw() method, but nothing appears in the > > >>>>> Eclipse layout editor; the same happens if I try to run my app on the > > >>>>> device. > > >>>>> I read I have to override dispatchDraw() and this works. I can see my > > >>>>> custom layout in the editor, but I'm not able to add child view to the > > >>>>> layout. Or better... I add a child in my layout from XML, but I can't > > >>>>> see it on the Eclipse layout editor. In this case if I run the app on > > >>>>> the device I see my layout drawn not correctly.. only a part of it is > > >>>>> drawn or it appears cut. > > >>>>> Why? What am I wrong? > > >> -- > > >> Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > > >> --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com > > > -- > > Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > > --http://kmansoft.wordpress.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
