Actually, I find the huge properties menu to be an improvement over the old properties view (which is still available, BTW).
The "Attributes you can't seem to control" thing is definitely a problem. For example, with a relative layout, depositing an item to be "below" another, you can't just get "below", you also get one or both sides aligned. But what I really want is to align the side to the parent view. I haven't found any way to do that. You can't get "below" alone, and once it's attached to the one above, you can't attach it to the parent without losing the connection to the one above. I do find it saves time in the very initial setup of a screen, or if I'm just tweaking a property here or there. But at the moment, if I try to do more than a limited set of things with it, I end up wasting my time. I do think it's going in the right direction -- and I look forward to its arrival! On Dec 31, 8:23 am, John Lussmyer <[email protected]> wrote: > I've used the NetBeans and MyEclipse GUI editors extensively. They are very > nice. > The Android thing in Eclipse is pretty much a waste of time. Bizarre things > happen when you try to drag controls or layouts in. Items end up in totally > unexpected places, with attributes that you can't seem to control. The huge > properties menu isn't very helpful either. > > After just a few minutes of attempting to use the GUI editor, I gave up and > just edited the XML directly. Much easier, quicker, and with better control > of what you get. I don't even bother previewing my layouts with the GUI > editor, as it frequently leaves out controls entirely. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > Totally agree. If you use XML, you will actually understand what's > > going on instead of relying on a GUI editor to do the work for you. > > > Personally, in over a year and a half of using Eclipse, I've yet to > > drag and drop a single control with the editor. -- 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
