Hi Nik and Zsolt! Thanks for your responses! Yeah, I would need to have the conveniences of View objects (listeners and such). I would also need to be able to rotate the Canvas each time the user clicks and drags on an image and still be able to track which image was clicked.
- Zarah. On Jun 23, 6:56 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > But I think he wants the other niceties, such as the visible state > changes, etc, at least that way my impression. Those things aren't > trivial to implement. > > Of course, if that's not a requirement, just use a Canvas object. > > On Jun 22, 10:15 pm, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would suggest using a Canvas and just drawing yourself. Then in the > > onTouch handler just do the match to find which circle was clicked. > > You could use RelativeLayout too if you wanted to use views. > > > -nik > > > On Jun 22, 5:56 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes, looks like it is. Sorry, I didn't know that as I've never used > > > AbsoluteLayout. > > > > I guess you could use FrameLayout and then give each view an > > > appropriate layout_marginLeft and layout_marginTop. > > > > On Jun 22, 6:44 pm, Zarah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Zsolt! > > > > > But isn't that deprecated already? > > > > > - Zarah. > > > > > On Jun 22, 6:40 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Use an AbsoluteLayout > > > > > > On Jun 22, 6:33 pm, Zarah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > This is such a n00b question but I hope someone helps me. :) > > > > > > > I have always made apps that make use of traditional widgets so when > > > > > > it comes to things like this I am totally at a loss. :( > > > > > > > Anyhooo, my aim is to display a set of images of beads into a circle > > > > > > (sort of forming a bracelet), with each bead being clickable. Some > > > > > > of > > > > > > the beads are not perfect spheres (some are oblong-ish), so I would > > > > > > have to rotate the images by some degrees to either left or right to > > > > > > make them look like they are stringed together. > > > > > > > I don't have an idea how to start doing this because I don't know > > > > > > how > > > > > > I should tell the OS where to place the images. Should I use a > > > > > > Canvas? > > > > > > Learn OpenGL? > > > > > > > If I use a Canvas, I would end up having a bitmap with all the > > > > > > images, > > > > > > right? Can I still make the images clickable? > > > > > > > If I use OpenGL, is it an overkill? The main animation I would have > > > > > > to > > > > > > do is simply have the circle rotate when the user clicks and drags > > > > > > on > > > > > > a bead. > > > > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > > > > - Zarah.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
