Thanks for the insight Justin - yes it feels strange to use XML for me - should try getting used to it. In any event I have managed to achieve what I want without using the XML method - by playing around with some of the class methods. The key methods for making it work were setGravity(), SetHorizontalGravity(),setVerticalGravity(),setLayoutParams() and setPadding(). The text in the TextView (the initial list of items) kept disappearing so I accessed it using getChildAt() and then set the layout for it as well as the padding and font size.
On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:52:50 AM UTC-7, MagouyaWare wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. I will try what laminina has suggested. No I'm >> not opposed to specifying the layout in XML - I guess since any s/w I have >> written in the past for other GUI based systems such as WIndows has been >> based on instantiating objects at runtime I have been avoiding the XML >> layout method. I will try that too as an alternative. >> > > I had hesitations using XML when I first started developing for Android > but now I find that it is many times easier in most cases. Doing UI in > code now is the exception rather than the norm for me now... > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Ravin <rper...@yahoo.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Thanks for the replies. I will try what laminina has suggested. No I'm >> not opposed to specifying the layout in XML - I guess since any s/w I have >> written in the past for other GUI based systems such as WIndows has been >> based on instantiating objects at runtime I have been avoiding the XML >> layout method. I will try that too as an alternative. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
