Hi, I am trying to build a speech bubble for a chat room. Each of the speech bubbles has the attached xml layout.
I am achieving this by setting the *textView* to *wrap_content*, the speech bubble *imageView* to *match_parent* and the *frame_layout* to *wrap_content *. So that the speech_bubble image behind the text *scales according to the amount of text* in the bubble. I set the width on the textView to match parent and the height to wrap_content and for some reason, it *works perfectly* as required in* Ice Cream Sandwich *(Android 4.1). However in *Gingerbread* the inner imageView speech bubble *does not scale to match_parent* so that the text can fit neatly inside the bubble. In Gingerbread the inner imageView* stays the same size always*, regardless of the text and the *text overflows outside the bubble*. Even though the *frameLayout* expands to *wrap_content*, the *imageView*does not *match_parent* as it is supposed to. Any ideas on why this is happening? Is there another parameter I can set thru xml or a method I can call programmatically to fix this? Thanks, Bala <merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";> <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; android:id="@+id/speech_bubble_framelayout" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:background="@color/color_transparent" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/message_user_imageView"> <ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; android:id="@+id/message_background_imageview" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_margin="5dp" android:scaleType="fitXY" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:textColor="@color/color_brown_mud" android:background="@drawable/chat_bubble_flipped" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/message_textView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:maxEms="10" android:background="@color/color_transparent" android:textColor="@color/color_brown_uiDesign_pallete" android:textSize="15sp" android:textStyle="bold" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:text="Message" android:padding="5dp" android:layout_marginLeft="25dp" android:layout_marginRight="20dp" android:layout_marginTop="15dp" android:layout_marginBottom="15dp" /> </FrameLayout> </merge> -- 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
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