It's been six years and I'm also looking for a solution to bind User Interface with layouts stored on a remote server and i was wondering if you ever managed to solve this issue
Thanks. -Carlos El lunes, 23 de marzo de 2009, 1:10:22 (UTC-6), Daniel escribió: > > Hi all, > > Q: What is the recommended way to build user interfaces on the device > based on layouts provided by a server at runtime? > > I am aware of this: > <snip source="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ > LayoutInflater.html > <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/LayoutInflater.html>"> > > For performance reasons, view inflation relies heavily on pre- > processing of XML files that is done at build time. Therefore, it is > not currently possible to use LayoutInflater with an XmlPullParser > over a plain XML file at runtime; it only works with an XmlPullParser > returned from a compiled resource (R.something file.) > </snip> > > I could imagine these possibilities: > - Parse XML by myself and build the ui tree. (Seems inappropriate to > me since there is already maintained code which is able to do this.) > > - Transform XML on server to a simpler format which is cheaper to > parse on the device. (Inappropriate as above.) > > - Preprocess the XML layout on the server the same way the build does. > Transmit it to the client, and then try to load it. But how? > android.content.res.XMLBlock is hidden (@hide) and I don't know how > to > classify the stuff in package com.android.layoutlib.bridge. > > Any help would be appreciated. > Daniel > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/c09b3558-e006-436c-a1dd-2b0266a2ba7f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
