Timo Bruck's tip worked like a charm. Each item now takes up exactly 1/2 of the screen, which is what I want. You guys are great, thank you very, very much.
On Feb 14, 6:27 pm, David <[email protected]> wrote: > Alright, In the new SDK found > here:http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk-windows-1.1_r1.zip > Google added an OrientationListener package > (android.view.OrientationListener) that has an onOrientationChanged > (int orientation) function. This helps immensly. However, I agree with > you Dianne, having a static px setting is a bad idea. I had just set > it to 200px height because it looked right on the emu, and I would > change it once the code for the app actually worked. See here for more > info on > onOrientationChanged:http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/OrientationListen...) > > If this was already in the SDK, I missed it. I was using 1.0r2, the > new one is 1.1r1 > > On Feb 13, 8:46 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I really, strongly recommend against solving this by having different > > layouts designed for different explicit screen sizes. It won't help you > > when there is a device that is wide resolution so has a few more pixels > > along one edge or the other, for example. > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM, loty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would also suggest using different layout files for different screen > > > sizes and orientation. It works very well and much easier to control > > > than any 'smart' resizing code. Look into API docs for explanation of > > > resource folder naming conventions. > > > > On Feb 12, 7:26 pm, Timo Bruck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Android will automatically re-layout your views based on orientation > > > > (and > > > > screen size, too!), but you need to give it flexibility in setting the > > > view > > > > sizes to do that. > > > > > I try to avoid using absolute dimensions for anything other than padding > > > or > > > > when I want a view to be a certain size regardless of screen size (e.g. > > > the > > > > height of a button). > > > > > I think what you want to do is set the layout_height of your EditText > > > > and > > > > WebViews to 0px, and then add a layout_weight="1" to each of them. This > > > will > > > > tell Android to divide up any extra screen space between those two views > > > > equally. > > > > > Alternatively, you could also have two different layout files (one for > > > > landscape and one for portrait). > > > > > -Timo > > > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, I need to have my view resize itself based on the orientation. > > > > > After extensive googling (maybe i was using the wrong terms) I could > > > > > find nothing telling me how to detect when the orientation was > > > > > changed. Here is my layout file: > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > > > > android" > > > > > android:orientation="vertical" > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > > > > <EditText android:id="@+id/htmledit" > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > > android:layout_height="200px" > > > > > /> > > > > > <WebView android:id="@+id/htmlview" > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > > android:layout_height="200px" > > > > > /> > > > > > </LinearLayout> > > > > > > how do I have it automatically resize itself? I want each item (the > > > > > EditText and the WebView) to fill half the screen (not counting the > > > > > title/notification bars). I set the height to absolute and not > > > > > wrap_content because wrap_content defaults to 1 line for EditText and > > > > > nothing for WebView. and fill_parent has the EditText on top of the > > > > > WebView. > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
