I managed to overcome it - take a look at http://developreality.blogspot.com/2009/05/overcoming-absolutelayout-deprecation.html
On May 4, 3:16 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a highly rated app that simply... could... not... be... > > written... without AbsoluteLayout, no matter whose Java sensibilities > > it steps on. I guess Android's doing so well with apps that it can > > afford to shut down an entire category of games. > > Did AbsoluteLayout disappear from 1.5? No. Are you unable to write 1.5 > apps using it? No. Have we ever said we have any plan to completely remove > it at any point in the future? No. > > You need to find better reasons to be a victim. If you can't find one, let > us know the name of your app and we can make sure to break it in the next > release. Then you can -really- complain! > > -- > 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

