First let me say that this problem is probably real easy to solve.
But I've been looking at it all night and its got me stumped. So to
keep from pulling my hair out, I'll post this problem here where some
expert can look at it for 5 seconds and figure out what I'm an
idiot :)
Here's the background info for what I am trying to do. I have a
ListView that displays text input from the user (similar to the
Android notepad example). I want to center the text inside a
background image (text bubble). I want the text bubble to be centered
in view.
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| Hi, I'm Boxy |
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This is what an ideal to look like.
Here is the code I'm using.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
android:padding="6dip"
android:gravity="center" >
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="@drawable/textbub" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/txtMessage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:paddingLeft="40dip"
android:paddingRight="20dip"
android:gravity="center" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Here is what is actually displayed by my program.
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Above is what the first entry looks like. Not what I want.
Below is what the rest of the entries look like after the first.
Definitely not what I want.
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| What happened? |
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| Why isn't this working? |
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| This sux! |
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So what am I doing wrong?
Bonus Question:
A RelativeLayout is supposed to be more efficient than a LinearLayout.
Can I use a RelativeLayout for what I'm trying to do instead of a
LinearLayout?
If so, how?
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