Hmm it looks like my diagrams didn't post quite right to the message board.
Just use your imagination to picture nicely drawn boxes that borders the text :) On Aug 13, 12:19 pm, Boxy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------- > | | > | Hi, I'm Boxy | > | | > ----------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------- ----------------------------------------------- > > | > | > | Hi, I'm > Boxy | > > | > | > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------- > | | > | What happened? | > | | > ---------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------ > | | > | Why isn't this working? | > | | > ------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------- > | | > | This sux! | > | | > ------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
