You need to use the Theme API to retrieve the values of attributes
associated with the theme.

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 1:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is it the only way? I think it is too overkill.
>
> On Sep 20, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
>
> I'm just saying you need to retrieve it from the theme, and the custom view
> Api demo is one example I know of doing so.
>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I see, but I am not initializing a custom view. Is there any simple way to
>> retrieve a predefined attribute value as whatever proper type?
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2009, at 1:33 AM, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
>>
>> You are trying to retrieve an attribute identifier as a dimension, which
>> is incompatible.  If you want to get the value of an attribute in the theme,
>> you can use the Theme class (though typically you will use
>> <declare-styleable> to define a set of attributes you are interested in and
>> retrieve them as a batch; there is an example showing this in ApiDemo's
>> custom view).
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:28 AM, an0 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Resources.getDimensionPixelSize
>>> (android.R.attr.listPreferredItemHeight) does not work.
>>> So how to?
>>> And any other way to specify resolution independent dimension values
>>> in Java code?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dianne Hackborn
>> Android framework engineer
>> [email protected]
>>
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>> answer them.
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>
> --
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>   --
> A ghost writing code with soul @ http://wangling.me/.
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> >
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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.

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