My mistake, there is a getter for mSelectedPosition, still think it would be nice if the scope was protected for this and others , it could then be accessed directly by custom classes that extend base classes such as AbsSpinner, as the Gallery class does..
On Nov 30, 9:01 pm, Taf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was just trying to extend the AbsSpinner Class, to create my own > custom widget. But the problem is that some of the member variables > have a a default scope, so I can't access them just by extending the > class (they can only be access directly by classes in the same > package). Some are ok as they have getters and setters , but there is > the odd member variable that doesn't , so i simply can't access them > because my new custom widget in not in the same package. An example of > such a member variable is mSelectedPosition in AdapterView. > > Would it not be better if these vars were to have a protected scope > rather than the default scope, it would then be easier to extend these > classes to make custom widgets outside of the package of these > classes. -- 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

