I'm not sure I understand the reason for that though. If you chose not to use xml layouts to set up your view, it's incredibly difficult to use a layout in code to draw your view. The only other option is to override onDraw in which case aren't you hand drawing everything in absolute coordinates?
On Dec 10, 12:55 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > The point of deprecating AbsoluteLayout is that you shouldn't be doing > layout in absolute coordinates. ;) > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:28 PM, sheng wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Since the absolutelayout is deprecated, how to put a widget (suck as a > > button) on arbitary (X,Y) > > > thx > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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

