Thank you, this worked! I was thinking toRightOf literally meant, "put the object to the right of the object specified". I was thinking it carried over the y- coordinate, and just added some value to the x-coordinate. However, you need to specify x and y coordinate relations.
On Dec 31, 4:07 am, Chander Pechetty <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a partial layout for your case. Use the layout_below along with > RightOf and the text for the minus button was "+". > If you don't use that, then all of them are to the right of the > specified layout id , but not below the same parent as the id's > parent. > > <Button > android:id = "@+id/bu1m" > android:layout_width="70sp" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:text = "-1" > android:layout_below="@id/nums" > android:layout_toRightOf="@id/bu1p" > /> > > You can also use a LinearLayout to represent you horizontal elements, > and specify the layout_below at this level.(ie. Plus and Minus button > in horizontal linear layout which is below the TextView) > Tip: Move the common attributes of a View to a style.xml file so that > you can change all of them in one go. > style="@style/button_style" where button_style is defined in > style.xml > > On Dec 30, 8:02 am, Jonathan Nalewajek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A little background info: I am a C++ developer who has worked very > > little with Java. Picking up Java wasn't very difficult since I know C+ > > +, but I am still playing around with the SDK. (In C++, my favorite > > SDK/API is Qt) > > > Anyway, I am trying to stick to the Model-View-Controller design > > philosophy, and was setting up the UI in XML. However, it is not > > working out the way I wanted it too. I am trying to write a simple app > > (to help get started with learning the SDK), where there are 4 > > buttons, all of which cause a different operation on a value in a > > textview. For example, the textview starts out at 100, and I have 4 > > buttons: +1, -1, +5, -5. When you press +1, it adds 1 to the value in > > the textview. When you press -5, it subtracts 5 from the value in the > > textview, etc etc... > > > That part is working fine. However, I am trying to setup the UI as > > follows: > > > [TextView] > > [+1] [-1] > > [+5] [-5] > > > Basically, I want all the + in one column, and all the - in another > > column. I figured I would use a relativeLayout, however, it is not > > working the way I want it to. I am getting the following > > [TextView] [-5] > > [+1] > > [+5] > > (the -1 button is totally missing) > > > I have tried to narrow down possible errors in my code, and I have > > come to the conclusion that either I am using android:layout_toRightOf > > wrong, or I misunderstand how this command is implemented. > > > Here is my main.xml file: > > (note: bu1p = button for +1, bu1m = button for -1 [p=positive > > m=minus]. I also have a custom button in there, so there are really 6 > > buttons in total) > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <RelativeLayout > > xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > > > <TextView > > android:id = "@+id/nums" > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:textSize = "20sp" > > android:text = "100" > > /> > > <Button > > android:id = "@+id/bu1p" > > android:layout_width="70sp" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:text = "+1" > > android:layout_below="@id/nums" > > /> > > <Button > > android:id = "@+id/bu1m" > > android:layout_width="70sp" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:text = "+1" > > android:layout_toRightOf="@id/bu1p" > > /> > > > <Button > > android:id = "@+id/bu5p" > > android:layout_width="70sp" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:text = "+5" > > android:layout_below="@id/bu1p" > > /> > > <Button > > android:id = "@+id/bu5m" > > android:layout_width="70sp" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:text = "-5" > > android:layout_toRightOf="@id/bucm" > > /> > > <Button > > android:id = "@+id/bucp" > > android:layout_width="70sp" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:text = "Custom" > > android:layout_below="@id/bu5p" > > /> > > <Button > > android:id = "@+id/bucm" > > android:layout_width="70sp" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:text = "Custom" > > android:layout_toRightOf="@id/bu5p" > > /> > > </RelativeLayout> > > > Again, just to clarify, this is how I want the UI to look: > > [TextView] > > [+1] [-1] > > [+5] [-5] > > [+c] [-c] > > > (c is the custom value) > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Sorry for the weird tab formatting, > > it didn't copy over correctly from Eclipse. > > > Thank you, > > Jon -- 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
