Thanks for the pointer. I don't know where to do that at.
I haven't branched out that far. Can you point me farther? Thanks "What appears to be coming at you, is coming from you" - Jack Flanders On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, jotobjects <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be great if you file the documentation problem as a bug - > there are lots and lot of them. Jut mentioning it on this list > doesn't get it fixed! > > On Mar 9, 10:18 am, Brion Emde <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've confirmed that when you declare a ColorDrawable in the colors.xml > > file, then get it via: > > > > ColorDrawable cd = (ColorDrawable) > > getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.red_drawable); > > > > that it does indeed work. This shows that the real Bug is in the > > documentation here: > > > > http://developer.android.com/intl/de/guide/topics/resources/available... > > > > where it states that what is returned is a PaintDrawable, which would > > have allowed setting of bounds. > > > > Also, a ways down in that same section, there is a Java example of how > > to use it: > > > > // Assign a PaintDrawable as the background to > > // a TextView on the current screen. > > Drawable redDrawable = Resources.getDrawable(R.drawable.solid_red); > > TextView tv = (TextView)findViewByID(R.id.text); > > tv.setBackground(redDrawable); > > > > This example is wrong. There is no setBackground() function that takes > > a Drawable. There is setBackgroundDrawable(). I think the example > > should be updated also, since the developer's guide is so important > > and resources are so central to the platform. > > > > On Mar 8, 8:56 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This is not a bug, a PaintDrawable ignores its bounds. You want a > > > ColorDrawable instead. > > > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Brion Emde <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I posted earlier with a less clear title. Unless someone can show me > > > > differently, I think I've found another bug in TextView. > > > > > > res/values/colors.xml: > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > <resources> > > > > <drawable name="red_drawable">#FF0000</drawable> > > > > </resources> > > > > > > res/layout/main.xml: > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > > > > android:id="@+id/textview" > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > > > android:text="There should be a red strip at the bottom of this > > > > view, not a red background" > > > > /> > > > > > > src/eyebrowssoftware/showcompounddrawablesproblem/ShowIt.java: > > > > > > package com.eyebrowssoftware.showcompounddrawablesproblem; > > > > > > import android.app.Activity; > > > > import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable; > > > > import android.os.Bundle; > > > > import android.widget.TextView; > > > > > > public class ShowIt extends Activity { > > > > > > @Override > > > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > > > > > Drawable paintDrawable = > > > > getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.red_drawable); > > > > > > TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview); > > > > > > // setBounds must be called before setCompoundDrawable(), but > > > > it does not matter. > > > > // this should be a 5 pixel high rectangle the width of the > > > > text. > > > > paintDrawable.setBounds(0, 0, tv.getWidth(), 5); > > > > > > // no matter what you set the bounds to, it becomes the > > > > background of the textview, not underline, > > > > // which is also there > > > > // this should put the 5 pixel high rectangle below the text, > > > > which it does, but it also sets the background > > > > tv.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, null, paintDrawable); > > > > > > // this padding seems irrelevant > > > > tv.setCompoundDrawablePadding(2); > > > > } > > > > } > > > > > > And here is how it appears, which I think is highly wrong: > > > > > >http://www.vonemdeheim.com/picture_library/CompoundDrawablesBug.jpg > > > > > > Please point out where I made a mistake. Thanks for your attention. > > > > > > -- > > > > 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%[email protected]> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > Romain Guy > > > Android framework engineer > > > [email protected] > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > > to provide private support. 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