Actually, the size of the display would be taken into consideration. I merely want to be able to have precise control over the placement of the views. Actually, I have been able to get it to work by creating my own ViewGroup based class and handling the onLayout call to reposition all of the child windows. I presume that this is the correct approach?:
Thanks On May 5, 10:34 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:46 AM, John Gaby <jg...@gabysoft.com> wrote: > > Now this will display my text, but if I want to set the absolute position > > of the text, what would I do? > > Why do you need absolute positioning? There are many devices with varying > screen sizes and densities. If you start positioning elements in exact > locations, your layout is bound to break on some devices. Your best option > is to position items relative to each other, which is the whole point of > RelativeLayout specifically. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered > deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
