Never mind, pilot error. The .layout method takes l, t, r, b, not
width and height. Duh!
Thanks.
On May 18, 10:11 pm, John Gaby <jg...@gabysoft.com> wrote:
> I am new to Android, and I am trying to understand how to create a
> custom ViewGroup. I created MyViewGroup as follows:
>
> public class MyViewGroup extends ViewGroup {
>
> public MyViewGroup(Context context) {
> super(context);
> // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
> }
>
> @Override
> protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b)
> {
> }
>
> }
>
> Then in my main class I do the following:
>
> public class HelloAndroid extends Activity {
> /** Called when the activity is first created. */
> @Override
> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> TextView tv = new TextView(this);
> MyViewGroup vg = new MyViewGroup(this);
> tv.setText("Some Text");
> tv.layout(0, 30, 200, 40);
> vg.addView(tv);
> setContentView(vg);
> }
>
> }
>
> Now when I run this, my text "Some Text" is shown, but the bottom is
> cut off. It is like the view group in which it is placed is not
> filling the entire screen. Is this what is happening? If so, how do
> I control the sizeof of my MyViewGroup view?
>
> Thanks.
>
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