I think it would be good if u use two seperate layouts for portrait mode and landscape mode. You can save the layout for landscape mode by saving it a folder for ex:res/layout-land...
You can call the lanscape layout when the phone is switched from portrait to landscape mode...This would be a easier solution to ur problem... On May 28, 5:21 pm, Mike Topper <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Geoff, > > thanks for the response! > > I couldn't get it to work exactly right with just your instructions, > it was basically just drawing the email field right on top of the > button bar, but after some more experimenting I got it to work with > adding a scrollview around the linearlayout and putting this in it: > > <ScrollView > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:orientation="vertical" > android:layout_alignParentTop="true" > android:layout_above="@+id/buttonBarLayout"> > > now it works! Thanks for putting me in the right direction. > > -Mike > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 6:39 PM, brucko <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > It appears you may be running out of room. RelativeLayout is drawing > > your first LinearLayout and then placing the other on top. My > > understanding is that Relative Layout (and FrameLayout) maintain a Z- > > ordering of children essentially each child is on a layer above the > > previous and will obscure previous children unless you tell it to do > > otherwise. You got lucky with your portrait layout. > > > You could consider trying the following : > > > 1/ Declare your button bar linear layout aligning it with the parent > > bottom. > > > 2/ Declare your other LinearLayout next aligning it's top with the > > parent and bottom with the button bar. > > > 3/ make this second linear layout scrollable with > > android:isScrollContainer="true" > > http://developer.android.com/intl/de/reference/android/view/View.html... > > > The idea is that your top linear layout will scroll if there is > > insufficient room and your layout will be more flexible to cope with > > more devices. > > > If this doesn't work try a ScrollView. > > > http://developer.android.com/intl/de/reference/android/widget/ScrollV... > > > Don't let any of this put you off RelativeLayout. They are extremely > > powerful and help to reduce the depth/levels of your view hierarchy. > > In fact, you might consider using a second relative layout which would > > allow you to get rid of all those nested LinearLayouts with one > > Relative Layout. They are trickier but definitely worth it. > > >http://developer.android.com/intl/de/resources/articles/layout-tricks... > > > Best Regards, > > > Geoff > > > -- > > 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 -- 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
