Many thanks Jon I found that if I just put the namespace in front of the EditTextEx in the axml it works i.e. "<agar14.EditTextEx"></agar14.EditTextEx"> doesn't seem to like the fully qualified com.murray.Agar14 (yes I made the mistake of the namespace starting with a lowercase 'a' whereas the package has a "A" :-(
much appreciated John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Pryor Sent: 14 October 2011 16:14 To: [email protected]; Discussions related to Mono for Android Subject: Re: [mono-android] an old basic question How to stop the softinput appearing on an Edit text On Oct 14, 2011, at 10:55 AM, John Murray wrote: > Sorry to admit I don't know how to get at the logcat http://docs.xamarin.com/android/advanced_topics/android_debug_log > depdate = FindViewById<EditTextEx>(Resource.Id.depdate); > > does one have to specify the subclass in the xml? Yes. The type that you specify in the FindViewById<T>() call must be the class or a base class of the type specified in the XML. If your XML uses <EditText/>, then you need to use FindViewById<EditText>() or some base class of EditText (e.g. View). Thus, if you want to use an EditTextEx, you must use EditTextEx in the .axml: http://docs.xamarin.com/android/getting_started/hello_glcube?highlight=eleme nt#Activity_Startup It's somewhat obtuse (we need better docs here), but to use a custom type in your .axml you need to use the fully qualified _Java_ ACW name of your type, which is (usually) the lower-cased namespace and your normal type name: <your.namespace.here.EditTextEx /> If you're not sure what the package name is, after a build look within the obj\Debug\android\src directory for the EditTextEx.java file, and use the value of the `package` statement. - Jon _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
