Re: [android-developers] How to build row item child views that can overlap rows, for a custom calendar application
Thanks Mark, BTW, I love the Commonsware book series, I use them all the time. I have a somewhat unrelated question, but depending on the answer, I think it might provide another solution to this problem. How are ContextMenus and Dialogs displayed on the screen. They seem to live outside any ViewGroup, and are attached to the Window instead. What if the Events sit above the ListItems, in the same way that a context menu would? I'm going to go through the example ios scheduler app and see how it's done there. Thank you, David Thursday, May 3, 2012 9:47:41 AM UTC-4, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:40 AM, duadinam somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: 1) If each hour slot is a single row in a ListView, how do you create events that cross rows? It seems you would have to have views that belong to two parents, which doesn't seem possible. That's not necessarily the case. You could have several rows that look like they form one contiguous event (e.g., colored bubble), even though they are composed of multiple row views. You would have four basic row styles for rows with an event: - One where the entire event fits in the row (whole bubble) - One where the row is the beginning of the event (top of the bubble) - One where the row is the end of the event (bottom of the bubble) - One where the row is in the middle of the event So long as the widths and colors and such are set up properly, the user will see one tall bubble instead of perceiving distinct rows. 2) Along the same line, how would you create 2 events in a one-hour slot? Can you populate one row in a ListView with two items? You can make a single ListView row be as complicated as you wish. However, from the standpoint of the Adapter, you cannot have two adapter positions in one row of a ListView. So, you would not have an EventsAdapter, but an HoursAdapter. You would need that anyway, to handle hours without any events. Any suggestions or ideas? Port the iosched timeline to a standalone component and use that: http://code.google.com/p/iosched/ -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- 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
Re: [android-developers] How to build row item child views that can overlap rows, for a custom calendar application
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM, duadinam somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, I love the Commonsware book series, I use them all the time. Thanks! What if the Events sit above the ListItems, in the same way that a context menu would? Then you would not be able to interact with things other than the events, just as you cannot interact with the UI of an activity while the foreground is occupied by a context menu. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! -- 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
Re: [android-developers] How to build row item child views that can overlap rows, for a custom calendar application
Thanks Mark, I've given up on that solution. But I'm just wondering...how does Android display notifactions and context menu's? Is it placed directly on the FrameLayout of the Window? Or is it something else? Thank you for your help, and you're support of the community. David On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM, duadinam somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, I love the Commonsware book series, I use them all the time. Thanks! What if the Events sit above the ListItems, in the same way that a context menu would? Then you would not be able to interact with things other than the events, just as you cannot interact with the UI of an activity while the foreground is occupied by a context menu. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! -- 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 -- 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
Re: [android-developers] How to build row item child views that can overlap rows, for a custom calendar application
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:31 PM, David Ozersky somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: I've given up on that solution. But I'm just wondering...how does Android display notifactions and context menu's? Is it placed directly on the FrameLayout of the Window? Or is it something else? Sorry, but I have never really looked at the underlying implementation of those aspects of Android. Thank you for your help, and you're support of the community. You are very welcome! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! -- 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
Re: [android-developers] How to build row item child views that can overlap rows, for a custom calendar application
Hi, Have a look at: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications.html http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html Thanks, Mike On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:31 PM, David Ozersky somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Mark, I've given up on that solution. But I'm just wondering...how does Android display notifactions and context menu's? Is it placed directly on the FrameLayout of the Window? Or is it something else? Thank you for your help, and you're support of the community. David On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM, duadinam somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, I love the Commonsware book series, I use them all the time. Thanks! What if the Events sit above the ListItems, in the same way that a context menu would? Then you would not be able to interact with things other than the events, just as you cannot interact with the UI of an activity while the foreground is occupied by a context menu. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
Re: [android-developers] How to build row item child views that can overlap rows, for a custom calendar application
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:40 AM, duadinam somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: 1) If each hour slot is a single row in a ListView, how do you create events that cross rows? It seems you would have to have views that belong to two parents, which doesn't seem possible. That's not necessarily the case. You could have several rows that look like they form one contiguous event (e.g., colored bubble), even though they are composed of multiple row views. You would have four basic row styles for rows with an event: - One where the entire event fits in the row (whole bubble) - One where the row is the beginning of the event (top of the bubble) - One where the row is the end of the event (bottom of the bubble) - One where the row is in the middle of the event So long as the widths and colors and such are set up properly, the user will see one tall bubble instead of perceiving distinct rows. 2) Along the same line, how would you create 2 events in a one-hour slot? Can you populate one row in a ListView with two items? You can make a single ListView row be as complicated as you wish. However, from the standpoint of the Adapter, you cannot have two adapter positions in one row of a ListView. So, you would not have an EventsAdapter, but an HoursAdapter. You would need that anyway, to handle hours without any events. Any suggestions or ideas? Port the iosched timeline to a standalone component and use that: http://code.google.com/p/iosched/ -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- 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
Re: [android-developers] How to build row item child views that can overlap rows, for a custom calendar application
Hi, The day and week views are custom drawn i.e. line by line, rect by rect, etc. It does not use a ListView. The agenda view uses a ListView. One row per header or event. Nothing spans across multiple rows. The month view (starting in Honeycomb, I believe) uses a ListView. One row per week. Each week is custom drawn. Are you doing any custom drawing? How do you plan to handle events that overlaps in time? e.g. 1pm - 3pm 1pm - 2pm Thanks, Mike On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:40 AM, duadinam somethingcleve...@gmail.com wrote: 1) If each hour slot is a single row in a ListView, how do you create events that cross rows? It seems you would have to have views that belong to two parents, which doesn't seem possible. That's not necessarily the case. You could have several rows that look like they form one contiguous event (e.g., colored bubble), even though they are composed of multiple row views. You would have four basic row styles for rows with an event: - One where the entire event fits in the row (whole bubble) - One where the row is the beginning of the event (top of the bubble) - One where the row is the end of the event (bottom of the bubble) - One where the row is in the middle of the event So long as the widths and colors and such are set up properly, the user will see one tall bubble instead of perceiving distinct rows. 2) Along the same line, how would you create 2 events in a one-hour slot? Can you populate one row in a ListView with two items? You can make a single ListView row be as complicated as you wish. However, from the standpoint of the Adapter, you cannot have two adapter positions in one row of a ListView. So, you would not have an EventsAdapter, but an HoursAdapter. You would need that anyway, to handle hours without any events. Any suggestions or ideas? Port the iosched timeline to a standalone component and use that: http://code.google.com/p/iosched/ -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- 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 -- 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
