To really understand why the xml is behaving the way it is, we'd
probably need to see more of the xml file. For example, what are the
parent xml objects using?
-Kitzy
On Apr 13, 3:28 am, "jrichards1...@googlemail.com"
<jrichards1...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi. does anybody have any idea please on how to set the size of my
> custom view using android:layout_height and android:layout_width?
>
> On Apr 5, 7:38 pm, "jrichards1...@googlemail.com"
>
> <jrichards1...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > As the title says, i am trying to use acustomviewi have created
> > andinitializingthe size of it using the abovexmlcode snippet located
> > inside my layout folder.:
>
> > <com.Resources.Gui.ScrollingText android:id="@+id/rss"
> > android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> > android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
> > android:layout_width="wrap_content" />
>
> > The height and width of mycustomviewdoesnt seem to work. i have to
> > manualy hard code it to adjust and see mycustomviewusing the bit of
> > code below located on my main activity class:
>
> > rssText = (ScrollingText) findViewById(R.id.rss);
> > rssText.setWidthHeight(200,50);
>
> > Code below is the ScrollingText methods.
>
> > Constructor:
> > public ScrollingText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
> > super(context, attrs);
>
> > textPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
> > textPaint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
> > textBoxPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
> > textBoxPaint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
> > textPaint.setTextSize(20);
>
> > }
>
> > public void setWidthHeight(int width, int height){
> > this.height = height;
> > this.width = width;
> > }
>
> > private void drawTextBox(Canvas c) {
>
> > // TODO: Experiment with these co-ordinates
> > c.drawRect(10, 0, width - 10, height, textBoxPaint);
>
> > }
>
> > private void drawTextRss(Canvas c) {
> > int textHeight = (int) textPaint.getTextSize();
> > printDebug("text height = "+ textHeight);
> > c.drawText(text, 10, height + 10, textPaint);
> > //c.drawText("Hello, why doesnt this work????????????", 10,
> > 50,
> > textPaint);
> > }
>
> > @Override
> > protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
> > // TODO Auto-generated method stub
> > super.onDraw(canvas);
> > drawTextBox(canvas);
> > drawTextRss(canvas);
> > setVisibility(VISIBLE);
> > }
>
> > @Override
> > protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int
> > heightMeasureSpec)
> > {
>
> > setMeasuredDimension(width,height);
> > }
>
> > I hope my explanations and code is enough to help me figure out how i
> > can set the size of thecustomviewfrom thexmllayout file.
>
> > Not sure why android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> > android:layout_width="wrap_content" doesnt ??????
>
>
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