Hi hackbod,
I really appreciate your help, I tried setting the style for the
linear layout but that doesn't seem to be a valid attribute?
android:style="?android:buttonStyle"
This is a compile time error. Any ideas?
Thanks!
On Apr 9, 10:53 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry I am stupid... you want to use style="?android:buttonStyle" or
> style="@android:style/Widget.Button". This is a style resource, which
> contains a whole collection of related attributes. For Widget.Button
> it looks something like this:
>
> <style name="Widget.Button">
> <item name="android:background">@android:drawable/btn_default</
> item>
> <item name="android:focusable">true</item>
> <item name="android:clickable">true</item>
> <item name="android:textAppearance">?android:attr/
> textAppearanceSmallInverse</item>
> <item name="android:textColor">?android:attr/
> textColorBrightInverse</item>
> <item name="android:gravity">center_vertical|
> center_horizontal</item>
> </style>
>
> The textAppearance and textColor attributes are relevant to TextView,
> so they will be ignored in the LinearLayout.
>
> On Apr 9, 5:19 pm, Mark Wyszomierski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi hackbod,
>
> > I tried with both your variations, with interesting results. Setting
> > the following:
>
> > android:background="?android:buttonStyle"
>
> > gives me a background of an indeterminate progress bar.
>
> > Trying:
>
> > android:background="@android:style/Widget.Button"
>
> > just gives me a runtime error:
>
> > "Bimary XML file line #38: Error inflating class
> > java.lang.reflect.Constructor"
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
>
> > On Apr 9, 5:31 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > If you want the standard button image, use android:background="?
> > > android:buttonStyle".
>
> > > This says to find the android platform buttonStyle in the current
> > > theme, and use that value for the background drawable resource. This
> > > is as opposed to android:background="@android:style/Widget.Button",
> > > which says to use that explicit resource as the background. (In the
> > > default black theme, android:buttonStyle is set to android:style/
> > > Widget.Button, so these boil down to the same thing. But by using
> > > the ? version, if you change to a different theme or make your own
> > > then the layout will get whatever value you specify in it.)
>
> > > On Apr 9, 2:12 pm, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Note: that code is from the Home application actually.
>
> > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Romain Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > They are application specific. It was just an example.
>
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Mark Wyszomierski <[EMAIL
> > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I see, hate to drag this on, but where are:
>
> > > > > > "@drawable/pressed_application_background_static"
>
> > > > > > -> pressed_application_background_static
>
> > > > > > being defined? Are those standard android images, or do I have to
> > > > > make
> > > > > > all those myself?
>
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Mark
>
> > > > > > On Apr 9, 3:55 pm, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > No, it's just a drawable. So you put it in
> > > > > > > res/drawable/my_background.xml for instance.
>
> > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Mark Wyszomierski <[EMAIL
> > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > That looks exactly like what I need.
>
> > > > > > > > Where exactly do you create that selector definition though,
> > > > > does that
> > > > > > > > go in the styles.xml file? Then you somehow set that as the
> > > > > background
> > > > > > > > of the LinearLayout instance? Right now I've simply defined
> > > > > my
> > > > > > > > LinearLayout in an xml file:
>
> > > > > > > > <LinearLayout
> > > > > xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
> > > > > > > > android"
> > > > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> > > > > > > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> > > > > > > > android:orientation="vertical">
>
> > > > > > > > .. other stuff
>
> > > > > > > > </LinearLayout>
>
> > > > > > > > so I just need to add the android:background attribute of
> > > > > the above
> > > > > > > > definition to point to that selector definition?
>
> > > > > > > > Thanks a lot,
> > > > > > > > Mark
>
> > > > > > > > On Apr 9, 2:27 pm, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > To do this you will need to give your LinearLayout a
> > > > > background that
> > > > > > > > > supports states. For instance:
>
> > > > > > > > > <selector
> > > > > xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";>
> > > > > > > > > <item android:state_focused="true"
> > > > > android:state_pressed="true"
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > android:drawable="@drawable/pressed_application_background_static" />
> > > > > > > > > <item android:state_focused="false"
> > > > > android:state_pressed="true"
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > android:drawable="@drawable/pressed_application_background_static" />
> > > > > > > > > <item android:state_focused="true"
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > android:drawable="@drawable/focused_application_background_static" />
> > > > > > > > > <item android:state_focused="false"
> > > > > > > > > android:drawable="@android:drawable/empty" />
> > > > > > > > > </selector>
>
> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Mark Wyszomierski <[EMAIL
> > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Hi Romain Guy,
>
> > > > > > > > > > The LinearLayout instance is indeed clickable, but is
> > > > > there a way to
> > > > > > > > > > get it to flash orange like a normal button? I guess
> > > > > that's the only
> > > > > > > > > > part missing to making it look more button-ish,
>
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > Mark
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Apr 9, 12:39 pm, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Actually there is. Home for instance uses a
> > > > > LinearLayout to create the
> > > > > > > > > > > buttons on the right. Simply call setClickable() and
> > > > > setFocusable() on
> > > > > > > > > > > your LinearLayout then add an OnClickListener.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Hielko <[EMAIL
> > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > It's possible to implement, but there is no
> > > > > default method that can do
> > > > > > > > > > > > that for you.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 9, 5:39 pm, Mark Wyszomierski <[EMAIL
> > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Everyone,
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there any way to make a whole LinearLayout
> > > > > instance behave like a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > big button, so it flashes when clicked?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Similar to an ImageButton, but I'd like to be
> > > > > able to set the entire
> > > > > > > > > > > > > layout as the button really.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark
>
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