That totally makes sense (the 9 patch image).... And good idea about using the XML for the padding, why didn't I think of that? :)
Thanks again, Going to get going on this now... Kevin On Oct 22, 3:59 pm, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know this because I work on android.widget and android.view :) > > Anyway, you could simply set the padding programmatically but define > all the padding values in an XML file, like a dimens.xml, and extra > these values. This is not perfect but at least you don't hardcode your > padding. > > The reason why setting an image resets the padding is because 9-patch > images can encode padding. If missing, we assume a padding of 0. > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:40 PM, cyntacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Romain, > > > Awesome! Yes, I am setting the button image from within the code. I > > will have to do this programmatically since my design requires I set > > the image from the code. For example, my application has a "home" > > screen with 20 buttons on it. Each button represents a "category" and > > the user can select which categories they want to appear on the home > > screen from a set of 40. So, I can't hard code the images in the XML, > > they must be dynamic. > > > BUT, knowing this now makes me feel much better about keeping this in > > Java, since there is no other way!!! > > > Thanks so much for the reply, > > > Kevin > > > PS: Did you just know this, or was this documented somewhere that I > > missed? > > > Oct 22, 3:14 pm, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Are you setting the background and/or button image from your code? If > >> yes, this will override the padding. > > >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:12 PM, cyntacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Hi everyone, just wanted to give this a bump. Anyone have this > >> > problem? I really would like to include the padding in the XML so that > >> > the correct padding is loaded with the correct layout auto-magically. > >> > But without this I have to have this in the source.... > > >> > On Oct 21, 8:02 pm, cyntacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, > > >> >> This is a strange issue and I can't seem to figure out why it is > >> >> happening. I have a set of ImageButtons in my xml Layout (inside of a > >> >> Table/Row) which require padding. Here is a sample button: > > >> >> [code] > >> >> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/icon1" /> > >> >> [/code] > > >> >> I attempt to add padding to all 4 edges, like so: > > >> >> [code] > >> >> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/icon1" android:padding="5sp" /> > >> >> [/code] > > >> >> But it doesn't work. BUT, if I add the padding to the button > >> >> dynamically in the source, it does work. Like so: > > >> >> [code] > >> >> button.setPadding(5, 2, 5, 2); > >> >> [/code] > > >> >> Any ideas what is going on here? This is killing me because the last > >> >> thing I want to do is have the padding configured in the source, then > >> >> it would have to be the same for each layout or I would have to add > >> >> overhead into the code... > > >> >> As always, thanks for the help, > > >> >> Kevin > > >> -- > >> Romain Guywww.curious-creature.org > > -- > Romain Guywww.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
