I do that too, and it's a good way to know what's really going on in my layout files.
Even then, the graphical editor is very useful for previews. -- Kostya 2011/4/4 Chris Stewart <cstewart...@gmail.com> > I stick to writing my layouts by hand, as it's something that's not > terrible once you spend some time learning how to do it. I felt overwhelmed > at first too, but the more of it you do the better you get at it. > > -- > Chris Stewart > http://chriswstewart.com > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:51 PM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:01 AM, grndvl1 <grnd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Why is it I spend more time dealing with the layout of items than >>> the actual coding of the program? >>> >> >> Maybe you don't know what you're doing or haven't spent enough time with >> the tool to use it properly? >> >> >>> The Eclipse Graphical Layout tool really blows as it has a ton of errors >>> and can't handle simple things like italic text in textview, scrollviews... >>> >> >> The ADT developers are pretty active on this list and are very responsive >> useful, valid, constructive criticism. "It blows" is not really useful. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago >> transit tracking app for Android-powered devices >> >> >> -- >> 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
