Coming from the Windows world where the tools are really top notch, I have to agree with the sentiment (if not the presentation) of grndvl1 point. Really there should be no need to have to know the XML if you have a good designer tool. That tool is improving for sure, but it still has a long way to go.
On Apr 3, 10:01 pm, 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? 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 layout parameters > seem to be a hodge-podge of stuff thrown in there as an after thought, > seems it wasn't really planned out. They should have taken a lesson > from Java's crappy Gridbag layout and used or at least analyzed how > Miglayout fixed many issues with Java GUI's. I won't use any other > layout manager other than Miglayout. Anyway just venting here as I > spent the last 1hr fixing something that should be so simple in a > Scrollview/TableLayout/TableRow with ImageView and TextView in each > row. -- 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
