You're probably looking to resolve the attribute by passing it through the current theme. Something like this might work:
TypedValue outValue = new TypedValue(); context.getTheme().resolveAttribute(android.R.attr.scrollbarThumbVertical, outValue, true); getResources().getDrawable(outValue.resourceId); j On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Peter Carpenter <peter.carpen...@skytechnologies.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Hopefully this is a simple one. > > My application requires me to draw a scrollbar myself (and include the > old-school physical up/down buttons. I can't do this via XML as all of > my screens are generated on the fly by data received over a socket. Like > a web browser. > > Now the drawables I'm after are "scrollbar_vertical.9" and > "scrollbar_handle_vertical.9" however these are no longer visible in > the SDK. > I've been poking around and found that > "android.R.attr.scrollbarThumbVertical" seems to describe what I'm > after, however if I try to load this using > "getResources().getDrawable(android.R.attr.scrollbarThumbVertical)" I > get a Resources$NotFoundException... > > All of the scrollbar parameters in view are protected, but not visible > because the sdk jar file purposely hides them. Grrr! > Ie - ScrollBarDrawable is exactly the class I want, but I quote from the > file: > " * For now, we'll hide it so it can be cleaned up later. > * {...@hide}" > > Does anyone know how I can get the standard scrollbar drawables or am I > really going to have to copy them in as my own resources? > > Peter. > > > > > > > > -- Jeff Sharkey jshar...@google.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---