It *needs* a handle. It's not a bug, it's a requirement to make the widget work.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sheepz <eladk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > so you mean i have to put some content in it and only then it will be > visilble? even if this is true, it's still a bug - albeit with a much > lower severity... > i'll check it out and report back in a few. > > On Apr 30, 5:10 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: >> Do what the exception says: >> >> "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The handle attribute is required >> and must refer to a valid child." >> >> You need to define the widget to use as the handle of the drawer. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Sheepz <eladk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > when adding a slidingDrawer object to my application, i got this error >> > when trying to display it on the main.xml layout view >> > i used that view to create it as the bottommost component, and >> > immediatly got this message in the console window and the layout >> > stopped showing. >> > here is the exception: >> > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The handle attribute is required >> > and must refer to a valid child. >> > at android.widget.SlidingDrawer.<init>(SlidingDrawer.java:203) >> > at android.widget.SlidingDrawer.<init>(SlidingDrawer.java:180) >> > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0 >> > (Native >> > Method) >> > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance >> > (Unknown >> > Source) >> > at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance >> > (Unknown >> > Source) >> > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) >> > at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java: >> > 499) >> > at android.view.BridgeInflater.onCreateView >> > (BridgeInflater.java:77) >> > at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag >> > (LayoutInflater.java: >> > 562) >> > at android.view.BridgeInflater.createViewFromTag >> > (BridgeInflater.java: >> > 122) >> > at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java: >> > 617) >> > at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java: >> > 407) >> > at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java: >> > 296) >> > at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.computeLayout >> > (Bridge.java:371) >> > at >> > com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.layout.GraphicalLayoutEditor.computeLayout >> > (Unknown Source) >> > at >> > com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.layout.GraphicalLayoutEditor.recomputeLayout >> > (Unknown Source) >> > at com.android.ide.eclipse.editors.layout.GraphicalLayoutEditor >> > $2.run >> > (Unknown Source) >> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java: >> > 35) >> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages >> > (Synchronizer.java:133) >> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages >> > (Display.java: >> > 3800) >> > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch >> > (Display.java:3425) >> > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop >> > (Workbench.java: >> > 2384) >> > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java: >> > 2348) >> > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java: >> > 2200) >> > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:495) >> > at >> > org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault >> > (Realm.java:288) >> > at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench >> > (Workbench.java:490) >> > at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench >> > (PlatformUI.java: >> > 149) >> > at >> > org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start >> > (IDEApplication.java:113) >> > at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run >> > (EclipseAppHandle.java:193) >> > at >> > org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication >> > (EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) >> > at >> > org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start >> > (EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) >> > at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run >> > (EclipseStarter.java:386) >> > at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run >> > (EclipseStarter.java:179) >> > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) >> > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) >> > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown >> > Source) >> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) >> > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java: >> > 549) >> > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504) >> > at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236) >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> Android framework engineer >> romain...@android.com >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >> to provide private support. 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