There is a bug indeed, the exception message says the "handle" is missing, but the "content" is missing. Check out the javadoc. I'll fix the exception message.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Sheepz <eladk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > okay, i might be missing something, the reason i think that this is a > bug is that if you use the supplied tool, and cannot avoid getting an > exception - it's a bug... > i don't see any way around it - the way to create this widget is: > a) create widget > b) get exception > c) fix error > d) populate it with the values you want > > by the way, i still havent gotten it to work on my app - here's the > code: > <TableLayout> > <LinearLayout> > ... > </LinearLayout> > > <SlidingDrawer android:id="@+id/SlidingDrawer01" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:handle="@+id/ > ImageView01"> > > <ImageView android:id="@+id/ImageView01" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/ahh"></ > ImageView> > > </SlidingDrawer> > </TableLayout> > > I guess i'm doing something wrong here - but i'm used to the whole > hierarchical way of things - why is this different in it's > implementation? > Thanks for the quick answers btw! > Sh. > (p.s. if you want to see the rest of the layout, it's available at: > http://code.google.com/p/bestcardgameever-android/ ) > > On Apr 30, 5:21 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: >> 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) >> >> >> -- >> >> 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