Just use an AnimationSet containing several TranslateAnimation. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Nik Bhattacharya <[email protected]> wrote: > > What if I want to animate a view (lets say a button) in an "S" shape > from the top right of the screen to the bottom left of the screen? > Use a FrameLayout and then have a whole bunch of translate animations > that I have to hand-code? > > With a handler and an AbsoluteLayout, I can do this easily wherein at > each callback I change the x/y position of the view and redraw. Might > not be the most efficient way to draw, but atleast I can do it. > > Please let me know how I can achieve this without an AbsoluteLayout. > > Thanks, > Nik > > On Apr 29, 3:21 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Everything you can do with AbsoluteLayout can be done with FrameLayout >> and RelativeLayout. AbsoluteLayout was deprecated because its use >> encourage applications that will NOT work with devices with different >> screen dimensions/resolutions. As such we decided to deprecate >> AbsoluteLayout to encourage developers to do the right thing and use >> layouts that will work much better with other screen >> dimensions/resolutions. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:19 PM, nEx.Software <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > I'd like to know the reasoning behind the deprecation of this layout. >> > I suppose you could maybe pull the code from 1.1 and keep using it, I >> > don't see the FrameLayout or RelativeLayout being viable alternatives >> > despite being recommended in the docs. >> >> > On Apr 29, 1:12 pm, karthikr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> I have just realised that AbsoluteLayout has been deprecated in the >> >> latest sdk, however I have designed my apps based on AbsoluteLayout >> >> and it is very difficult for me to remove them and change it to a >> >> different layout. Can someone help me as to how I should proceed? >> >> Absolute layout was really helpful in positioning the elements to be >> >> accurate. One could always had different layout definitions for >> >> different screen sizes, and based on the current width and height the >> >> required layout can be set. Removing of AbsoluteLayout is creating a >> >> lot of frustration to me as I have already designed most of the >> >> things >> >> using it. Somebody please help me out. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> R.Karthik >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > >
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