That is a much better answer. I can certainly live with that. Nik
On Apr 30, 6:32 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > Then write a custom Animation class, which should not be different > than what you are doing already. > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Nik Bhattacharya > > > > <nik.bhattacha...@frogdesign.com> wrote: > > > So if I have a fine grained animation that moves along a complex > > curve, I will have to have potentially hundreds of translate > > animations in my anim file? Just to implement the S movement, along a > > HVGA screen, I could see a lot of linear translate animations in the > > animation set. How long will the xml parser take to even read the > > file leave alone animating. Not sure I entirely agree with this > > method for complex animations. > > > Nik > > > On Apr 30, 5:48 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > >> Just use an AnimationSet containing several TranslateAnimation. > > >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Nik Bhattacharya > > >> <nik.bhattacha...@frogdesign.com> 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 <romain...@google.com> 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 > >> >> <justin.shapc...@gmail.com> 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 <karthik.scintill...@gmail.com> 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 > >> >> romain...@android.com > > >> >> 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 > > >> -- > >> 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. All such questions should be posted on > >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > -- > 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. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
