Yea i tried that already and diddnt work at all
On Apr 6, 10:37 am, Yahel <kaye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Not sure at all but try to make sure you call the super.onXXX in each
> method you override.
> So that Android can works its magic before you do your own things
> Like in your onMeasure
>
> Yahel
>
> On 6 avr, 10:41, "jrichards1...@googlemail.com"
>
>
>
> <jrichards1...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Bump, any suggestions? thanks
>
> > On Apr 5, 7:32 pm, "jrichards1...@googlemail.com"
>
> > <jrichards1...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > As the title says, i am trying to use a custom view i have created and
> > > initializing the size of it using the above xml code snippet located
> > > inside my layout folder.:
>
> > > <com.Resources.Gui.ScrollingText android:id="@+id/rss"
> > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> > > android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
> > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" />
>
> > > The height and width of my custom view doesnt seem to work. i have to
> > > manualy hard code it to adjust and see my custom view using the bit of
> > > code below located on my main activity class:
>
> > > rssText = (ScrollingText) findViewById(R.id.rss);
> > > rssText.setWidthHeight(200,50);
>
> > > Code below is the ScrollingText methods.
>
> > > Constructor:
> > > public ScrollingText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
> > > super(context, attrs);
>
> > > textPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
> > > textPaint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
> > > textBoxPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
> > > textBoxPaint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
> > > textPaint.setTextSize(20);
>
> > > }
>
> > > public void setWidthHeight(int width, int height){
> > > this.height = height;
> > > this.width = width;
> > > }
>
> > > private void drawTextBox(Canvas c) {
>
> > > // TODO: Experiment with these co-ordinates
> > > c.drawRect(10, 0, width - 10, height, textBoxPaint);
>
> > > }
>
> > > private void drawTextRss(Canvas c) {
> > > int textHeight = (int) textPaint.getTextSize();
> > > printDebug("text height = "+ textHeight);
> > > c.drawText(text, 10, height + 10, textPaint);
> > > //c.drawText("Hello, why doesnt this work????????????",
> > > 10, 50,
> > > textPaint);
> > > }
>
> > > @Override
> > > protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
> > > // TODO Auto-generated method stub
> > > super.onDraw(canvas);
> > > drawTextBox(canvas);
> > > drawTextRss(canvas);
> > > setVisibility(VISIBLE);
> > > }
>
> > > @Override
> > > protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int
> > > heightMeasureSpec)
> > > {
>
> > > setMeasuredDimension(width,height);
> > > }
>
> > > I hope my explanations and code is enough to help me figure out how i
> > > can set the size of the custom view from the xml layout file.
>
> > > Not sure why android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" doesnt ??????
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