Sorry, I meant /double/ the margins on older versions of Android.
On Jun 3, 3:33 pm, mp6800 <mport...@gmail.com> wrote: > Upon closer examination it looks like the older versions of Android > are using exactly half of the margin declared, but only for views that > are center aligned (vertically or horizontally). For example, if I > anchor an imagebutton to the right, then set a right margin of 10, it > works. But if I center the imagebutton and set a right margin of 10, > older versions of Android will set the margin to 5. I didn't realize > the numbers were wrong from the get-go (I used the visual layout tool > in the SDK), so I thought 2.2 was the culprit when my imagebuttons > were so spread out. > > I suppose the best way to handle this is to fix all the margin numbers > in my XML files, then programmatically divide the margins by half on > the centered imagebuttons for older versions of Android. Then if/when > the day comes when anything below 2.2 is no longer being used, just > remove that code. > > Unless a better solution presents itself, I'll stop talking to myself > now. > > On Jun 3, 3:11 pm, mp6800 <mport...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I guess the better question to ask is, how do I make the layout work > > on older versions of Android after I fix the margins for 2.2? Do I > > have to create a separate XML and put it in a "v8" layout dir? > > > On Jun 3, 12:35 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > They're not going too far. From what I can tell, your layout was > > > > relying on a broken behavior in previous versions of Android. > > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:33 AM, mp6800 <mport...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the reply. What about the positive margins? They're doing > > > > > the same thing (going too far in 2.2) > > > > > > On Jun 3, 12:26 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: > > > > >> You are using negative margins, which has an unspecified behavior. > > > > > >> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:48 AM, mp6800 <mport...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> > Some more info on this - Turns out it /does/ affect top & bottom as > > > > >> > well as left & right. I posted screenshots and a sample Eclipse > > > > >> > project here: > > > > > >> >http://www.anddev.org/view-layout-resource-problems-f27/layout-margin... > > > > > >> > -- > > > > >> > 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 > > > > > >> -- > > > > >> 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 > > > > > -- > > > > 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
