Re: [android-developers] Building an App with adjustable GUI

2012-05-10 Thread Jason Teagle
i want to develop an App with an flexible User Interface. The User choose 
an Element from
a given list and place it on the Screen.  Did anyone an example for this or 
do i have to start

from the ground?
The GUI should work like the Widget-Placement on the launchers. I'm 
thankful for every tip


I don't know of any examples without searching (which I'm sure you can do 
just as easily), but thinking about the view [that you will place the 
widgets on] for starters, you're going to need to create your own class to 
support placement at any point the user chooses - unless you plan to 'snap' 
the dragged components in to a known layout such as LinearLayout or 
RelativeLayout - but that would probably be very annoying for the user 
unless they're expecting it.


In the old days you could use AbsoluteLayout but that is deprecated since 
fixed layouts are not orientation / resolution / DPI-friendly.


Your next problem is going to be dragging the widget from the palette to the 
target view - which effectively means either somehow letting the widget have 
no parent while it is dragged, or perhaps creating some sort of 
representative drag image.


This is no small task!


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[android-developers] Building an App with adjustable GUI

2012-05-10 Thread Andre Schmidt
Hi,

i want to develop an App with an flexible User Interface. The User choose 
an Element from a given list and place it on the Screen.  Did anyone an 
example for this or do i have to start from the ground?
The GUI should work like the Widget-Placement on the launchers. I'm thankful
 for every tip
Regards
André

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