Re: [android-developers] Android Layouts Are Horrible

2011-04-04 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
I do that too, and it's a good way to know what's really going on in my layout files. Even then, the graphical editor is very useful for previews. -- Kostya 2011/4/4 Chris Stewart > I stick to writing my layouts by hand, as it's something that's not > terrible once you spend some time learning

Re: [android-developers] Android Layouts Are Horrible

2011-04-04 Thread Chris Stewart
I stick to writing my layouts by hand, as it's something that's not terrible once you spend some time learning how to do it. I felt overwhelmed at first too, but the more of it you do the better you get at it. -- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:51 PM, TreKing

Re: [android-developers] Android Layouts Are Horrible

2011-04-04 Thread TreKing
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:01 AM, grndvl1 wrote: > Why is it I spend more time dealing with the layout of items than > the actual coding of the program? > Maybe you don't know what you're doing or haven't spent enough time with the tool to use it properly? > The Eclipse Graphical Layout tool re

[android-developers] Android Layouts Are Horrible

2011-04-03 Thread grndvl1
Why is it I spend more time dealing with the layout of items than the actual coding of the program? The Eclipse Graphical Layout tool really blows as it has a ton of errors and can't handle simple things like italic text in textview, scrollviews... The layout parameters seem to be a hodge-podge o