Ok, thanks to the both of you. On Sep 3, 10:40 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Lance Nanek <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've seen it done for fixed size buttons entirely in XML just by using > > FrameLayout, which overlaps all its children. Inside the FrameLayout > > you put the button and another layout with the content, then tweak the > > sizes/padding/margins such that the content looks like it is in the > > button when really it is above the button. The content isn't > > clickable, so touching it touches the button behind it. If I had to do > > a content sized one and couldn't figure out how to do it entirely in > > XML, I'd probably still steal the same approach, I'd just set the size > > of the button via code after the layout is sized to the content. That > > doesn't require any code merging, just managing the size of a button > > child in a custom layout subclass. > > You should be able to accomplish the same trick with a RelativeLayout, > which may be easier to manage, since you can position the pieces > relative to each other, rather than having to calculate absolute > coordinates for margins with FrameLayout. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available!
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