I wasnt implementing the standard dashboard since I had an x numbers of "items" plus I wanted to add a button below the dashboard that would take the whole width - couldnt use a GridView since I wanted that button to scroll with the dashboard.
I used a LinearLayout as the row with 2 containers left & right and they both cover the whole width of the device. On Apr 22, 10:26 pm, Robert Louden <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, the dynamic part makes sense for a GridView. I've seen a ScrollView also > be used with a LinearLayout template, so I guess it really is preference at > that point. > > I must say that I never thought of using a ListView for the dashboard. I'm > not even sure how. Do you use two views in each list row? What benefit do > you see with using the ListView? > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Albert <[email protected]> wrote: > > My guess is that you would want to use a LinearLayout if the dashboard > > will be static (you know before hand where everything goes) and prefer > > a GridView if you have a dynamic dashboard - maybe you will even want > > it to scroll (like places in Google Maps) > > > Now I have actually used a ListView in my app's dashboard - is just > > slightly different as I got a "profile" section that takes the full > > width: > > >https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-<https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-...> > > 0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 > > > cant see how I can get that using a gridview. > > > - Alberto > > > On Apr 22, 7:13 pm, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Following the dashboard interface from the Google I/O 2010 conference< > >http://code.google.com/p/iosched/>, > > > I see that they use a LinearLayout to make the dashboard. Other examples > > > also use this style. I was wondering why wouldn't you use a GridView > > > instead, seeing that it's mostly organized for you already? You can also > > > more easily set a listener for the entire GridView, as oppose to > > > individually writing a line of code for setting a listener for each > > button. > > > Does it really matter or is there any difference? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
