Thank you very much for the authoritative reply. Hopefully this capability is being considered for the 2.0 SDK or earlier.
Thanks, Free Beachler On Dec 13, 11:13 pm, "Dianne Hackborn" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, right now we don't have a way for libraries bundle their own > resources. This is definitely a big hole that needs to be filled, but I > don't know when that will happen. > > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 2:14 PM, tenacious <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How can I distribute custom components which have custom attributes to > > other projects? Is it possible to define my custom attributes in code > > (versus xml) which would make it easier to compile the entire > > component into a JAR without the need for the host project to define > > attributes in XML? What am I missing? > > > For example I have a custom component and I want to package it as a > > JAR for easy use in projects. My custom component relies on a custom > > attribute that I've defined in res/values/attrs.xml like so: > > <declare-styleable name="MyComponent"> > > <attr name="startIndex" format="integer" /> > > </declare-styleable> > > > Where I get lost is...Does every project that uses my component need > > to add/modify it's attrs.xml to have the "startIndex" definition? > > > I've been attempting various approaches. It seems like ultimately > > attributes belong to the package namespace - which would cause obvious > > problems for the way I'm trying to distribute my component. Will I > > really have to tell all my users to edit their attrs.xml? > > > Any help is appreciated. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
