Works great, thank you very much! I though the layout_height parameter only accepted "wrap_content" or "fill_content" as values (not actual units), which was...stupid of me :-)!
I will change the AbsoluteLayout to a RelativeLayout. Thanks again, Niko On Jul 26, 4:08 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > niko001 wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am using aScrollViewas a child of an AbsoluteLayout to display a > > list of items inside this AbsoluteLayout. Because theScrollViewis > > embedded in the AbsoluteLayout's design, I want to restrict it's size > > to fit the assigned area. Is there any way to set the height of the > >ScrollViewor of the RelativeLayout that is the child of my > >ScrollView? > > > My layout.xml (with just the important tags): > > > <AbsoluteLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" /> > > <...some TextViews...> > > > <ScrollViewandroid:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"> > > <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content"> > > <...some TextViews that I want to be able to scroll, all > > with wrap_content...> > > </RelativeLayout> > > </ScrollView> > > > <...again, some TextViews in the main layout...> > > </AbsoluteLayout> > > > To make it clearer, I have uploaded two images of what I am trying to > > do: > >http://drop.io/v8qobow/asset/current-jpg > >http://drop.io/v8qobow/asset/goal-jpg > > 1. android:layout_height="wrap_content" is meaningless for scrollable > things likeScrollViewand ListView. Try using a concrete height. > > 2. Why are you using AbsoluteLayout in this case? The class is > deprecated, and from those JPEGs, it would not seem as if AbsoluteLayout > is, er, absolutely required. For example, if you used RelativeLayout, > you could specify yourScrollViewas coming between some of the other > items (e.g., above and below those TextViews), and therefore you could > get a concrete height that way. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Looking for Android opportunities?http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
