How can I do something like a FlowLayout in Android?

Question

How can I do something like a FlowLayout in Android?

Answer 1

Nice simple self-contained FlowLayout code here (just a few concise gist.github files):

http://hzqtc.github.io/2013/12/android-custom-layout-flowlayout.html

However, the activity there out of the box didn't work for me to load the custom layout.

I found this work-around [ using the 2-param .inflate() call from this example ]:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    // ..

    setContentView(R.layout.main_res_layout_activity_main);

    ViewGroup flowContainer = getFlowLayoutView(); 

    // ..
}

ViewGroup getFlowLayoutView()
{
    LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();

    ViewGroup flowLayout = 
        (ViewGroup)
            inflater.inflate(
                    R.layout.main_res_layout_activity_main,
                    (FlowLayout) findViewById(R.id.flow_container)
            );

    return flowLayout;
}