What does FrameLayout do?

Question

I\'m new to programming. I was using Graphical Layout then when I was reading xml file, I saw FrameLayout. Then I searched, but I couldn\'t find something useful. What is Fr

Answer 1

FrameLayout is the simplest implementation of ViewGroup. Child views are drawn are in a stack, where the latest added view is drawn at the top. Usually you can use one of the next approaches or combine them:

1. Add a single view hierarchy into FrameLayout
2. Add multiple children and use android:layout_gravity to navigate them

Another popular approaches of using FrameLayout:

• as a Fragment container
• as an ancestor of your custom ViewGroup