android-xml

I'm trying to find a solution for the following problem. The application I work on requires a possibility for user to produce custom UI (layout of simple widgets) via custom UI builder. So, user may stack widgets (images, mostly. But TextViews and EditText, as well) on canvas, move them around, etc. UI have to be stored in a database for future use. So, there should be some mechanism for loading and inflating of this UI. This is the main problem. My first idea was to rely on standard Android layout mechanism. Unfortunately, the LayoutInflater works with XML compiled into a binary form. And as

To create a custom ToggleButton, I've defined a new style in /res/values/styles.xml : <style name="myToggleButton"> <item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item> <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item> <item name="android:textColor">#000000</item> <item name="android:background">@drawable/my_toggle_button</item> </style> and I then use a selector to specify how the button's states look in /res/drawable/my_toggle_button.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:state_checked="true">

I am trying to animate two layers of a drawable to achieve the effect of the post-Honeycomb indeterminate progress indicator. The XML is very straightforward but it would seem that only one layer will animate when run on platforms prior to Honeycomb. <layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item> <rotate android:drawable="@drawable/abs__spinner_48_outer_holo" android:pivotX="50%" android:pivotY="50%" android:fromDegrees="0" android:toDegrees="1080" /> </item> <item> <rotate android:drawable="@drawable/abs__spinner_48_inner_holo" android:pivotX="50%" android

In my Android java code, how can I reference the color "colorPrimary" set in my theme? I have the following theme definition: <!-- Application theme. --> <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme"> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/myColor1</item> <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/myColor2</item> <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/myColor3</item> <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/myColor4</item> </style> I could reference the color resource directly (R.color.myColor1), but I would prefer to reference the theme's primaryColor setting, so that it stays consistent if the

Suppose I have stored a 2 dimensional array in android resource as shown below. How can I get them in a java collection like Arraylist? <resources> <string-array name="countries_array"> <item> <name>Bahrain</name> <code>12345</code> </item> <item> <name>Bangladesh</name> <code>54545</code> </item> <item> <name>India</name> <code>54455</code> </item> </string-array> </resources> For example in case of 1 dimensional array we can do it using getResources().getStringArray(R.array.countries_array); When the countries_array is like <resources> <string-array name="countries_array"> <item>Bahrain<

I load an image into an ImageView using .setImageURI(selectedImageUri) that is retrieved from the user's photo gallery. I have the image view restrict the size with android:maxHeight="150dp" android:minHeight="150dp" android:maxWidth="150dp" android:minWidth="150dp" It's fine up until the you add the image from the gallery. The image then forgets about the max height and width. It is as wide as the display and there is a lot of space above and below the image. I had to add a scrollview just to see the image and scroll down. there is an even amount of space above and below. Has anyone run into