AbsoluteLayout

public class AbsoluteLayout
extends ViewGroup

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.View
     ↳ android.view.ViewGroup
       ↳ android.widget.AbsoluteLayout


This class was deprecated in API level 3.
Use FrameLayout, RelativeLayout or a custom layout instead.

A layout that lets you specify exact locations (x/y coordinates) of its children. Absolute layouts are less flexible and harder to maintain than other types of layouts without absolute positioning.

XML attributes

See ViewGroup Attributes, View Attributes

Summary

Nested classes

class AbsoluteLayout.LayoutParams

Per-child layout information associated with AbsoluteLayout. 

Inherited XML attributes

Inherited constants

Inherited fields

Public constructors

AbsoluteLayout(Context context)
AbsoluteLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
AbsoluteLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr)
AbsoluteLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes)

Public methods

ViewGroup.LayoutParams generateLayoutParams(AttributeSet attrs)

Returns a new set of layout parameters based on the supplied attributes set.

boolean shouldDelayChildPressedState()

Return true if the pressed state should be delayed for children or descendants of this ViewGroup.

Protected methods

boolean checkLayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams p)
ViewGroup.LayoutParams generateDefaultLayoutParams()

Returns a set of layout parameters with a width of ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, a height of ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT and with the coordinates (0, 0).

ViewGroup.LayoutParams generateLayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams p)

Returns a safe set of layout parameters based on the supplied layout params.

void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b)

Called from layout when this view should assign a size and position to each of its children.

void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec)

Measure the view and its content to determine the measured width and the measured height.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

AbsoluteLayout

Added in API level 1
public AbsoluteLayout (Context context)

Parameters
context Context

AbsoluteLayout

Added in API level 1
public AbsoluteLayout (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

AbsoluteLayout

Added in API level 1
public AbsoluteLayout (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

AbsoluteLayout

Added in API level 1
public AbsoluteLayout (Context context, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                int defStyleAttr, 
                int defStyleRes)

Parameters
context Context

attrs AttributeSet

defStyleAttr int

defStyleRes int

Public methods

generateLayoutParams

Added in API level 1
public ViewGroup.LayoutParams generateLayoutParams (AttributeSet attrs)

Returns a new set of layout parameters based on the supplied attributes set.

Parameters
attrs AttributeSet: the attributes to build the layout parameters from

Returns
ViewGroup.LayoutParams an instance of ViewGroup.LayoutParams or one of its descendants

shouldDelayChildPressedState

Added in API level 14
Deprecated in API level 3
public boolean shouldDelayChildPressedState ()

Return true if the pressed state should be delayed for children or descendants of this ViewGroup. Generally, this should be done for containers that can scroll, such as a List. This prevents the pressed state from appearing when the user is actually trying to scroll the content. The default implementation returns true for compatibility reasons. Subclasses that do not scroll should generally override this method and return false.

Returns
boolean

Protected methods

checkLayoutParams

Added in API level 1
protected boolean checkLayoutParams (ViewGroup.LayoutParams p)

Parameters
p ViewGroup.LayoutParams

Returns
boolean

generateDefaultLayoutParams

Added in API level 1
protected ViewGroup.LayoutParams generateDefaultLayoutParams ()

Returns a set of layout parameters with a width of ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, a height of ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT and with the coordinates (0, 0).

Returns
ViewGroup.LayoutParams a set of default layout parameters or null

generateLayoutParams

Added in API level 1
protected ViewGroup.LayoutParams generateLayoutParams (ViewGroup.LayoutParams p)

Returns a safe set of layout parameters based on the supplied layout params. When a ViewGroup is passed a View whose layout params do not pass the test of checkLayoutParams(android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams), this method is invoked. This method should return a new set of layout params suitable for this ViewGroup, possibly by copying the appropriate attributes from the specified set of layout params.

Parameters
p ViewGroup.LayoutParams: The layout parameters to convert into a suitable set of layout parameters for this ViewGroup.

Returns
ViewGroup.LayoutParams an instance of ViewGroup.LayoutParams or one of its descendants

onLayout

Added in API level 1
protected void onLayout (boolean changed, 
                int l, 
                int t, 
                int r, 
                int b)

Called from layout when this view should assign a size and position to each of its children. Derived classes with children should override this method and call layout on each of their children.

Parameters
changed boolean: This is a new size or position for this view

l int: Left position, relative to parent

t int: Top position, relative to parent

r int: Right position, relative to parent

b int: Bottom position, relative to parent

onMeasure

Added in API level 1
protected void onMeasure (int widthMeasureSpec, 
                int heightMeasureSpec)

Measure the view and its content to determine the measured width and the measured height. This method is invoked by measure(int, int) and should be overridden by subclasses to provide accurate and efficient measurement of their contents.

CONTRACT: When overriding this method, you must call setMeasuredDimension(int, int) to store the measured width and height of this view. Failure to do so will trigger an IllegalStateException, thrown by measure(int, int). Calling the superclass' onMeasure(int, int) is a valid use.

The base class implementation of measure defaults to the background size, unless a larger size is allowed by the MeasureSpec. Subclasses should override onMeasure(int, int) to provide better measurements of their content.

If this method is overridden, it is the subclass's responsibility to make sure the measured height and width are at least the view's minimum height and width (getSuggestedMinimumHeight() and getSuggestedMinimumWidth()).

Parameters
widthMeasureSpec int: horizontal space requirements as imposed by the parent. The requirements are encoded with View.MeasureSpec.

heightMeasureSpec int: vertical space requirements as imposed by the parent. The requirements are encoded with View.MeasureSpec.