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Ben Millen
751 PointsCrystal Ball Mod Advice
ok i have another question (wasnt sure if i should start a new post)
so im up to here... "Android Development > Build a Simple Android App > Pretty Little Things > Positioning Text Using a Linear Layout"
now ill admit im straying from the original design, im using a different picture and the crystal ball is smaller and slightly to the left bottom of the screen
how do i position the text,layout,view etc if i dont want it central
(btw ive seen the next section on animation and im happy i can create a new anim to go with it)
2 Answers
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherCopying from other thread:
Cool - glad you're experimenting!
So we are using a RelativeLayout, meaning that everything inside needs to be relative to the layout borders or something else inside the layout. What you probably want to set first are the "layout alignment" properties. Select the TextView or whatever in the Graphical Layout editor, and then in the Properties pane, expand "Layout Parameters." There are a group that begin with "Align" that allow you to align to the parent (the RelativeLayout itself) or to other items by their IDs.
You can also center and set margins by expanding "Margins" to hopefully get things right where you want them.
For a full list of parameters you can look at the documentation for RelativeLayout.
If this isn't enough information, post more specific questions in here and I or other members can hopefully help.
Ben Millen
751 PointsThanks for the reply on this and the other thread. Ill have a play :)