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user405821
user405821

Reputation: 1845

Set Custom Component Height/Width Programatically

I have a custom component where I know the width and height is always as follows: 

android:layout_width="fill_parent" 

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

I would like to avoid having to specify the width and height in XML since any other settings are wrong.

I've tried a lot of things, but nothing works. For example, this code doesn't work:

public class MyLayout extends ViewGroup {...

LayoutParams layoutParams = 
new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
setLayoutParams(layoutParams);

but no matter what I do, I get the exception message "You must supply a layout_width attribute." which goes away if I put back the XML layout_width, layout_height.

I've also tried to Override onFinishInflate(), but that never gets called. I tried inheriting from View, ViewGroup and TableLayout. I've tried calling getLayoutParams(), but it returns null.

How do I get my custom component to not need these specified in XML?

Please no snark.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3789

Answers (1)

Vinay
Vinay

Reputation: 2415

You have the answer,

LayoutParams layoutParams = new LayoutParams(width, height); setLayoutParams(layoutParams);

height and width are specified in px, dip, sp

Alternatively, some of them provide with setHeight and setWidth methods, you can use them.

Upvotes: 1

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