Then that's what I'll do. Moving the triangle around randomly isn't very important. Thanks all.
On Mar 29, 10:29 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > No, use a 9-patch. That said, if you want to actually position the triangle > at different places in the border you probably will need to give up on just > setting a custom background drawable and have to draw your own background > with things positioned where you want. > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Nick Longinow <nicklongi...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > I'm looking for something more like a <shape> where the vertices are > > set to like a rectangle, but with one side that has a triangle shape > > coming out of it. I believe I create this as a drawable in the XML > > layout, and then set the Dialog to use this drawable as the > > background. True so far? > > > On Mar 27, 11:01 pm, Hari Edo <hari....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If you mean like the SMS app, you can do that with a .9.png > > > image file, also called a "Nine Patch." > > > >http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html#n... > > > > On Mar 27, 10:34 pm, Nick Longinow <nicklongi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Like a balloon-style dialog, with one side of the dialog having a > > > > triangle coming out of it so that the dialog appears to point to some > > > > portion of the screen. I've seen these in alot of apps - what is the > > > > basic idea here? Is it use of shapes and themes? Any simple examples > > > > out there?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
