Hi guys, I have created an app that also contains a preference activity, that uses the xml/preferences.xml file.
Apart from the regular controls, I also want to include some explanatory text, that isn't part of any of the control summaries. I haven't found any good way of doing this, so I decided to create my own preference control. This uses a layout fragment, that looks like this [CODE] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="_this_should_be_a_namespace_but_no_links_allowd_http_schemas.android.com_apk_res_android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical"> <TextView android:id="@+id/textView" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/margin_l" android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/margin_l" android:text="@string/long_explanation" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="center"></TextView> </LinearLayout> [/CODE] I have then created a java class that extends [B]android.preference.Preference[/B] and in the contructors set: [CODE]this.setWidgetLayoutResource(R.layout.preferences_textview_fragment); [/CODE] This works fine... only the text is too long to fit in the preference item. The item does not grow with the amount of text I write. It stays fixed. I then tried to override the getView() method like this, but that didn't make any difference. [CODE]@Override public View getView(final View convertView, final ViewGroup parent) { final View v = super.getView(convertView, parent); final int height = AbsListView.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT; final int width = AbsListView.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT; final AbsListView.LayoutParams params = new AbsListView.LayoutParams(height, width); v.setLayoutParams(params ); return v; }[/CODE] Can anyone help me out here and tell me what I am doing wrong... apart from wanting to put legal text in the preference section? All help is appreciated! Jay -- 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