[android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout

2011-04-22 Thread Albert
I wasnt implementing the standard dashboard since I had an x numbers of "items" plus I wanted to add a button below the dashboard that would take the whole width - couldnt use a GridView since I wanted that button to scroll with the dashboard. I used a LinearLayout as the row with 2 containers lef

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout

2011-04-22 Thread Mark Murphy
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Robert Louden wrote: > Mark, that was one of the examples that I used when researching on how to > create a dashboard; very useful. They use a LinearLayout to organize the > dashboard. Well, actually, I was referring to (*cough*) my answer on that question, linkin

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout

2011-04-22 Thread Robert Louden
Mark, that was one of the examples that I used when researching on how to create a dashboard; very useful. They use a LinearLayout to organize the dashboard. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > Also, see: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4981430/dashboard-layout-pattern >

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout

2011-04-22 Thread Mark Murphy
Also, see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4981430/dashboard-layout-pattern On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Robert Louden wrote: > Ah, the dynamic part makes sense for a GridView. I've seen a ScrollView also > be used with a LinearLayout template, so I guess it really is preference at > that

Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout

2011-04-22 Thread Robert Louden
Ah, the dynamic part makes sense for a GridView. I've seen a ScrollView also be used with a LinearLayout template, so I guess it really is preference at that point. I must say that I never thought of using a ListView for the dashboard. I'm not even sure how. Do you use two views in each list row?

[android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout

2011-04-22 Thread Albert
My guess is that you would want to use a LinearLayout if the dashboard will be static (you know before hand where everything goes) and prefer a GridView if you have a dynamic dashboard - maybe you will even want it to scroll (like places in Google Maps) Now I have actually used a ListView in my ap