Hi all,
I wrote a program a while back, and it works fine on gingerbread/froyo, but running on ICS, it breaks. the layout editor in eclipse displays it the way i expect, when using the android 4.0[.3]/theme.DeviceDefault.Dialog. However, when I load my program on to the galaxy nexus (or emulator), the dialog displays one column correctly, then squishes the other.
any help appreciated!!
quick description: i have two columns of form data (each column contains a text label & text input, each 125dp wide). so the whole layout should be ~500dp wide (each of the two columns is 250dp wide). see the attached screenshots for the expected layout on gingerbread vs the broken layout on ics.
manifest file (relative portion):
Code:
<activity android:name="EditRecord"
android:label="Edit Record"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog"
>
.....
</activity>
main layout file (landscape):
Code:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:id="@+id/root">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingRight="5dp">
<include
layout="@layout/edit_record_top" />
</ScrollView>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingRight="5dp">
<include
layout="@layout/edit_record_bottom" />
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Left column of layout (truncated to just show one row):
Code:
<merge
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="125dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/odo_label"
android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/odo_reading"
android:id="@+id/odo_label" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="125dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/odo_label"
android:id="@+id/odo_reading" />
....
</RelativeLayout>
</merge>
Right column of layout:
Code:
<merge
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="125dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/date_label"
android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/date_reading"
android:text="@string/date_label" />
<!--
this is the place where the date is entered. Once the text
field is clicked on, a datePicker dialog box will show up,
where the user can change the date. the default date will be
the current date (encoded, if necessary)
-->
<EditText
android:layout_width="125dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="none|date"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/date_label"
android:id="@+id/date_reading" />
....
<Button
android:id="@+id/submit"
android:text="Submit Modifications"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/mpg_diff_reading"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</merge>
dialog layout breaks in ICS
