Android Question Centering text in label programmatically

[Scotter]

Hi -

In the designer I've set the padding, horiz align to "center_horizontal", and vert align to "center_vertical".
And in my activity_create:

    '......................padding: left, top, right, bottom

    lblCard1.Padding = Array As Int(10dip,10dip,10dip,10dip)
    lblCard1.Gravity=Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL
    lblCard1.Gravity=Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL
    lblCard1.TextSize=34

But I get left justified when I run the program.
Ideas?

 

[Scotter]

Is this a bug in 8.50 or am I missing something?

 

[mangojack]

If you are setting these properties in Designer ... there is no need to call them again in code.

Removing the lines from Activity_Create solves the problem .. although I can't explain why the problem is created by these lines.

Maybe someone can explain / expand on this later.

 

[Scotter]

If you are setting these properties in Designer ... there is no need to call them again in code.

Removing the lines from Activity_Create solves the problem .. although I can't explain why the problem is created by these lines.

Maybe someone can explain / expand on this later.

OMG that worked!

 

[Scotter]

@Erel can you please look at this thread?
I'm wondering if this is a bug in 8.50?
Thanks!

 

[Erel]

Best solution is to use B4XView

Dim lblCard1 As B4XView 'in Globals

lblCard1.SetTextAlignment("CENTER", "CENTER")

Or:

lblCard1.Gravity = Bit.Or(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL, Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL)

Setting the gravity twice overwrites the previous value.

 

[klaus]

Or:

lblCard1.Gravity = Gravity.CENTER

 

[Didier9]

Thank you, I had come across this unexpected behavior. Now I know how to deal with it!