Android Question Any tutorial for the new anchors feature in b4a32?

DonManfred

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• Jan 14, 2014

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- Create new Design
- In Designer-Main-Window click on AddView in Menu to add a Panel.
- In Designer-Preview-Window (Not the maindesigner-window) rightclick on that panel you just added and use AddView from the contextpopup. Set the anchors and move the View to where it should be.
- Do this some times (adding Views to this Panel and place them)
- Change Panelsize like in Video.

VOILA

 

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Beja

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Thanks Manfred, but sorry.. may be I am missing something for sure..
I placed the view from inside the panel by right-clicking on it as you said, then
positioned them in different locations, but still they are not following the panel's movement.
I went to help/about and my version is 3.2
I am moving the panel around and expecting the child views to follow.

 

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DonManfred

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Please see this video

http://www.vdfb.de/downloads/Anchors_in_B4A.wmv

Is it that what you expected?

 

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Beja

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Hi,
What's the difference between adding views from designer and by right-clicking? sorry forgot to ask this.

 

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Beja

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No I mean this one:


This is what I expected

 

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DonManfred

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Beja said:

Hi,
What's the difference between adding views from designer and by right-clicking? sorry forgot to ask this.

Click to expand...

I dont know ;-)

I have not used the new Anchors till today. I read your post here and then i tried how that must be.
It could be that this also works from main designer window. I dont know. I just told the way i did it...

But to your video you just posted: I cannot see anything what is other than in my video. I did not size the panel out of the black background in my video. But when i did then it looks like your video!?

See http://www.vdfb.de/downloads/Anchortest2.wmv

 

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DonManfred

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Maybe the url you postet seems not THAT video to be as expected? My last video Anchortest2.wmv show EXACTLY what i see here when i click on play on your video

 

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DonManfred

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I just tested if it works to add view from designer-main-window....
First i have added a imageview after i marked the panel1 in preview. i set anchors an then resized panel. Works.
Then i have added a new imageview but with NO View selected in preview. Then i marked the new imageview and set the Parent from Activity to Panel1. I resized panel1 and everything happens like expected.

So. It is NOT(!) needed to use the contentmenu in previewwindow!! Sorry for that. i thought it was right.

 

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Beja

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I just clicked on the URL provided by Erel.. and I found the video working exactly as Erel
has described.. but it is not working on my computer.. this is the problem.. so the problem is not with
the video posted by Erel on YouTube.
Attached are two screenshots.. they show what I am talking about. notice the panel covered two buttons
because they belong to the panels, while the the middle button left behind because it belongs to the activity.View attachment 21976View attachment 21977

 

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DonManfred

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Maybe you want to export your project as zip and upload it here or as personal message? I´ll have a look at it. But hurry; it´s 23 o´clock here

Maybe Skype or Facebook-chat?
My Skypename is mannes1968.
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Beja

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Just download Erel's example of the anchors.. I didn't touch it. It is the one I am trying to understand.

Best,

 

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Beja

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You can tell from the screen shots

 

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DonManfred

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Beja said:

notice the panel covered two buttons
because they belong to the panels, while the the middle button left behind because it belongs to the activity

Click to expand...

Problem is that they should move its position (not the one from activity) but the do not, right?

 

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NJDude

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What you are doing is wrong, you have to anchor where you want the view to stay, do this:

1- Place BUTTON1 at the top left
2- Place BUTTON2 at the bottom right (and change the anchors to RIGHT, BOTTOM)

Now when you resize the panel you will see the effect you want.

 

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DonManfred

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Erel has posted an example somewhere? Did he?
I must overread them... Can you give me a url?

 

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Beja

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Thanks NJDude,
Just a note I didn't place these views.. they came like this in the example and I thought they should run
as expected. Now will change their locations.

 

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NJDude

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By default, the anchors (little white arrows) will be LEFT and TOP, you will have to adjust that to your needs.

 

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Beja

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Oh..
Thank you NJDude..
but how can I adjust little white anchors.. sorry but I didn't read anything about this.

 

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NJDude

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Look in the designer, Horizontal and Vertical anchors.

 

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