Android Question Trying to create a box with labels

[rkmoray]

In my new app, I Am using an ocr (works great), but to give the user a visual target,I am using labels to create a large transparent box.
The box look great on the emulator, but when I run it on a phone(6.1 O.S), I get the following visual seen in the attachment. as you can see, the right side is not in alignment.



Activity.AddView(l2,8%x , 8%y,4dip,70%y)'left
Activity.AddView(l3, 8%x ,8%y,50%y, 4dip)'top
Activity.AddView(l4, 90%x ,8%y, 4dip, 70%y) 'Right
Activity.AddView(l5, 8%x,78%y,50%y, 4dip)'bottom

 

[DonManfred]

As far i can see it looks OK.
The - additional EDGE part of the Screen - does not belong to the Activity. The EDGE room can not be used within a App without having a Library for this Samsung specific Feature.
If you remove the EDGE on the right side then you´ll see that the left and right margin are the same.

 

[rkmoray]

and how would I remove the edge?

 

[DonManfred]

you can not remove it. It is part of the EDGE Feature of your Samsung device. The right part (the one with the EDGE) you can not use in your activity.

 

[rkmoray]

What can I do to solve this issue, so the box looks proper, no matter what phone is used?

 

[klaus]

I don't understand the logic in your code:

Activity.AddView(l2,8%x , 8%y,4dip,70%y)'left
Activity.AddView(l3, 8%x ,8%y,50%y, 4dip)'top
Activity.AddView(l4, 90%x ,8%y, 4dip, 70%y) 'Right
Activity.AddView(l5, 8%x,78%y,50%y, 4dip)'bottom

For the top and bottom lines you set the width to 50%y, why %y and not %x?
Then, you position the right line at 90%x, this is wrong!

This code works:

Activity.AddView(l2, 8%x , 8%y, 4dip, 70%y)'left
Activity.AddView(l3, 8%x , 8%y, 84%x, 4dip)'top
Activity.AddView(l4, 92%x - 4dip ,8%y, 4dip, 70%y) 'Right
Activity.AddView(l5, 8%x, 78%y - 4dip, 84%x, 4dip)'bottom

But why don't you use a transparent Panel and set its border size and color.

You could also add the Panel in the Designer and use anchors.

 

[rkmoray]

That is perfect, thank you for the help