Introduction of AbsoluteLayout

AbsoluteLayout An Absolute Layout lets you specify exact locations (x/y coordinates) of its children. Absolute layouts are less flexible and harder to maintain than other types of layouts without absolute positioning.

Each layout has a set of attributes which define the visual properties of that layout. Among them some Common Attributes used in AbsoluteLayout via .xml file.

Attributes Name Use
android:id ID which uniquely identifies the viewIt would be any name.Ex. android:[email protected]/id_name”
android:layout_x This specifies the x-coordinate of the view.You need to specify here pixels values.Ex. android:layout_x = “250px”
android:layout_y This specifies the y-coordinate of the view.You need to specify here pixels values.Ex. android:layout_x = “250px”

How to Use AbsoluteLayout ?

You can set these attributes in the xml like,

<AbsoluteLayout

   android:layout_width=<i>"fill_parent"</i>

   android:layout_height=<i>"fill_parent"</i>&gt;

   &lt;Button

     android:layout_width=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

     android:layout_height=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

     android:layout_x=<i>"150px"</i>

     android:layout_y=<i>"210px"</i>

     android:text=<i>"Interest"</i>/&gt;

     &lt;TextView

        android:layout_width=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

        android:layout_height=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

        android:layout_x=<i>"10px"</i>

        android:layout_y=<i>"110px"</i>

        android:text=<i>"Amount Rs. :"</i>

        android:textStyle=<i>"bold"</i>/&gt;

        &lt;EditText

            android:layout_width=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

            android:layout_height=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

            android:layout_x=<i>"150px"</i>

            android:layout_y=<i>"100px"</i>

            android:width=<i>"100px"</i>/&gt;

           &lt;TextView

               android:layout_width=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

               android:layout_height=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

               android:layout_x=<i>"10px"</i>

               android:layout_y=<i>"160px"</i>

               android:text=<i>"Rate :"</i>

               android:textStyle=<i>"bold"</i>/&gt;

              &lt;EditText

                   android:layout_width=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

                   android:layout_height=<i>"wrap_content"</i>

                   android:layout_x=<i>"150px"</i>

                   android:layout_y=<i>"150px"</i>

                   android:width=<i>"100px"</i>/&gt;

&lt;/AbsoluteLayout&gt;

You will get the output like,

SCREEN_XML

For getting the clear idea you can find the source code of AbsoluteLayout here.

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