Android: placing the view in any place

Question

I am trying to place the view in an arbitrary place.

My goal: To overlay some rectangle of JPG / PNG, given coordinates related to JPG / PNG, with some other kind, say, with a gallery or with some video.

I do not want to use AbsoluteLayout as it is deprived.

So I use RelativeLayout, defining a dummy text block as a placeholder, and putting my RIGHT_TO and BELOW view in the text box.

+--------+
|TextView|
|        | (x,y)
+--------+-----------------------+
         |                       |
         |     My View           |
         |                       |
         +-----------------------+

My question is: Is there a more reliable and elegant way to do this?

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Thanks
    M.

Answer 1

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void addViewInAnArbitraryRect( Rect rect, 
                               Context context, 
                               View subjectView, 
                               View parent ) {
    FrameLayout container = new FrameLayout( context );
    parent.addView( container );
    container.setPadding( rect.left,
                          rect.top,
                          container.getWidth() - rect.right,
                          container.getHeight() - rect.bottom );
    container.addView( subjectView );

}

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Meymann

Answer 2

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