Android How to create a view programmatically

Question

I need to create a view programmatically. Controls (buttons, tags, etc.) And their positions are known only at runtime.

Here I found "Layout Definition Programmatically": http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-layout/

but I need to be able to draw components in exact places to LinearLayout, TableLayout, etc. did not help me.

How can i do this?

Answer 1

Create your own ViewGroup ; this allows you to manage the placement of each of your children (buttons, tags, etc.) manually. Check out this one from the 2009 google IO event titled “Make Your Android UI Fast and Efficient,” in particular about 43 minutes in advance for more details.

Answer 2

I would look at an example of the Lunar lander in the android API examples here http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/LunarLander/index.html . This helped me a lot when creating games and the need to dynamically draw on the screen.