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Multiple views in Android

I have a background image:

android:background="@drawable/bg">

and a TextView:

final TextView theTimer = new TextView(this);

If I use setContentView I can only place one of them on the screen. How can I fit them both in one activity?

Solution

  • Do something like this -

    my_layout.xml file

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/ll"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical" 
        android:background="@drawable/bg">
    </LinearLayout>

    Activity code

    setContentView(R.layout.my_layout);
final TextView theTimer = new TextView(this);
LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout)findViewByID(R.id.ll);
ll.addView(theTimer);