Layout hint

Just reminded myself of something everybody probaly knows already. Using XML entities could take out at least some of the pain of positioning the labels within a layout file.
Schematics:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>

<!DOCTYPE layout [





  <!ENTITY leftColPos   "55">

  <!ENTITY rightColPos "200">

  

  <!ENTITY rightColSize "75">

  

  <!ENTITY rightColJustification "Gfx.TEXT_JUSTIFY_RIGHT">



  

  <!ENTITY row1Pos "15">

  <!ENTITY row2Pos "40">

  <!ENTITY row3Pos "65">

  <!ENTITY row4Pos "90">

  <!ENTITY row5Pos "115">





]>



....

<label id="ALTITUDE_TXT" x="&leftColPos;" y="&row5Pos;" text="Alt."

		font="Gfx.FONT_SMALL" color="Gfx.COLOR_WHITE" />

....

<label id="ALTITUDE_DATA" x="&rightColPos;" y="&row5Pos;" text="?"

		font="Gfx.FONT_SMALL" color="Gfx.COLOR_WHITE" justification="&rightColJustification;"

		width="&rightColSize;" />

....

travis.vitek over 10 years ago

This prevents needing to enter the same data repeatedly by using a variable name instead of a literal, right? Have you tried it with the resource compiler?

crmayer over 10 years ago

resource compiler: OK, device simulator: OK , Fenix 3 physical device: OK
If applied consistently, allows to easyly Position a bulk of constrained Labels. It looks like a variable, internal processing is more or less something like a text substitution. "Variables" are gone after resource compile (more precise: after the XML has been read by the resource compiler) and by no means visible to the program.

tonny.madsen over 10 years ago

resource compiler: OK, device simulator: OK , Fenix 3 physical device: OK

They all use the same Java base SAX parser that automatically does this.
Good thinking!

Former Member over 10 years ago

Nice :)