problem in setting image over a background image android

Question

i have image-view in my xml for setting the image over a background image at a specified place of back ground image i set it for one emulator and it works but when i launch other emulator of different size image-view change it corresponding position with respect to background image so how to set image view over a background image so that imageview not changes its position for any size of screen i am providing my code ...thanks in advance..

here is my splash.xml file ,button and imageview changes its position w.r.t. background image..for diffrent size screen emulator

<RelativeLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
  android:id="@+id/TheSplashLayout"
  android:layout_gravity="center"
   android:background="@drawable/splashmodified"
  >
    <ImageView 
        android:layout_width="60sp" 
        android:layout_height="60sp" 
        android:id="@+id/SplashImageView"
        android:layout_gravity="center" 
        android:layout_marginTop="120sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="55sp"    
        />


    <Button 
         android:text="SUBMIT" 
         android:id="@+id/submitt"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
         android:layout_marginLeft="75px"
         android:layout_marginTop="300px"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '11 at 06:44

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Did not understand the question, you might consider uploading some images and giving us links to them. Only thing I can tell is that you must avoid using px when indicating any dimensions. This will make your views look different on every device, that you probably don't want.

answered Jun 14 '11 at 06:44

Egor

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then what should i use in plase of px??if i use sp in place of px then also problem is not solved.. – saurabh trivedi Jun 14 '11 at 06:47
@saurabh, you should use `dp` (density-independent pixels) instead of `px` : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2025282/difference-of-px-dp-dip-and-sp-in-android – Andrei Sfat Jun 14 '11 at 06:50
You can use dp, sp or dip. You may take a look at this post to make it absolutely clear: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/more-resources.html#Dimension – Egor Jun 14 '11 at 06:50
@Andrei Sfat no difference takes place when using dp,sp or dip in the layout view – saurabh trivedi Jun 14 '11 at 06:56
Check the the link I've posted above – Egor Jun 14 '11 at 07:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '11 at 06:53

use dip instead of px and sp.

Your xml will be

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
  android:id="@+id/TheSplashLayout"
  android:layout_gravity="center"
   android:background="@drawable/splashmodified"
  >
    <ImageView 
        android:layout_width="60dip" 
        android:layout_height="60dip" 
        android:id="@+id/SplashImageView"

        android:layout_marginTop="120dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="55dip"
        android:background="@drawable/a_thumb"
        />


    <Button 
         android:text="SUBMIT" 
         android:id="@+id/submitt"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
         android:layout_marginLeft="75dip"
         android:layout_marginTop="300dip"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

Thanks Deepak

here a_thumb is nothing but the i=name of image in drawable folder. instead of a_thumb give your image name — Sunil Kumar Sahoo, Jun 14 '11 at 09:51

problem in setting image over a background image android

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