Deprecated Android layout that lets you specify exact locations (x/y coordinates) of its children views.
Questions tagged [absolutelayout]
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How to inflate new copies of an ImageView object on a layout?
What I am trying to do is create N (in this case 9) copies of the ImageView object R.id.tile, place each of them at different coordinates on the layout, and give each its own unique identifier.
board_layout.xml:

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location and size of jtextarea in jscrollpane is not set
I am working on the editor. I am using Java swing for it. I have embedded a JTextArea with JScrollPane. i want to position the jtextarea of particular size at the middle of JScrollPane. To do this I used setLocation function. But this is not…

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positioning picture on GUI JFrame in java
I was wondering if there is a quick and easy way of trying to position an image at a particular position in GUI. In addition to this is it possible to put Jlables/Buttons on this picture. That picture should only form a section of the JFrame. I know…

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Getting data from JTextField that is one of several local variables
So I am reading a file and I get the amount of lines in that file. Based on that I generate my interface. Now I need to have the ability to edit valus trougth UI . Rows is the variable that has how lines the input document has . Of course the code…

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JScrollPane with JPanel inside doesn't show scroll bar when picture is bigger
I'm making an utility to define footholds in a map for my game and i am displaying the preview of the map inside a JPanel that's inside a JScrollPane. I would like to be able to scroll when the map is bigger than the JScrollPane. How should i do…

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How to absolutely position a JPanel over another JPanel with setLayout(null) and a background image?
I'm working with JFrames in Java, specifically with absolutely positioned elements that need to overlap. I understand that to overlay components, one should make a JPanel (with setOpacity(false);), and position it with either setBounds(x,y,x2,y2);…

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Using scrollbars with absolute layout in Swing
I am not able to use scroll bars with absolute layout in Swing.
I don't wish to use this layout but I have to display dynamic objects on my panel on click of a button and align them using setBounds which can be done using this layout only (I…

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How to add a component into a JComponent with absolute positioning?
Here is my current settings:
private JComponent upperContent = new GeneralContent();
private JComponent lowerContent = new GeneralContent();
// GeneralContent extends JComponent
jframe.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 0));
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Alternative to AbsoluteLayout
the question "What is a usefull alternative to AbsoluteLayout?" seems to be a question which is often asked, but never really answered. My situation is as follows:
I want to position Circles (for the sake of simplicity i used RadioButtons for…

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.NET Maui Code Stopping after Children.Remove()
I've run into a very odd problem with .NET Maui that has never happened to me with Xamarin before. On occasion, when I remove a child element from its parent, the rest of the code in the function fails to execute and there is no exception…

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Xamarin.Forms: Layout Rectangles where X, Y, Width, Height are given by Data Binding
I want to draw some rectangles into an outer one. Coordinates (X, Y, Width, Height) and some more parameters like background colors are given by a View Model.
The result should look like
I tried AbsoluteLayout and CollectionView (see this post).…

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How to Find Reference to Dynamically Added Xamarin.Forms Element
In Xamarin.Forms we want to add a new button using
f001content = new Xamarin.Forms.AbsoluteLayout;
f001content.Children.Add(new Button
{
Text = "Button",
AutomationId = "MyButton",
}, new…

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How can I make a view constrained to 16:9 in Xamarin forms?
I need to make a view which matches the height of the device in landscape orientation but locks the aspect of the view to a 16:9 ratio. I assume I need to do this programmatically as I need to get the screen width/height.
I cannot seem to get this…

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Xamarin.Forms iOS AbsoluteLayout child layout bounds not updated properly when adding the child view content as ScrollView
Description
AbsoluteLayout child layout bounds not updated properly after translate y position when adding the child view content as ScrollView in Xamarin.Forms iOS.
Code
[XAML]

Ramya Rajan
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AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds doens´t work after I updated to Xamarin.Forms 5.0
After I updated to Xamarin.Forms 5.0 this line of code has been broken:
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Alysson Amaral
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