I started doing Android development about a year ago and ever since I started developing ive wanted to create a layout with all different size boxes that would fit together snuggly w. out any gaps. My only other requirement was that I be able to determine the size of the boxs programatically at runntime..... which i dint think would be a problem to do as long as i was cool with making the frame that the views were inside scrollable. I asked around and nooooo one i asked around here or anywhere had any idea how to do it , so id set the project aside for a few months , pick up where i left off , research and ask around again, find nothing ....rinse and repeat.
until finally I came across this gorgeous library that seemed to be the answer to allllll my problems : https://github.com/jacobmoncur/QuiltViewLibrary
Only problem is its completely random, I found a branch of the project that attempts to make the quilt "non random" , it seems the author attempted to make a solution for my problem , but got stumped and took the easy road out instead.heres the second "non random version" (only 3 short classes) and below is the patch class :https://github.com/jacobmoncur/QuiltViewLibrary/blob/non-randomized-quilt/src/com/jake/quiltview/QuiltViewBase.java
QuiltViewPatch.java:
public class QuiltViewPatch implements Comparable{
public int width_ratio;
public int height_ratio;
public QuiltViewPatch(int width_ratio, int height_ratio){
this.width_ratio = width_ratio;
this.height_ratio = height_ratio;
}
private static QuiltViewPatch create(Size size){
switch(size){
case Big:
return new QuiltViewPatch(2,2);
case Small:
return new QuiltViewPatch(1,1);
case Tall:
return new QuiltViewPatch(1,2);
}
return new QuiltViewPatch(1,1);
}
public int getHeightRatio(){return this.height_ratio;}
public int getWidthRatio(){return this.width_ratio;}
public static QuiltViewPatch create(int view_count){
if(view_count == 0)
return new QuiltViewPatch(2,2);
else if((view_count % 11) == 0)
return new QuiltViewPatch(2,2);
else if((view_count % 4) == 0)
return new QuiltViewPatch(1,2);
else
return new QuiltViewPatch(1,1);
}
private enum Size{
Big,
Small,
Tall
}
public static QuiltViewPatch init(int position, int column){
switch(column){
case 2:
return init2(position);
case 3:
return init3(position);
case 4:
return init4(position);
case 5:
return init5(position);
}
return init3(position);
}
private static QuiltViewPatch init2(int position){
switch(position % 15){
case 0:
return create(Size.Big);
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
return create(Size.Small);
case 4:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 5:
case 6:
case 7:
return create(Size.Small);
case 8:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 9:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 10:
return create(Size.Small);
case 11:
return create(Size.Big);
case 12:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 13:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 14:
return create(Size.Small);
}
return create(Size.Small);
}
private static QuiltViewPatch init3(int position){
switch(position % 32){
case 0:
return create(Size.Big);
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
return create(Size.Small);
case 4:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 5:
case 6:
case 7:
return create(Size.Small);
case 8:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 9:
case 10:
return create(Size.Small);
case 11:
return create(Size.Big);
case 12:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 13:
case 14:
return create(Size.Small);
case 15:
return create(Size.Small);
case 16:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 17:
case 18:
case 19:
return create(Size.Small);
case 20:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 21:
case 22:
return create(Size.Small);
case 23:
return create(Size.Big);
case 24:
return create(Size.Small);
case 25:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 26:
case 27:
case 28:
return create(Size.Small);
case 29:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 30:
case 31:
return create(Size.Small);
}
return create(Size.Small);
}
private static QuiltViewPatch init4(int position){
switch(position % 36){
case 0:
return create(Size.Big);
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
return create(Size.Small);
case 4:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 5:
case 6:
case 7:
return create(Size.Small);
case 8:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 9:
case 10:
case 11:
return create(Size.Small);
case 12:
return create(Size.Big);
case 13:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 14:
case 15:
case 16:
return create(Size.Small);
case 17:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 18:
case 19:
case 20:
return create(Size.Small);
case 21:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 22:
case 23:
return create(Size.Small);
case 24:
return create(Size.Small);
case 25:
return create(Size.Big);
case 26:
return create(Size.Small);
case 27:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 28:
case 29:
case 30:
return create(Size.Small);
case 31:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 32:
case 33:
case 34:
case 35:
return create(Size.Small);
}
return create(Size.Small);
}
private static QuiltViewPatch init5(int position){
switch(position % 35){
case 0:
return create(Size.Big);
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
return create(Size.Small);
case 4:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 5:
case 6:
case 7:
return create(Size.Small);
case 8:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 9:
case 10:
case 11:
return create(Size.Small);
case 12:
return create(Size.Big);
case 13:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 14:
case 15:
case 16:
return create(Size.Small);
case 17:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 18:
case 19:
case 20:
return create(Size.Small);
case 21:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 22:
case 23:
case 24:
return create(Size.Small);
case 25:
return create(Size.Big);
case 26:
return create(Size.Small);
case 27:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 28:
case 29:
case 30:
return create(Size.Small);
case 31:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 32:
return create(Size.Big);
case 33:
return create(Size.Tall);
case 34:
return create(Size.Small);
}
return create(Size.Small);
}
public static boolean getRandomBoolean(){
return (Math.random() < 0.5);
}
public boolean equals(Object obj){
if(obj != null && obj instanceof QuiltViewPatch){
QuiltViewPatch size = (QuiltViewPatch)obj;
return size.height_ratio == this.height_ratio && size.width_ratio == this.width_ratio;
}
return false;
}
public int hashCode(){
return height_ratio + 100 * width_ratio;
}
public String toString(){
return "Patch: " + height_ratio + " x " + width_ratio;
}
@Override
public int compareTo(Object another) {
if(another != null && another instanceof QuiltViewPatch){
QuiltViewPatch size = (QuiltViewPatch)another;
if(size.equals(this))
return 0;
if(this.height_ratio < size.height_ratio)
return -1;
else if(this.height_ratio > size.height_ratio)
return 1;
if(this.width_ratio < size.width_ratio)
return -1;
else
return 1;
}
return -1;
}
}
