OK, I'm tearing my hair out.
I have a simple default relative layout XML for my main activity, and defined a LinearLayout in the XML as well. In my Java code, I added a LinearLayout row, orientation horizontal, and added it to the XML Linearlayout (which I found by ID). When I then added Buttons or Textviews to that layour row, they showed up perfectly.
However, when I attempted to do the same thing in another activity, I can't get the TextViews or Buttons to show up at all. I originally had a background image and tried adding my Buttons and TextViews directly to the root RelativeLayout (foundById), with plans to move them around by .setX and .setY, but I took away the background and reverted to referencing a specific Linearlayout like my main Activity (for testing purposes, to remove any anomalies)and it still won't show them. I have re-arranged and tested forever and can not see what I'm missing.
Here's my current XML (stripped down for testing):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/activity_open_template"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.mystuff.stupidapp.OpenTemplateActivity">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="@+id/openTemplateMain">
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
...and here's the current code (also stripped down):
public class OpenTemplateActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_open_template);
final Resources res = getResources();
Intent intent = getIntent();
String fileName = intent.getStringExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_FILENAME);
DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
int screenHeight = displaymetrics.heightPixels;
int screenWidth = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
LinearLayout.LayoutParams rowLayoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 1.0f);
LinearLayout llMain = new LinearLayout(this);
llMain.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
LinearLayout llMainParent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.openTemplateMain);
llMainParent.addView(llMain);
Button bTest = new Button(this);
bTest.setText("TESTB");
llMain.addView(bTest);
//other code below unrelated.
}
}
Ideas, anyone? Please?