How to place view anywhere on screen?

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On Android, what's a way to be able to place a view, like a WebView, anywhere on screen? I'm providing an interface to users where they can create a WebView dynamically and place it anywhere they want with X-Y and Width-Height parameters.

FrameLayout doesn't work since it sticks everything at a corner. RelativeLayout I'm not sure of. AbsoluteLayout seems like the best bet, but it's been deprecated.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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This answer did the trick:

Set the absolute position of a view

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Feb 15 '11 at 21:47

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '11 at 21:06

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You could try loading your views into Pictures and using a SurfaceView to draw them dynamically onto a Canvas. This would avoid using deprecated stuff, but to be honest I can't really see how it's any better than using an AbsoluteLayout. You would still have the problem of having to specify your position in pixel units, which is why I assume AbsoluteLayout has been deprecated.

answered Feb 14 '11 at 21:06

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Never mind, Lumis's method sounds much better, as margins can use dp! – Sam L. Feb 14 '11 at 21:29
Actually it is RelativeLayout that can be use like this. – Lumis Feb 15 '11 at 22:08

How to place view anywhere on screen?

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