Is there an easy way to create expandable/collapsible blocks like seen in official market app?
Screenshot of Market app, when you click on "More" button, the description section expands with animation:
I know of SlidingDrawer but it doesn't seem to be suited for stuff like this--it's supposed to be put in overlay, and doesn't support half-open states.
Update:
Here's my half-working solution. It's a custom widget that extends LinearLayout. It kind-of works, but doesn't handle edge cases well, like content height smaller than collapsedHeight parameter. I'm sure with enough staring, digging in code and experimenting the quirks could be fixed. Was hoping to avoid doing that, and save some time by using a ready-made official or 3rd party solution. Anyway, here it is, code:
package com.example.androidapp.widgets;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.Transformation;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import com.example.androidapp.R;
public class ExpandablePanel extends LinearLayout {
private final int mHandleId;
private final int mContentId;
private View mHandle;
private View mContent;
private boolean mExpanded = true;
private int mCollapsedHeight = 0;
private int mContentHeight = 0;
public ExpandablePanel(Context context) {
this(context, null);
}
public ExpandablePanel(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,
R.styleable.ExpandablePanel, 0, 0);
// How high the content should be in "collapsed" state
mCollapsedHeight = (int) a.getDimension(
R.styleable.ExpandablePanel_collapsedHeight, 0.0f);
int handleId = a.getResourceId(R.styleable.ExpandablePanel_handle, 0);
if (handleId == 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"The handle attribute is required and must refer "
+ "to a valid child.");
}
int contentId = a.getResourceId(R.styleable.ExpandablePanel_content, 0);
if (contentId == 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"The content attribute is required and must refer "
+ "to a valid child.");
}
mHandleId = handleId;
mContentId = contentId;
a.recycle();
}
@Override
protected void onFinishInflate() {
super.onFinishInflate();
mHandle = findViewById(mHandleId);
if (mHandle == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"The handle attribute is must refer to an"
+ " existing child.");
}
mContent = findViewById(mContentId);
if (mContent == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"The content attribute is must refer to an"
+ " existing child.");
}
mHandle.setOnClickListener(new PanelToggler());
}
@Override
protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
if (mContentHeight == 0) {
// First, measure how high content wants to be
mContent.measure(widthMeasureSpec, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
mContentHeight = mContent.getMeasuredHeight();
}
// Then let the usual thing happen
super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
}
private class PanelToggler implements OnClickListener {
public void onClick(View v) {
Animation a;
if (mExpanded) {
a = new ExpandAnimation(mContentHeight, mCollapsedHeight);
} else {
a = new ExpandAnimation(mCollapsedHeight, mContentHeight);
}
a.setDuration(500);
mContent.startAnimation(a);
mExpanded = !mExpanded;
}
}
private class ExpandAnimation extends Animation {
private final int mStartHeight;
private final int mDeltaHeight;
public ExpandAnimation(int startHeight, int endHeight) {
mStartHeight = startHeight;
mDeltaHeight = endHeight - startHeight;
}
@Override
protected void applyTransformation(float interpolatedTime,
Transformation t) {
android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams lp = mContent.getLayoutParams();
lp.height = (int) (mStartHeight + mDeltaHeight * interpolatedTime);
mContent.setLayoutParams(lp);
}
@Override
public boolean willChangeBounds() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return true;
}
}
}
Here's res/values/attrs.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<declare-styleable name="ExpandablePanel">
<attr name="handle" format="reference" />
<attr name="content" format="reference" />
<attr name="collapsedHeight" format="dimension" />
</declare-styleable>
</resources>
And here's how I use it in layout:
<com.example.androidapp.widgets.ExpandablePanel
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
example:handle="@+id/expand"
example:content="@+id/value"
example:collapsedHeight="50dip">
<TextView
android:id="@id/value"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxHeight="50dip"
/>
<Button
android:id="@id/expand"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="More" />
</com.example.androidapp.widgets.ExpandablePanel>
