SlidingDrawer above other views

Question

how do i place a slidingdrawer above another view so i doesnt come out from the bottom of the screen, but from the top of another view ?

my code so far:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="fill_parent"
          android:orientation="vertical"
          android:background="@drawable/splash">
  <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:layout_gravity="bottom"
                  android:background="#000000">
     <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                   android:orientation="vertical"
                   android:background="@drawable/splash">
        <Button android:id="@id/content"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="I'm in here!"/>
     </LinearLayout>
     <SlidingDrawer android:id="@+id/drawer"
                    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:handle="@+id/handle"
                    android:content="@+id/content">
        <ImageView android:id="@id/handle"
                   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                   android:src="@drawable/categories_bar_flipped"/>
        <Button android:id="@id/content"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                android:text="I'm in here!"/>
     </SlidingDrawer>
  </RelativeLayout>
  <EditText xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

problem is that the EditText disappeares and the sliderhandle is dokked at bottom of screen instead of at top of the EditText

I believe the sliding drawer has to be docked against an edge of the screen. If you need some different behavior, you may need to extend SlidingDrawer and create a custom view. — Sashi Kolli, Aug 22 '11 at 19:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '11 at 11:49

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Use a framelayout which will stack views on top of each other based on the order of the childs. That should make the drawer appear on top.

answered Aug 23 '11 at 11:49

blessanm86

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Check some answers:

Sliding Drawer From Top
How to make an Android SlidingDrawer slide out from the left?
http://code.google.com/p/aniqroid - Library to do that

It has code examples of how to do that.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Mar 06 '12 at 16:31

neteinstein

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SlidingDrawer above other views

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