Positioning a TextView in Android

Question

I have a TextView. How can I position it by using x and y coordinates?

TextView leftArrow = new TextView(this);
    leftArrow.setTypeface(tf);
    leftArrow.setText("<");
    leftArrow.setTextSize(30);
    ll.addView(leftArrow);

what are you trying to achieve ? position the textview where ??? — confucius, Sep 08 '11 at 21:43

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '11 at 21:45

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you can use view.setX() and view.setY() ,see the following link

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setX(float)

answered Sep 08 '11 at 21:45

Yashwanth Kumar

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You could also use view.setLeft(int left) and view.setTop(int top), setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom), or view.setLayoutParams() (with margin settings for the layout parameters). – Ben Jakuben Sep 08 '11 at 21:49

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

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If you really, really want x,y positioning, use the deprecated AbsoluteLayout -- but read Alternative to AbsoluteLayout in Android? before (it's no good for different screen sizes).

You'll likely fare much better with RelativeLayout depending on your problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Sep 08 '11 at 21:44

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Positioning a TextView in Android

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