How to draw a button on specific location in Android?

Question

I want to draw a button in an android application at a specific point say (x,y), the point will be generated at runtime. So how can I achieve it.

Answer 1

For that use below code...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

        <Button android:layout_width="50dip"
        android:layout_height="50dip"
        android:id="@+id/button"/>

</RelativeLayout>

in this code just Add android:layout_margin by using margin u can set your button as per your requirement.....

Answer 2

For that you can use AbsoluteLayout which can help you in setting the exact position of the view by the property of the view android:layout_x and android:layout_y

UPDATE

To add x, y on Runtime check these,

Answer 1

Answer 2

Answer 3

If you are using a LinearLayout:

Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.my_button);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams linParams = 
    (LinearLayout.LayoutParams)button.getLayoutParams();
linParams.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
button.setLayoutParams(linParams);

Answer 4

Create a RelativeLayout layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <Button android:id="@+id/mybutton"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Then in your code:

int posX = 10, posY = 20;
Button b = findViewById(R.id.mybutton);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layoutParams.setMargins(posX, posY, 0, 0);
b.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);