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What can i use instead of a Sliding drawer

im making a launcher app. in the tutorial it uses a Sliding Drawer which deprecated in Api 17. what could i use instead of this? i tried using the Slideup Panel from one of the posts on here link Below to the gitHub below
gitHubLinkhttps://github.com/umano/AndroidSlidingUpPanel
. but it wont allow me to use it in the way i want. i want the apps to appear in the drawer not in the main content. for some reason the second view only allows me to create a Text view which is for the handle to slide it up. any advice on what other methods i could implment to do the same job. it must slide up from the bottom. thanks for all the help

Ok guys Sussed it. Using The GitHub I posted in the question. what it did is because im aloud as many layouts as i like but only 2 children. i used a relative layout as my first layout with a gridView for my homescreen apps inside and closed it off. then i used anther Relative Layout Below with a textview inside then another Relative layout set with 80dp Padding at the top (the Size of my Text Handle) inside this one i had another gridview for my apps and closed it all off.
the Xml for it looks like this
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:id="#+id/Mainlayout"
>
<com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout
xmlns:sothree="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/sliding_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
sothree:umanoPanelHeight="80sp"
sothree:umanoShadowHeight="4dp"
sothree:umanoDragView ="#+id/dragView"
sothree:umanoScrollableView="#+id/list"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<GridView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/content1"
android:columnWidth="90dp"
android:numColumns="auto_fit"
android:verticalSpacing="50dp"
android:horizontalSpacing="50dp"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:gravity="center"
android:clickable="true"
>
</GridView>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/handle"
android:text="b"
android:textSize="80sp"
android:textColor="#17ff1c"
android:gravity="center|top"
android:clickable="true" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="80sp"
android:id="#+id/dragView"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="false">
>
<GridView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="80sp"
android:id="#+id/content"
android:columnWidth="90dp"
android:numColumns="auto_fit"
android:verticalSpacing="50dp"
android:horizontalSpacing="50dp"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:gravity="center"
>
</GridView>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

How to set specific height at run time for Sliding layout?

I am building an app that uses this library:https://github.com/umano/AndroidSlidingUpPanel to create a panel that slides on from the bottom of the screen when a user clicks an item in a listview.
However i dont want the slide up panel to take up the entire screen. I need there to be a gap at the top, between the panel and the action bar, of exactly 80dp.
I have tried everything i can think of (putting a spacer there with a transparant background, using layoutParams (gives error), etc). But nothing seems to work.
If someone could give me some suggestions as to what i could try next, i would much appreciate it.
The xml layouts are below.
Thanks for your time.
Corey
<com.bacon.corey.audiotimeshift.SlidingUpPanelLayout xmlns:sothree="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/sliding_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
sothree:panelHeight="68dp"
sothree:shadowHeight="4dp"
sothree:overlay="true">
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="4dip"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="4dip"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/viewPager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0px"
android:layout_weight="1">
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
</LinearLayout>
<com.bacon.corey.audiotimeshift.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/fabbutton"
android:layout_width="72dp"
android:layout_height="72dp"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|right"
android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
app:colour="#color/holo_red_light"
app:drawable="#drawable/ic_content_new"
/>
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center|top"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:id="#+id/slideUpPanel"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
>
<fragment android:name="com.bacon.corey.audiotimeshift.PlayFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/fragment_play"
/>
</FrameLayout>
</com.bacon.corey.audiotimeshift.SlidingUpPanelLayout>

What about wrapping your SlidingUpPanelLayout in another layout, say FrameLayout and adding some good old paddingTop to the latter?

I have found a workaround. Draw the background of the pane transparent and put a padding top, but first the library must be modified like it's written here:
https://github.com/umano/AndroidSlidingUpPanel/issues/4
Hope this helps somebody in the future :)

Having trouble with the umano android slidinguppanel 2 views as sliding child

I am using this library from umanoAndroidSlidingUpPanel and it works fine theres just a problem I cant fix.
the main child is a mapview (static main view) that is working fine and the second child (the slidinguppanel) is a responsive html file in a webview and an imageview.
the problem is that when I swipe up to slide the panel i cant scroll the html file inside the webview.
the library states that I can make a single view draggable so that I can scroll the other but i really dont know how to do it help would be really appreciated.
heres my xml file
<com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout
xmlns:sothree="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/sliding_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
sothree:panelHeight="50dp"
sothree:shadowHeight="4dp">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/map"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/llayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity ="center_horizontal"
android:src="#drawable/divider">
</ImageView>
<WebView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/desc"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:paddingBottom="7dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout>

I fixed it I just had to call the library method for setting the dragview and set only the imageview as draggable so the webview would scroll normally,
heres how I did it:
ImageView image=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.divideri); //Layout to slide
SlidingUpPanelLayout layout = (SlidingUpPanelLayout)
findViewById(R.id.sliding_layout);
layout.setDragView(image);
Over and out ...

HorizontalScrollView swipe/fling guesture listener

I know this is a common question , but I am completely messed with those different examples and tutorials available on the web.
I have a horizontalScrollView where I add some view dynamically , and I want to set a guestureListener for swiping through the Views . Each view's with is equal to the width of the screen.

You can use the View Pager instead of the horizontalScrollView. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/view/ViewPager.html
To keep the View pager at half the screen use something like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/White"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1.5">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/pagerPromo"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<com.viewpagerindicator.CirclePageIndicator
android:id="#+id/indicatorPromo"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:orientation="vertical">
This View Pager has a circle indicator at the bottom but you can remove that if you like. Just play around with the weights and see what works best for you.

Android ImageView scale type centerCrop

I'm creating an activity on Android. I want to show a background image in it. I put a ImageView into my main RelativeLayout.
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayoutMain"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/bgImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:src="#drawable/bg4"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
</RelativeLayout>
It makes view like this.
I need to make view like this
How can I do it?

Try set ImageView attribute ScaleType=fitEnd ?

use this code.it's give the out-put as you want.
Code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayoutMain"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:background="#android:color/background_dark"
android:layout_height="150dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/bgImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
one advice if u give the imageview width fill parent then it's contain whole space according to main container.
Best Luck

Set the android:background="#drawable/bg4" in the RelativeLayout like that:
The whole XML should look like that:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayoutMain"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:background="#drawable/bg4
android:orientation="vertical" >
</RelativeLayout>

First, I believe there are a couple of things wrong in the xml:
RelativeLayout does not make use of an orientation, you should remove that
Is this your full xml file? If so then the alignParentLeft in the RelativeLayout doesn't do anything because that is an attribute you use if it's parent is a RelativeLayout.
fill_parent is the deprecated name of match_parent, you should use that.
I also believe that code you have would center the image on the screen putting anything that is to big evenly on both sides and not at all what you said it does.
If you just want a background you can just use android:background="#drawable/bg4" in the RelativeLayout
EDIT: Changing the layoutparams of the ImageView to wrap_content both height and width and removing the scaleType alltogether might make it like you wanted it to be.