I noticed that the UI module docs indicate a center property which is relative to the parent view.

Specifically: Ti.UI.ImageView

>center object a dictionary with properties x and y to indicate the center of the views position relative to the parent view

However, when I nest an image view inside another view which is positioned inside my "main" view for a window, this property seems to only respect the "root" view:

snippet of setup:

...
var dashboardView = Ti.UI.createView({
    size:{width:320,height:win1.getHeight()},
    top:0,bottom:0
});

...

var consoleView = Ti.UI.createView({
   size:{width:320,height:110},
   left:0,bottom:0
});

var forceImage = Ti.UI.createImageView({
    url:'../images/blue-circle.png',
    width:62,height:62,
    center:{x:160,y:0}
});

consoleView.add(forceImage);
dashboardView.add(consoleView);

I expect the forceImage to appear at the horizontal center and vertical top of the 110px high consoleView which is situated at the bottom of the dashboardView. Instead, forceImage appears horizontally centered with it's vertical center at the top of the window (the top half is cut off by the status bar).

If my understanding of the view hierarchy or positioning properties is incorrect please explain it's proper use. This is causing me great headache in implementing a flexible layout.