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Problem with view widths in Android emulator

Having a bit of an issue and hope you guys can help me out, here.

I have a window with the width set to ''100%'. Inside that window, I've added views (usingcreateView) width widths set to'50%'`.

The visual effect I'm trying to acheive is that the views take up one side of the screen.

Instead this is what I get: Screenshot

It seems to only happen on Android (emulator and device), but not on the iPhone.

Any idea what's going on?

— asked July 28th 2010 by Alexander Stone
  • android
  • createview
  • design
  • layout
  • ui
  • width
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1 Answer

  • This is an old question, I realize. However, we discovered this weekend that the Android SDK does not handle percentages. You'll need to set an absolute width and height.

    — answered February 20th 2011 by Thomas Cottrill
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    3 Comments

    • Android handles percent as of 1.5.0

      — commented February 23rd 2011 by Don Thorp

    • Sorry. Meant to type 1.6.0.

      — commented February 23rd 2011 by Don Thorp

    • You can use Tim Poulsen's workaround:

      var width = Math.round(Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformWidth*0.9); // 90%
var height = Math.round(Ti.Platform.displayCaps.platformHeight*0.9); // 90%

      Source: Titanium Q&A

      Also, there is a ticket made for this issue here.

      — commented April 1st 2011 by Joe iEntry
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