Controls Physical Appearance

[ValDog]

I am beginning to feel like an idiot.

The GPSExample program code as shown in the User's Guide (p.53) compiles and shows the setup dialog controls (EditText, ScrollView, CheckBox) as pictured, unlike the way they appear in the Designer. I cannot see anything in the code that gives them this physical appearance.

What am I missing?

 

[klaus]

Sorry, I don't understand your problem. Could you explain more in detail what your problem is.
If you launch the Designer you get directly on the PC the Abstract Designer that shows the positions and size on the screen.
To show how the views look in reality you need to connect either an emulator or a real device from the Designer menu Tools / Connet to Device or Emulator.

Best regards.

 

[ValDog]

Klaus, thanks for replying. What I'm saying is that the compiled application, whether on the emulator or an android device looks like what you show in the GPSExample. I don't use the abstract designer - however attaching the designer to the emulator, does not give the same appearance to the controls I mentioned earlier.

When I create my own app, the controls in the emulator look like what your app's controls look like in the emulator. When I compile and run my apps (on the emulator or an android device) the controls look like what I see on the emulator in Designer mode.

Does that make sense?

 

[klaus]

Sorry, I still don't understand.
Could you post a project as a zip file.
There was a change since one of the last B4A updates with Default propeties. Perhaps this is the difference, with Default properties views will look different according to the Android version.

Best regards.

 

[ValDog]

Klaus, I've uploaded a zip file with emulator screen shots to illustrate what I'm saying.

 

[klaus]

That's what I suspected when I wrote about Default properties.
In the GPSExample Setup layout the colors are set with given colors.
I think that in your case these are set to 'Default'.

Best regards.

 

[ValDog]

Klaus, thanks!