Android Question How add FloatLabeledEditText via code ?

[dws]

Hello there,

I hava problem when create FloatLabeledEditText with code.

Message Error
java.lang.RuntimeException: Object should first be initialized (FloatLabeledEditText).

My code is like this ...

' The hosting panel for B4XView
Dim p As Panel

' The b4xview control
Dim xV As B4XView

' Add the FloatLabeledEditText with code (not with designer) and initialize
Dim txtEdit As FloatLabeledEditText
txtEdit.Initialize("txtEdit")

' Assign to b4xview with some properties
xV = txtEdit
xV.Color = xui.PaintOrColorToColor(Colors.Yellow)

' Add b4xview to hosting panel
p.AddView(xV, 0,0,0,0)

...

 

[DonManfred]

The correct way do add a customview is using Layouts.

Create a layout with just the floatedit.

Load this layout to any panel you need a floating edit in.

 

[dws]

Thanks DonManfred.
I know that. This is my last choice.

I just want to be able to use it within the code of a controller I build which you design with code.

 

[Star-Dust]

see this

[B4X] I need 100 <custom view here>s. How to add programmatically?

Custom views are designed to be added with the designer. It is however very simple to create a layout file with the custom view and load it multiple times. Tip: remove the call to AutoScaleAll from the designer script. Complete example: Sub Globals Private B4XSwitch1 As B4XSwitch End...

www.b4x.com

 

[dws]

Thanks Star-Dust.

Some clarifications
I have created a library that contains some controls. The present control until recently had EditText as the word processing field in my control.
You design the control directly with code or by entering Custom to the designer.
I wanted to change EditText to one of the Floats ... in order to avoid adding an extra Label as a caption to the control.

Results
A. With FloatLabeledEditText it gives me an error for Initialize in the control
B. With B4XFloatTextField and BRB4XFloatTextField it gives me an error to Initialize in B4XView.

Any suggestion or comment accepted ... Thank you

 

[dws]

Solved with adding label in my control to simulate float label ... Thanks

 

[Star-Dust]

Thanks Star-Dust.

Some clarifications
I have created a library that contains some controls. The present control until recently had EditText as the word processing field in my control.
You design the control directly with code or by entering Custom to the designer.
I wanted to change EditText to one of the Floats ... in order to avoid adding an extra Label as a caption to the control.

Results
A. With FloatLabeledEditText it gives me an error for Initialize in the control
B. With B4XFloatTextField and BRB4XFloatTextField it gives me an error to Initialize in B4XView.

Any suggestion or comment accepted ... Thank you

If you want to replace EditText with B4XFloatTextField , you can't just do it from code by simply replacing the declaration as you thought.

You have to replace each EditText on the design with B4XFloatTextField and then edit the code. Obviously by inserting from Design you don't have to initialize it. If you want to do everything from code you have to look at the link I indicated, but it is not easy.

 

[Erel]

Any suggestion or comment accepted ... Thank you

You haven't provided enough information.

 

[dws]

Hello Erel and thanks to your response. I solved my problem with adding label to my control to simulate Floating Label inside.