Android: can height of SlidingDrawer be set with wrap_content?

Question

I\'m trying to implement a SlidingDrawer that will occupy the full screen width, but whose height is determined dynamically by its contents: in other words, sta

Answer 1

The onMeasure() method of the SlidingDrawer class basically overrides the layout modes to fill_parent, this is why layout_height="wrap_content" is not working.

To get around this, you can extend SlidingDrawer with a re-implemented onMeasure() method that honors the layout_width and layout_height attributes. You can then use this custom class in your XML layout by replacing <SlidingDrawer ...> with <fully.qualified.package.ClassName ...>.

Note that since the drawer will no longer be filling the parent layout, you will have to enclose it in a LinearLayout with the gravity attribute set to the edge where the drawer should be.

Below are a class I have created for this purpose and an example layout.

WrappingSlidingDrawer class :

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.SlidingDrawer;


public class WrappingSlidingDrawer extends SlidingDrawer {

    public WrappingSlidingDrawer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);

        int orientation = attrs.getAttributeIntValue("android", "orientation", ORIENTATION_VERTICAL);
        mTopOffset = attrs.getAttributeIntValue("android", "topOffset", 0);
        mVertical = (orientation == SlidingDrawer.ORIENTATION_VERTICAL);
    }

    public WrappingSlidingDrawer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);

        int orientation = attrs.getAttributeIntValue("android", "orientation", ORIENTATION_VERTICAL);
        mTopOffset = attrs.getAttributeIntValue("android", "topOffset", 0);
        mVertical = (orientation == SlidingDrawer.ORIENTATION_VERTICAL);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {

        int widthSpecMode = MeasureSpec.getMode(widthMeasureSpec);
        int widthSpecSize =  MeasureSpec.getSize(widthMeasureSpec);

        int heightSpecMode = MeasureSpec.getMode(heightMeasureSpec);
        int heightSpecSize =  MeasureSpec.getSize(heightMeasureSpec);

        if (widthSpecMode == MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED || heightSpecMode == MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED) {
            throw new RuntimeException("SlidingDrawer cannot have UNSPECIFIED dimensions");
        }

        final View handle = getHandle();
        final View content = getContent();
        measureChild(handle, widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);

        if (mVertical) {
            int height = heightSpecSize - handle.getMeasuredHeight() - mTopOffset;
            content.measure(widthMeasureSpec, MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(height, heightSpecMode));
            heightSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredHeight() + mTopOffset + content.getMeasuredHeight();
            widthSpecSize = content.getMeasuredWidth();
            if (handle.getMeasuredWidth() > widthSpecSize) widthSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredWidth();
        }
        else {
            int width = widthSpecSize - handle.getMeasuredWidth() - mTopOffset;
            getContent().measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(width, widthSpecMode), heightMeasureSpec);
            widthSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredWidth() + mTopOffset + content.getMeasuredWidth();
            heightSpecSize = content.getMeasuredHeight();
            if (handle.getMeasuredHeight() > heightSpecSize) heightSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredHeight();
        }

        setMeasuredDimension(widthSpecSize, heightSpecSize);
    }

    private boolean mVertical;
    private int mTopOffset;
}

Example layout (assuming WrappingSlidingDrawer is in package com.package) :

<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
             android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    ... stuff you want to cover at full-size ...
    <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
              android:gravity="bottom"
              android:orientation="vertical">
        <com.package.WrappingSlidingDrawer android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                           android:content="@+id/content"
                           android:handle="@+id/handle">
            ... handle and content views ...
        </com.package.WrappingSlidingDrawer>
    </LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>

Answer 2

seydhe's answer has a small issue.

The first argument to the getAttributeIntValue needs to be the full namespace, not just "android". So the code snippet should be:

final String xmlns="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
int orientation = attrs.getAttributeIntValue(xmlns, "orientation", SlidingDrawer.ORIENTATION_VERTICAL);
 mTopOffset = attrs.getAttributeIntValue(xmlns, "topOffset", 0);

I was having trouble getting this to work with a horizontal sliding drawer until I realized that it was not finding the orientation attribute and was therefore treating it as vertical.

Answer 3

It works for me:

private SlidingDrawer rightSlidingPanel = null;

 @Override 
public void onCreate( Bundle savedInstanceState )
{
...
    rightSlidingPanel = (SlidingDrawer) findViewById( R.id.rightSlidingPanel );
    rightSlidingPanel.post( new Runnable() 
            {
                @Override
                public void run()
                {
                    rightSlidingPanel.getLayoutParams().width = findViewById( R.id.sliding_content2 ).getMeasuredWidth() + findViewById( R.id.sliding_handle ).getMeasuredWidth();
                }

            });
}

XML Layout:

...
    <SlidingDrawer
            android:id="@+id/rightSlidingPanel"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:allowSingleTap="true"
            android:animateOnClick="true"
            android:content="@+id/sliding_content"
            android:handle="@+id/sliding_handle"
            android:orientation="horizontal" >

            <Button
                android:id="@+id/sliding_handle"
                style="@style/toolbar_button"
                android:layout_width="30dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:height="40dp"
                android:text="&lt;"
                android:width="25dp" />

            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/sliding_content"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:gravity="top"
                android:orientation="vertical" >

                <LinearLayout
                    android:id="@+id/sliding_content2"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:gravity="center_horizontal" >

...
                </LinearLayout>
            </LinearLayout>
        </SlidingDrawer>
...

Answer 4

just set to pmargin in sliding drawer in your xml

android:layout_marginTop="50dip"

Answer 5

unfortunately you can't set the height, but rather the opposite of that. the topOffset attribute will determine how tall to make the sliding drawer, but its what to shave off rather than how tall it will be.

Answer 6

it is better to read the parameter without hardcoding the string:

    int attrOrientation = android.R.attr.orientation;
    int attrTopOffset = android.R.attr.topOffset;

    int[] attrIds = new int [] {attrOrientation, attrTopOffset}; 

    TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, attrIds);
    int orientation = a.getInt(0, SlidingDrawer.ORIENTATION_VERTICAL);
    topOffset = a.getDimension(1, 0);
    a.recycle(); 

    isVertical = (orientation == SlidingDrawer.ORIENTATION_VERTICAL);

Another issus is in the onMeasure.

I used the following code:

    if (isVertical) {
        int height = heightSpecSize - handle.getMeasuredHeight() - topOffset;
        getContent().measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(widthSpecSize, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED), MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(height, MeasureSpec.EXACTLY));
        heightSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredHeight() + topOffset + content.getMeasuredHeight();
        widthSpecSize = content.getMeasuredWidth();
        if (handle.getMeasuredWidth() > widthSpecSize) widthSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredWidth();
    } else {
        int width = widthSpecSize - handle.getMeasuredWidth() - topOffset;
        getContent().measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(width, MeasureSpec.EXACTLY), MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(heightSpecSize, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
        widthSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredWidth() + topOffset + content.getMeasuredWidth();
        heightSpecSize = content.getMeasuredHeight();
        if (handle.getMeasuredHeight() > heightSpecSize) heightSpecSize = handle.getMeasuredHeight();
    }