public
class
ViewOverlay
extends Object
java.lang.Object | |
↳ | android.view.ViewOverlay |
Known Direct Subclasses |
An overlay is an extra layer that sits on top of a View (the "host view") which is drawn after all other content in that view (including children, if the view is a ViewGroup). Interaction with the overlay layer is done by adding and removing drawables.
An overlay requested from a ViewGroup is of type ViewGroupOverlay
,
which also supports adding and removing views.
Public methods | |
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void
|
add(Drawable drawable)
Adds a |
void
|
clear()
Removes all content from the overlay. |
void
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remove(Drawable drawable)
Removes the specified |
Inherited methods | |
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From
class
java.lang.Object
|
void add (Drawable drawable)
Adds a Drawable
to the overlay. The bounds of the drawable should be relative to
the host view. Any drawable added to the overlay should be removed when it is no longer
needed or no longer visible. Adding an already existing Drawable
is a no-op. Passing null
parameter will result in an
IllegalArgumentException
being thrown.
Parameters | |
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drawable |
Drawable :
The Drawable to be added to the overlay. This drawable will be
drawn when the view redraws its overlay. Drawable s will be drawn in the order that
they were added. |
See also:
void remove (Drawable drawable)
Removes the specified Drawable
from the overlay. Removing a Drawable
that was
not added with add(Drawable)
is a no-op. Passing null
parameter will
result in an IllegalArgumentException
being thrown.
Parameters | |
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drawable |
Drawable :
The Drawable to be removed from the overlay. |
See also: