ViewManager

android.view.ViewManager

Known Indirect Subclasses

AbsListView, AbsSpinner, AbsoluteLayout, AdapterView<T extends Adapter>, AdapterViewAnimator, AdapterViewFlipper, AppWidgetHostView, CalendarView, DatePicker, DialerFilter, ExpandableListView, FragmentBreadCrumbs, and 33 others.

AbsListView	Base class that can be used to implement virtualized lists of items.
AbsSpinner	An abstract base class for spinner widgets.
AbsoluteLayout	This class was deprecated in API level 3. Use `FrameLayout`, `RelativeLayout` or a custom layout instead.
AdapterView<T extends Adapter>	An AdapterView is a view whose children are determined by an `Adapter`.
AdapterViewAnimator	Base class for a `AdapterView` that will perform animations when switching between its views.
AdapterViewFlipper	Simple `ViewAnimator` that will animate between two or more views that have been added to it.
AppWidgetHostView	Provides the glue to show AppWidget views.
CalendarView	This class is a calendar widget for displaying and selecting dates.
DatePicker	This class is a widget for selecting a date.
DialerFilter
ExpandableListView	A view that shows items in a vertically scrolling two-level list.
FragmentBreadCrumbs	Helper class for showing "bread crumbs" representing the fragment stack in an activity.
FragmentTabHost	Special TabHost that allows the use of `Fragment` objects for its tab content.
FrameLayout	FrameLayout is designed to block out an area on the screen to display a single item.
Gallery	This class was deprecated in API level 16. This widget is no longer supported. Other horizontally scrolling widgets include `HorizontalScrollView` and `ViewPager` from the support library.
GestureOverlayView	A transparent overlay for gesture input that can be placed on top of other widgets or contain other widgets.
GridLayout	A layout that places its children in a rectangular grid.
GridView	A view that shows items in two-dimensional scrolling grid.
HorizontalScrollView	Layout container for a view hierarchy that can be scrolled by the user, allowing it to be larger than the physical display.
ImageSwitcher
LinearLayout	A Layout that arranges its children in a single column or a single row.
ListView	A view that shows items in a vertically scrolling list.
MediaController	A view containing controls for a MediaPlayer.
NumberPicker	A widget that enables the user to select a number form a predefined range.
PagerTabStrip	PagerTabStrip is an interactive indicator of the current, next, and previous pages of a `ViewPager`.
PagerTitleStrip	PagerTitleStrip is a non-interactive indicator of the current, next, and previous pages of a `ViewPager`.
RadioGroup	This class is used to create a multiple-exclusion scope for a set of radio buttons.
RelativeLayout	A Layout where the positions of the children can be described in relation to each other or to the parent.
ScrollView	Layout container for a view hierarchy that can be scrolled by the user, allowing it to be larger than the physical display.
SearchView	A widget that provides a user interface for the user to enter a search query and submit a request to a search provider.
SlidingDrawer	This class was deprecated in API level 17. This class is not supported anymore. It is recommended you base your own implementation on the source code for the Android Open Source Project if you must use it in your application.
Spinner	A view that displays one child at a time and lets the user pick among them.
StackView
TabHost	Container for a tabbed window view.
TabWidget	Displays a list of tab labels representing each page in the parent's tab collection.
TableLayout	A layout that arranges its children into rows and columns.
TableRow	A layout that arranges its children horizontally.
TextSwitcher	Specialized `ViewSwitcher` that contains only children of type `TextView`.
TimePicker	A view for selecting the time of day, in either 24 hour or AM/PM mode.
TwoLineListItem	This class was deprecated in API level 17. This class can be implemented easily by apps using a `RelativeLayout` or a `LinearLayout`.
ViewAnimator	Base class for a `FrameLayout` container that will perform animations when switching between its views.
ViewFlipper	Simple `ViewAnimator` that will animate between two or more views that have been added to it.
ViewGroup	A `ViewGroup` is a special view that can contain other views (called children.) The view group is the base class for layouts and views containers.
ViewPager	Layout manager that allows the user to flip left and right through pages of data.
ViewSwitcher	`ViewAnimator` that switches between two views, and has a factory from which these views are created.
WebView	A View that displays web pages.
WindowManager	The interface that apps use to talk to the window manager.
ZoomControls	The `ZoomControls` class displays a simple set of controls used for zooming and provides callbacks to register for events.

Class Overview

Interface to let you add and remove child views to an Activity. To get an instance of this class, call Context.getSystemService().

Summary

Public Methods
? Examples	abstract void	addView( View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) Assign the passed LayoutParams to the passed View and add the view to the window.
? Examples	abstract void	removeView( View view)
? Examples	abstract void	updateViewLayout( View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params)

Public Methods

public abstract void addView (View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params)

Added in API level 1

Assign the passed LayoutParams to the passed View and add the view to the window.

Throws WindowManager.BadTokenException for certain programming errors, such as adding a second view to a window without removing the first view.

Throws WindowManager.InvalidDisplayException if the window is on a secondary Display and the specified display can't be found (see Presentation).

Parameters

view	The view to be added to this window.
params	The LayoutParams to assign to view.

public abstract void removeView (View view)

Added in API level 1

public abstract void updateViewLayout (View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params)

Added in API level 1

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Public Methods

public abstract void addView (View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params)

Parameters

public abstract void removeView (View view)

public abstract void updateViewLayout (View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params)