Tutorial Android: Customize Android Menu Button Padding

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mysps Code is Art Posts: 2082 Reg: May 14, 2011 Palma 33,320	confirm \| cancel 01/11/13 08:12 PM (13 years ago) Tutorial Android: Customize Android Menu Button Padding In case you want push your button menu down to your Android button menus or start the menu near the middle, while keeping the grid option. Here is how you do it.. In your Android Project go to around line: 442 in the src/BT_screen_menuButtons.java file //table row holds parts... TableRow tr = null; if(tmpRowCounter < buttonsPerRow){ tr = new TableRow(this); tr.setLayoutParams(trLp); tr.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0); } For my app I changed the value in the tr.setPadding from (0,0,0,0) to the following: tr.setPadding(10, 350, 20, 50); Edit: Explanation of the values above credit to @eJucomm first value left margin second value, top. all rows will get lower together when value goes higher Second to last value cuts off on the right side if larger than 20 Last value, between rows. Higher value larger margin between Before http://www.snurlz.com/wp-content/uploads/padding1android.png After http://www.snurlz.com/wp-content/uploads/padding2android.png Have fun! I'll follow up with the same instructions for iOS that was first introduced to me by Broomla in a forum posted based on one of his apps! Title Comments In case you want push your button menu down to your Android button menus or start the menu near the middle, while keeping the grid option. Here is how you do it.. In your Android Project go to around line: 442 in the src/BT_screen_menuButtons.java file //table row holds parts... TableRow tr = null; if(tmpRowCounter < buttonsPerRow){ tr = new TableRow(this); tr.setLayoutParams(trLp); tr.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0); } For my app I changed the value in the tr.setPadding from (0,0,0,0) to the following: tr.setPadding(10, 350, 20, 50); Edit: Explanation of the values above credit to @eJucomm first value left margin second value, top. all rows will get lower together when value goes higher Second to last value cuts off on the right side if larger than 20 Last value, between rows. Higher value larger margin between Before http://www.snurlz.com/wp-content/uploads/padding1android.png After http://www.snurlz.com/wp-content/uploads/padding2android.png Have fun! I'll follow up with the same instructions for iOS that was first introduced to me by Broomla in a forum posted based on one of his apps!

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	01/11/13 11:31 PM (13 years ago) Great stuff, thanks! Cheers! -- Smug Comments Great stuff, thanks! Cheers! -- Smug

ianJamesPiano Code is Art Posts: 2661 Reg: Feb 13, 2011 Palm Springs, C... 37,010	01/11/13 11:31 PM (13 years ago) Yup yup. Another good tip! Comments Yup yup. Another good tip!

Mr stuck Android Fan Posts: 974 Reg: Apr 09, 2012 Fife, Scotland 15,740	01/11/13 11:49 PM (13 years ago) Ace! Always wanted to know how to do this. Thanks. Comments Ace! Always wanted to know how to do this. Thanks.

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3280 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,900	01/12/13 07:15 AM (13 years ago) Great tip @mysps! LA Comments Great tip @mysps! LA

ATRAIN53 Code is Art Posts: 1755 Reg: Nov 17, 2011 Chicago 26,450	01/12/13 09:18 AM (13 years ago) thanks, great stuff. used this hack a while back. Def miss seeing broomla @ here. last time I saw him I sent him some animation code and he's been in the hinterlands since. Hope he's well, he was brilliant and had a great design eye. I'm guessing he's conversing with some more techie ios types somewhere, he really wanted to talk complex methods and stuff. Comments thanks, great stuff. used this hack a while back. Def miss seeing broomla @ here. last time I saw him I sent him some animation code and he's been in the hinterlands since. Hope he's well, he was brilliant and had a great design eye. I'm guessing he's conversing with some more techie ios types somewhere, he really wanted to talk complex methods and stuff.

HelperDev Lost but trying Posts: 49 Reg: Nov 16, 2012 New York 3,090	01/31/14 11:27 AM (11 years ago) Worked for me, thanks! Comments Worked for me, thanks!

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