Hey Guys, I'm integrating socialize with my android project. I want to get socialize to work with in an Blank Screen only instead of the entire app. Everything seems work like a charm, got actionbar nicely display on the Blank Screen except for one area. I couldn't get background image to display. I have tested the blank screen by itself without socialize integrated which works fine. Does anyone have any clue? Cheers Cyrus

try using action bar with the layout method which is located in the end of actiobar's implementation guide. Its should work then. Thanks, Rishav

Hi Rishav, Thank you for your response for this. I'm a bit lost. Could you be more specific? Do I need to modify the screen_blank.xml under res/layout/? Thanks Cyrus

yes..try adding the code before relative layout closes..

Hi Rishav, Thanks for your advice, but still no luck to get it to work. Received errors in logcat. screen_blank.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <ScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_above="@+id/socializeActionBar" android:fillViewport="true" android:isScrollContainer="false"> <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> </LinearLayout> </ScrollView> <!-- The ActionBar MUST appear AFTER your content in your layout --> <com.socialize.ui.actionbar.ActionBarView android:id="@id/socializeActionBar" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/> </RelativeLayout> 01-03 22:26:36.450: W/dalvikvm(645): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x409961f8) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.steakandroid/com.steakandroid.BT_screen_blank}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Binary XML file line #27: You must supply a layout_width attribute. 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1955) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1980) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:122) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1146) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4340) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Binary XML file line #27: You must supply a layout_width attribute. 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.content.res.TypedArray.getLayoutDimension(TypedArray.java:491) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.view.ViewGroup$LayoutParams.setBaseAttributes(ViewGroup.java:5297) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.view.ViewGroup$MarginLayoutParams.<init>(ViewGroup.java:5418) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.widget.RelativeLayout$LayoutParams.<init>(RelativeLayout.java:1064) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.widget.RelativeLayout.generateLayoutParams(RelativeLayout.java:933) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.widget.RelativeLayout.generateLayoutParams(RelativeLayout.java:69) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:741) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at com.steakandroid.BT_screen_blank.onCreate(BT_screen_blank.java:94) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049) 01-03 22:26:36.550: E/AndroidRuntime(645): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1919)

Looks like you're missing a layout attribute, try using something like: <!-- The ActionBar MUST appear AFTER your content in your layout --> <com.socialize.ui.actionbar.ActionBarView android:id="@id/socializeActionBar" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>

Hi Raveyd, Thanks for your help once again, I think we're getting there. I still couldn't get the bg image to show, also the actionbar appear twice in the emulator. <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20163884/socialize1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20163884/socialize1.jpg</a> Thanks Cyrus

It might be easier/quicker to just hard code the background image in to the screen. Stick the image into the res > drawable folder and add it here: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:background="@drawable/imagename(no .file extension)"> 2 action bars showing... not sure... try wrap_content instead of fill_parent, for one or both of the attributes here: <!-- The ActionBar MUST appear AFTER your content in your layout --> <com.socialize.ui.actionbar.ActionBarView android:id="@id/socializeActionBar" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/> Also maybe remove the: android:layout_above="@+id/socializeActionBar" from the scrollView

Hi Raveyd, Awesome man!!! Absolutely brilliant. Thank you guys Cyrus

Thanks!

Hi Raveyd, I am trying to implement socialize into my apps and i have being following you advice in many of the socialize threads. And i though to i will take the xml way to implement this sdk. can you tell me which is the main xml file so that the socialize bar can be visible in every screen.

Hi @SrikarSree, it depends on your app really - if you have a tabbed layout you can put the code in the tabs xml, or if you have a layout with a list menu put the code in the menu.xml. BT doesn't have a 'main.xml', leaving the choice up to you.

Hi Raveyd, Thanks for the input, I had posted a query on socialize forum and i got this reply. ---- The "R" class (as in "R.layout.actionbar") is a class that is automatically generated by ADT and represents the "Resources" in your app. So R.layout is a class representation of all the layout XML files you have in your layout folder. So R.layout.actionbar is referring to a file called actionbar.xml which it is expecting to see in the layout folder of your app. This is just the name of the file in the sample app, you are not expected to have this file. Just replace R.layout.actionbar with the main layout file for the activity you are including the action bar in. Most likely it's something like R.layout.main ----- Could you guide me how to implement this, since you have already mentioned that BT do not have a main.xml.