Question

I am playing around with Mono Droid and trying to implement the following layout

What type of layout would I use? Is there anything in Android like anchors and docking, like WinForms, so that this is can be somewhat independent?

This is for tablets only, and is more for my experimentation. The buttons inside of the left panel are to be repeating.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The root Layout will be like This:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:baselineAligned="false"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:padding="5dp" >

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/leftContainer"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="0.8" >
    </RelativeLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/rightContainer"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1" >

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:padding="20dp" >

            <Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:text="btn1" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                android:text="btn2" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:text="btn3" />
        </RelativeLayout>
    </RelativeLayout>

</LinearLayout>

add you dymanic items as ListView on the top off Right and Left Layouts.