Question

I am trying to create a listview with balloons. Its like a threaded chat list.

I am using thread.9.png (9 patch image) image for balloons. but you can see in the above screen shot that balloons are taking screen width even content is smaller.

I want to resize balloon’s width on the basis of content.

bellow is the code of list view row.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:paddingLeft="2dp"
  android:background="@drawable/thread">


    <TextView 
        android:text="TextView" 
        android:id="@+id/messageFrom" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:layout_weight="1.0"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
         android:layout_marginTop="20dip"></TextView>


    <TextView 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:textColor="@color/black"
    android:id="@+id/messageTitle" 
    android:text="TextView" 
    android:layout_gravity="right" 
    android:layout_marginBottom="20dip"></TextView>
     <TextView 
        android:layout_weight="1.0"
        android:gravity="right"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="@color/blue" 
        android:id="@+id/messageDay" 
        android:text="TextView" android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"></TextView>
</LinearLayout>

If there is any sample for threaded list view, it will also very helpful.

Answer 1

A 9patch image won’t shrink (will only stretch), so if the thread.9.png’s width is greater than the content size, it’ll use the images width.