Question

I’m using a SlidingDrawer from Right to Left, it’s working well but I have a problem with the invisible part of android:handle, which is a LinearLayout.
I had to use a LinearLayout having a fill_parent property to permit to put my button at the top of the view. If I put my handle on my ImageView,
it become vertically centered in the middle, and I don’t want this.

Here is my code :

<SlidingDrawer
            android:id="@+id/SlidingDrawer"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:content="@+id/contentLayout"
            android:handle="@+id/slideHandleButton"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:padding="0dp" >

            <LinearLayout

                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                android:orientation="vertical" >

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/slideHandleButton"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:src="@drawable/profile_top_panel_background" />
            </LinearLayout>

            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/contentLayout"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@id/slideHandleButton"
                android:background="@drawable/profile_slider_attributes_background"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:padding="10dip" >

                <ScrollView
                    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                    android:fillViewport="true" >

                    <LinearLayout
                        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                        android:orientation="vertical" >

            //DISPLAY CONTENT

                    </LinearLayout>
                </ScrollView>
            </LinearLayout>
        </SlidingDrawer>

Answer 1

The only way I found to move the handle to exactly where I wanted was to extend the slidingdrawer class and modify the onLayout method.

This line in the sldingdrawer source code determines the position of the handle.

handle.layout(childLeft, childTop, childLeft + childWidth, childTop + childHeight);

Extend the slidingdrawer and try adjust the values until you get the position you want.