Question

so i made a Surface view with a canvas, so i could do some graphics. is there any way of having a xml layout with a canvas, so i can have buttons and what not on the screen, or is there any other option to making buttons on a canvas?

Answer 1

You will have to made one class that having that canvas in it. And then Import that class in the xml layout.

See this example: FingerPaint Example.

In above example there is myView class that contain the canvas to draw on it.

What you need to do is:

First Create any Layout in your xml as like below:

<RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/drawingLayout"     
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"     
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    </RelativeLayout>

Now let say main.xml is your main xml layout file then add that class in to that layout as like below:

   setContentView(R.layout.main);

    drawingLayout = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.drawingLayout);
    System.out.println("The Layout is: "+drawingLayout);
    myView = new MyView(this);
    drawingLayout.addView(myView);

Hope you got the point. If not then let me know.

Enjoy. :))