Programmatically determine the coordinates of a view(Button) in android?

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How to determine the coordinates (position ) of a view in android programmatically? I have a button placed in my xml file .How do i determine the coordinates of that button in java code?

See this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3228248/android-button-position-programmatically — , Sep 17 '12 at 10:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '12 at 10:28

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Here is the solution . Please check the link for find out the screen location of the View.

answered Sep 17 '12 at 10:28

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 10:20

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get the view reference in java code.

   Integer [] location = new Integer[];
   view.getLocationOnScreen(location);

Now the integer array contains the co-ordinates of your view on screen.

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Its always showing 0 value in both of the items of array. Can you help me with that. – Salman Khan Jul 08 '14 at 10:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 10:23

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Try to see the methods getLocationInWindow and getLocationOnScreen.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#getLocationInWindow(int[])

answered Sep 17 '12 at 10:23

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Programmatically determine the coordinates of a view(Button) in android?

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