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POHow to set the absolute position of an image or button so that it is consistent across multiple screen sizes?
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copied!<p>After searching for a few hours, I was unable to find the exact answer to my situation. I'm currently using a RelativeLayout and all I have is a background image and a button. The problem I'm having is placing the button in the exact location I want it to be (a little offset from the center).</p> <p>My first attempt was to modify the layout_margins of the button. While this worked for the current emulator I was working with (3.7in WVGA), the positioning of the button was slightly/way off for a different screen size (such as 3.2in HVGA). </p> <p>I then attempted to modify the padding of the parent layout but got the same issue. My XML looks like this:</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:paddingLeft="98dip" android:paddingBottom="68dip" android:background="@drawable/background"> <Button android:id="@+id/starttimer" android:background="@drawable/button" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:clickable="true" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/> </RelativeLayout> </code></pre> <p>Please let me know if I'm completely off with my approach. It seems like an extremely simple problem, and I'm bummed out that it's taken me so long to try to get it. Thanks for any help!</p>

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