Deemphasize AbsoluteLayout

Move AbsoluteLayout out of the Layout category in the palette, and
into the "Advanced" category.  Also add selection hints for the
absolute which explains that AbsoluteLayout is deprecated.

Change-Id: I2b1633e90794bdec7b7a0d3171f9a29eb25dd258

diff --git a/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/common/layout/AbsoluteLayoutRule.java b/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/common/layout/AbsoluteLayoutRule.java
index 2fa20ea..4af4559 100644 (file)
--- a/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/common/layout/AbsoluteLayoutRule.java
+++ b/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/common/layout/AbsoluteLayoutRule.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import com.android.ide.common.api.Point;
 import com.android.ide.common.api.Rect;
 import com.android.util.Pair;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
@@ -38,6 +40,14 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public class AbsoluteLayoutRule extends BaseLayoutRule {
 
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getSelectionHint(INode parentNode, INode childNode) {
+        List<String> infos = new ArrayList<String>(2);
+        infos.add("AbsoluteLayout is deprecated.");
+        infos.add("Use other layouts instead.");
+        return infos;
+    }
+
     // ==== Drag'n'drop support ====
     // The AbsoluteLayout accepts any drag'n'drop anywhere on its surface.
 

diff --git a/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/adt/internal/editors/layout/gre/extra-view-metadata.xml b/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/adt/internal/editors/layout/gre/extra-view-metadata.xml
index 9fa235b..627c2e9 100644 (file)
--- a/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/adt/internal/editors/layout/gre/extra-view-metadata.xml
+++ b/eclipse/plugins/com.android.ide.eclipse.adt/src/com/android/ide/eclipse/adt/internal/editors/layout/gre/extra-view-metadata.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
         <view class="android.widget.LinearLayout" fill="opposite" render="skip"/>
         <view class="android.widget.RelativeLayout" fill="opposite" render="skip"/>
         <view class="android.widget.FrameLayout" fill="opposite" render="skip"/>
-        <view class="android.widget.AbsoluteLayout" fill="opposite" render="skip"/>
         <view class="android.widget.TableLayout" fill="opposite" render="skip"/>
         <view class="android.widget.TableRow" fill="opposite" render="skip"/>
     </category>
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@
         <view class="include" skip="true" render="skip"/>
         <view class="merge" skip="true" render="skip"/>
         <view class="android.widget.DialerFilter" fill="width_in_vertical" render="skip"/>
+        <view class="android.widget.AbsoluteLayout" fill="opposite" render="skip"/>
     </category>
     <category name="Other">
         <!--  This is the catch-all category which contains unknown views if we encounter any -->