Custom Button

[teh_raab]

Hi All,

I am looking to create a custom button. The button needs to contain a title and separate subtitle text (pulled from separate SQL fields) as well as an icon (blue) and image (pink), again separate db fields - see image below. This component needs to be easily reusable and the text colour needs to be able to change based on its highlight/pressed state (this bit im ok with).

I was hoping to do this all in XML then just programmatically update the text and image source once the query had returned. I had tried expanding on the button component in XML by nesting an <ImageView/> and <TextView/> inside but it seems that <Button> is not a container and cannot be used in such a way.

I am now creating a RelativeLayout that contains a Button, 2xTextView's and ImageViews etc...

testbutton.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnTest"
            ... />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/imgIcon"
            .../>

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/imgMain"
            .../>
        

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/txtTitle"
            ... />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/txtSubTitle"
            ... />

    </FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

How do i go about referencing this layout object in another XML?

I know what i have written below is not right but im after something like it...

activity_main.xml

...
<testbutton

Again, not looking to be given the answer (unless such components have already been created!) but would like a nudge in the right direction.



Thanks in advance

 

[teh_raab]

Nevermind - i think CardView will give me exactly what i want.