[Mono-list] Mono for Android: how to use a non-standard widget from axml?

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Mar 11, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Dimitar Dobrev <dpldobrev at yahoo.com> wrote:
>        I have a class in my project that is a widget. I know I can use it in code as a workaround but can I use it in axml as well? If so, how do I configure it?

The monodroid list [0] or the forums [1] would be a better place to ask.

To refer to a type in a .axml file, you must use either the fully-qualified C# type name (case-sensitive), or the fully-qualified Android Callable Wrapper type name [2, 3]:

	https://github.com/xamarin/monodroid-samples/blob/master/GLCube/Resources/layout/main.xml#L21
	https://github.com/xamarin/monodroid-samples/blob/master/GLCube/PaintingView.cs#L16

The above sample is old, so it's using the Android Callable Wrapper type name, but it could instead use the fully-qualified C# type name instead:

	<Mono.Samples.GLCube.PaintingView
			android:id="@+id/paintingview"
			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
			android:layout_height="fill_parent"
	/>

 - Jon

[0]: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
[1]: http://forums.xamarin.com/categories/android
[2]: http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/comment/6912/#Comment_6912
[3]: http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/android/advanced_topics/java_integration_overview/android_callable_wrappers