public static class AbsoluteLayout.LayoutParams
extends ViewGroup.LayoutParams



Per-child layout information associated with AbsoluteLayout. See Absolute Layout Attributes for a list of all child view attributes that this class supports.

Summary

Inherited XML attributes

From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams

android:layout_height Specifies the basic height of the view. 
android:layout_width Specifies the basic width of the view. 

Inherited constants

From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams

int FILL_PARENT

Special value for the height or width requested by a View.

int MATCH_PARENT

Special value for the height or width requested by a View.

int WRAP_CONTENT

Special value for the height or width requested by a View.

Fields

public int x

The horizontal, or X, location of the child within the view group.

public int y

The vertical, or Y, location of the child within the view group.

Inherited fields

From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams

public int height

Information about how tall the view wants to be.

public LayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters layoutAnimationParameters

Used to animate layouts.

public int width

Information about how wide the view wants to be.

Public constructors

LayoutParams(Context c, AttributeSet attrs)

Creates a new set of layout parameters.

LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams source)
LayoutParams(int width, int height, int x, int y)

Creates a new set of layout parameters with the specified width, height and location.

Public methods

String debug(String output)

Inherited methods

From class android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams

void resolveLayoutDirection(int layoutDirection)

Resolve layout parameters depending on the layout direction.

void setBaseAttributes(TypedArray a, int widthAttr, int heightAttr)

Extracts the layout parameters from the supplied attributes.

From class java.lang.Object

Object clone()

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boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

void finalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

final Class<?> getClass()

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

final void notify()

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final void notifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Fields

x

public int x

The horizontal, or X, location of the child within the view group.

y

public int y

The vertical, or Y, location of the child within the view group.

Public constructors

LayoutParams

public LayoutParams (Context c, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Creates a new set of layout parameters. The values are extracted from the supplied attributes set and context. The XML attributes mapped to this set of layout parameters are:

  • layout_x: the X location of the child
  • layout_y: the Y location of the child
  • All the XML attributes from ViewGroup.LayoutParams
Parameters
c Context: the application environment
attrs AttributeSet: the set of attributes from which to extract the layout parameters values

Public methods

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Last updated 2026-02-13 UTC.