@nerdtron , no problems. I think for this example that flex would be the best and easiest. However, when I tried doing it, I had a brain freeze! Its been a long time since I have done it. Pls dont take that as it is hard to do. Once you have it in your head, normally its simple.
I am sure someone else here will chime in with the correct way to set the flex settings.
The example I have put below is still a good a good way to know. Its using a custom view. One of the callbacks you get when you have a Custom View Class is layout. Its called by the ui automatically (if you have a method called layout) when you need to respond to changes in your views height or width. Its worth having a read through the docs about Custom Views.
They are easy to make and give you a lot more flexibility and some extra functionality.
Anyway, I hope this also helps
import ui
class MyClass(ui.View):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# create the field and button
self.in_fld = ui.TextField()
self.post_btn = ui.Button(title='Add Item',
bg_color='orange',
corner_radius=6,
action=self.btn_action,
)
# do some static adjustments to button and field properites
# properties that we dont need to calculate in layout
self.post_btn.size_to_fit()
self.post_btn.width += 4
self.post_btn.y = 2
self.in_fld.x = 2
self.in_fld.y = 2
self.in_fld.height = self.post_btn.height
self.add_subview(self.in_fld)
self.add_subview(self.post_btn)
def btn_action(self, sender):
# just to show its working append '@' to the in_fld text
self.in_fld.text += '@'
def layout(self):
'''
This method is called by the ui automatically when required,
such as orientation change.
'''
# only need to adjust the width of the fld and the x pos
# of the btn for this case
self.in_fld.width = self.width - self.post_btn.width - 6
self.post_btn.x = self.in_fld.frame.max_x + 2
if __name__ == '__main__':
mc = MyClass()
mc.present()
'''
This would also work as expected
if __name__ == '__main__':
f=(0, 0, 320, 480)
mc = MyClass(frame=f)
mc.present('sheet')
'''
