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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 package android.view;
     17 
     18 import android.annotation.NonNull;
     19 import android.content.Context;
     20 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * A group overlay is an extra layer that sits on top of a ViewGroup
     24  * (the "host view") which is drawn after all other content in that view
     25  * (including the view group's children). Interaction with the overlay
     26  * layer is done by adding and removing views and drawables.
     27  *
     28  * <p>ViewGroupOverlay is a subclass of {@link ViewOverlay}, adding the ability to
     29  * manage views for overlays on ViewGroups, in addition to the drawable
     30  * support in ViewOverlay.</p>
     31  *
     32  * @see ViewGroup#getOverlay()
     33  */
     34 public class ViewGroupOverlay extends ViewOverlay {
     35 
     36     ViewGroupOverlay(Context context, View hostView) {
     37         super(context, hostView);
     38     }
     39 
     40     /**
     41      * Adds a {@code View} to the overlay. The bounds of the added view should be
     42      * relative to the host view. Any view added to the overlay should be
     43      * removed when it is no longer needed or no longer visible.
     44      *
     45      * <p>Views in the overlay are visual-only; they do not receive input
     46      * events and do not participate in focus traversal. Overlay views
     47      * are intended to be transient, such as might be needed by a temporary
     48      * animation effect.</p>
     49      *
     50      * <p>If the view has a parent, the view will be removed from that parent
     51      * before being added to the overlay. Also, if that parent is attached
     52      * in the current view hierarchy, the view will be repositioned
     53      * such that it is in the same relative location inside the activity. For
     54      * example, if the view's current parent lies 100 pixels to the right
     55      * and 200 pixels down from the origin of the overlay's
     56      * host view, then the view will be offset by (100, 200).</p>
     57      *
     58      * <p>{@code View}s added with this API will be drawn in the order they were
     59      * added. Drawing of the overlay views will happen before drawing of any of the
     60      * {@code Drawable}s added with {@link #add(Drawable)} API even if a call to
     61      * this API happened after the call to {@link #add(Drawable)}.</p>
     62      *
     63      * <p>Passing <code>null</code> parameter will result in an
     64      * {@link IllegalArgumentException} being thrown.</p>
     65      *
     66      * @param view The {@code View} to be added to the overlay. The added view will be
     67      * drawn when the overlay is drawn.
     68      * @see #remove(View)
     69      * @see ViewOverlay#add(Drawable)
     70      */
     71     public void add(@NonNull View view) {
     72         mOverlayViewGroup.add(view);
     73     }
     74 
     75     /**
     76      * Removes the specified {@code View} from the overlay. Passing <code>null</code> parameter
     77      * will result in an {@link IllegalArgumentException} being thrown.
     78      *
     79      * @param view The {@code View} to be removed from the overlay.
     80      * @see #add(View)
     81      * @see ViewOverlay#remove(Drawable)
     82      */
     83     public void remove(@NonNull View view) {
     84         mOverlayViewGroup.remove(view);
     85     }
     86 }
     87