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I have tried DroidDraw and the Eclipse layout editor and both seem very difficult to create anything other than very simple layouts. I find myself dropping back to the XML file to be able to manipulate it.
Has anyone found any good tools to design the actual screens? I am not looking for a mock-up tool... but an actual tool to create the XML layouts.
Update: The new eclipse designer with 2.3 is better, but honestly I thought that it would be further along. I don't mind dropping down to the XML when necessary, but just seems like it is time to get some good designer tools in the space.
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Use FrameLayout, RelativeLayout or a custom layout instead. Those layouts will adapt to different screen sizes, whereas AbsoluteLayout will not. Definitely right. I recommend RelativeLayout since it keeps the view hierachy flat.
Within the Android Studio environment, this is performed using the Designer tool which operates in two modes. In design mode, view components are selected from a palette and positioned on a layout representing an Android device screen and configured using a list of properties.
Over the years i've learned that there is no good drag and drop tool for anything. Code, forms, layouts, at the end the best way to create something is going to the src. Since we're talking about mobile device here, good, optimized layouts are important. Therefore it's worth to spend some time and manually edit XML, it will make product better.
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try IntelliJ IDEA IDE. It has a good android layout design tool
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