use of setOrientation method on a LinearList object

Question

The setOrientation method of LinearLayout will not accept the argument VERTICAL, contrary to the following from the android reference

public void setOrientation (int orientation) Since: API Level 1 Should the layout be a column or a row. Related XML Attributes * android:orientation Parameters orientation Pass HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL. Default value is HORIZONTAL.

I have tried, unsuccessfully, using import android.widget.LinearLayout.*

By hacking around I was able to find that 1 is vertical, which works fine, but this is a bug that should be fixed.

Answer 1

LinearLayout myLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
myLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

Answer 2

The setOrientation method of LinearLayout will not accept the argument VERTICAL

Yes, it does. Here is a sample project that has worked for about three years, certainly on every shipping version of Android.

By hacking around I was able to find that 1 is vertical, which works fine, but this is a bug that should be fixed.

The bug is in your code.