creating custom vertical seekbar, android - android-widget

Question

In my application I require a vertical seekbar, something like this:
I dont know how to modify android's default seekbar to look like this ! also I dont know any external 3rd party library which provides this kind of seekbar..
Is there any way I can get this !
Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

you dont modify it...u create your own view:
package android.widget;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
public class VerticalSeekBar extends SeekBar {
public VerticalSeekBar(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public VerticalSeekBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public VerticalSeekBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
super.onSizeChanged(h, w, oldh, oldw);
}
#Override
protected synchronized void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
super.onMeasure(heightMeasureSpec, widthMeasureSpec);
setMeasuredDimension(getMeasuredHeight(), getMeasuredWidth());
}
protected void onDraw(Canvas c) {
c.rotate(-90);
c.translate(-getHeight(), 0);
super.onDraw(c);
}
#Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
if (!isEnabled()) {
return false;
}
switch (event.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
setProgress(getMax() - (int) (getMax() * event.getY() / getHeight()));
onSizeChanged(getWidth(), getHeight(), 0, 0);
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
break;
}
return true;
}
}

Answer 2

If you want the backround to be higlighted when the seekbar is moved you can capture the MotionEvent by overriding onTouchEvent and do whatever you want with the background color/image for your layout. By the way, can you better explain what you mean by "I want a seekbar where some portion of width is also highlighted when seekbar is moved"?