Set Dynamic position of Toast to a View

Question

First of all this is not complete code

@Override
    public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) 
    {
        Toast toast=Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
        toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL, 0, 0); 
        View view=toast.getView();
        switch(buttonView.getId())
        {
            case R.id.chkRed: if(chkRed.isChecked())
            {   
                              chkGreen.setChecked(false);
                              chkBlue.setChecked(false);
                              chkYellow.setChecked(false);
                              toast.setText("You Selected Red");
                                toast.setGravity(Gravity.NO_GRAVITY,buttonView.getRight(), chkRed.getTop());
                             //top does not align
                             //it align perfectly to right of checkbox
                              view.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
            }
                             break;
}
}

So Now, the problem is, i want to display toast beside checkbox, i tried working with setGravity(),but it just does not workup and have been hit and trying for long time, but with no progress

How to display toast beside the checkbox.

Answer 1

ok, i finally figured out how to get toast beside checkbox or another view

1. You need to get location on screen of the view, by

buttonView.getLocationOnScreen(location);

for more Reference, see getLocationOnScreen(int[])

2. Set gravity to toast using

toast.setGravity(Gravity.TOP|Gravity.LEFT,buttonView.getRight()+5, 
location[1]-10);

the important thing here is set x-coordinate of toast to right of view, e.g., buttonView.getRight() and get y-coordinate from the location[1] ,which you get from getLocationOnScreen()

public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) 
    {
        Toast toast=Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
        toast.setGravity(Gravity.TOP|Gravity.LEFT, 0, 0); 
        View view=toast.getView();
        int location[]=new int[2];
        buttonView.getLocationOnScreen(location);
        switch(buttonView.getId())
        {
            case R.id.chkRed: if(chkRed.isChecked())
            {   
                              chkGreen.setChecked(false);
                              chkBlue.setChecked(false);
                              chkYellow.setChecked(false);
                              toast.setText("You Selected Red");
                              toast.setGravity(Gravity.TOP|Gravity.LEFT,buttonView.getRight()+5, location[1]-10);
                              view.setPadding(1, 1, 1, 1);
                              view.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
            }

        }
    }