Is it necessary to memorize everything about XML files while I have the IDE to do it for me?

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I’m starting to learn Android and wanted to know if it is necessary to memorize the attributes that a component has as layout_height, layout_width, layout_gravity, etc..

It has certain attributes that are hard to remember, so I end up appealing to the IDE: drag and glue. I wanted to know if this is inhibiting my learning or is normal. I drag and lap but I have a sense of what each thing is. If I create an app like this can be said that "I" created? Because the important thing is the data structure, my algorithm, it’s not?

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    I believe that the staff is negatively your question why it seems to be based on opinions , I will not risk answering why I do not know the android development environment , but I believe that in any development environment and essential 'know what you are using in your code'

  • I confess that I was a little afraid to ask this kind of question because of the fact that one bullshit an opinion, I have seen several questions related to opinion . -.. But all right, I’m going to ask at Yahoo Answers. Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience.

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    @D3ll4ry You know our chat? There you can ask this kind of question no problem.

  • Honestly, I think it’s an interesting question, because it’s a question that some novice or even some developers might have. I don’t think it should be considered a Ruin question.'

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I’m not a professional programmer - I’m in graduation yet. I have a 1~1.5 years of programming on Android.

I always like to make my own layout using the Edit Code, because I feel more comfortable in it. However, this does not mean that I do not use the Design area. No one is obliged to know all the components and tags XML you are using. XML is a markup language as well as HTML and XHTML. In XML, I can create my own tag and perhaps the IDE does not recognize that "custom XML object", and you will be required to use the Edit Code.

I always use the drag and drop area, when I forget the name of some component or attribute and I keep setting it right there (although it always gets lost).

I recommend you to get used to using both. I’ve had situations where the IDE didn’t recognize the XML tag, as is the case with a Fragment maps and, if I’m not mistaken, Facebook’s Loginbutton - did not show which attributes could be modified, but the visual assistant drew correctly.

Regardless of how it is developing I think it is good not to give up in the middle of the way by an indecision of IDE. Even if you don’t like it, learn to use both ways.

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