Hi, my question is probably really dumb but I don't see any example illustrating what I'm looking for.

I have an activity. I call setContentView(R.layout.main), where main.xml is the layout of my main activity.
I'd like to display a red rectangle (using a canvas ) in this main view. How can I do that ?
How to insert a View into another view ?

Thanks,

If you have a View you can use "protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)" method to paint on the screen.

Hello Lex,

For cascading Views ( View in View in View...) have a look at the SingleWeatherInfoView of the :src: Android Weather Forecast-Tutorial.
or any main.xml on this board (in most cases everything is surrounded by a LinearLayout...).

Regards,
plusminus