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Is there a layout in android studio that is able to infinitely expand in every direction?

I'm relatively new to coding, especially with android(xml,java).
I had an idea for an app but it appears that it requires a layout that I can't seem to find.
So what I'd need is a layout that starts out with the screen size and dynamically expands in the given direction as the user drags along the screen.
In addition to that I want to be able to create objects(textview, imageview) at any given point on the layout which can also overlap as they can in Absolute- or RelativeLayout. Those objects should dynamically be loaded and destroyed as they move in and out of view.
So I don't know if there's anything like this. I've searched for quite a bit but only found layouts that were able to either scroll horizontally or vertically.
If anybody got an idea how I could possibly realize such a view, please let me know!
Best regards, BlackCert

In your case, doing everything manually through OpenGL seems appropriate. You could render only the items that are visible and dont have to mess with Android getting painfully slow when dealing with huge layouts. Set-Up a 2D scene and write rendering code for each kind of item you want to display.

How to make a button that draws over any screen?

Apps like Floating Toucher or Link Bubble proves how useful a floating button can be. And no, I'm not talking about FABs as per Material Design guidelines here, I meant a literally 'floating' button that draw over any screen in the system that can be dragged around and clicked.
Take a look at these examples:
(source: boatmob.com)
Now, I tried to Google a way to do this but I'm afraid I'm still at lost here. How can these apps draw over screens outside their own?
I've come across this SO question which more or less asking about a similar question. But to be honest, I wasn't able to gain much information from it. Said question mainly addressed how to intercept a touch for a floating view; Not how to specifically make one.
I really hope that somebody out there could enlighten me on this. Thanks in advance for your time!

If you are talking about an activity's view (not Widgets), 'floating' on screen, like Facebook ChatHeads. Then you should create a background service and attach a view with it. Though it is not recommend by Android.
See below links
What APIs in Android is Facebook using to create Chat Heads?
http://www.piwai.info/chatheads-basics/

ObjectAnimator vs TranslateAnimation

I just do a simple project where I try to show/hide a layout on the top of a LinearLayout with TranslateAnimation. There was a flicker because when I call onAnimationEnd(), the animation wasn't finished for 0.1sec.
Example:
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
retractableLayout.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
When I search on stackoverflow, I found there's another way to do it. With ObjectAnimator. After using it, my animation was fine without a View.GONE
What is the difference between TranslateAnimation and ObjectAnimator? Is one of them is deprecated and they do the same thing or there's a time when one or the other is better.
Here's a github repo with the 2 versions (https://github.com/charlesvigneault/AAA_Test1)
Thanks

The difference is mainly that if you use a TranslateAnimation, the view which you are animating does not really leave its original position on the screen, it just makes it look like it is moving. So the view basically doesnt change its coordinates.
Check this video about View Animations :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UWXqFBF86U
If you use an ObjectAnimator the view really changes its actual position.
TranslateAnimation is not deprecated, you can still find it on Lollipop, but for most cases I can recommend a class called ViewPropertyAnimator , which many people still dont seem to know about, it is probably the easiest and most straight forward way to animate a view, and can also save you a lot of code. Heres an example :
retractableLayout.animate()
.translationX(toX)
.translationY(toY)
.setDuration(duration)
.setInterpolator(interpolator)
.setStartDelay(startDelay);
You can also set a listener etc., be sure to check the available methods.
And check out this really helpful video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UbJhmkeSig

TranslateAnimation is depracated since android 3.0 and ObjectAnimator is the way to go. Object animator is much more flexible as it allows you to "animate" any object property that has proper setter and getter implemented. Check official android dev guide
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/overview.html

Explanation of JetBoy example for dev.android.com?

I have developed many applications for desktop or web in java, but never for android.
What little I have practiced with was weird because I am used to SWING. Since it uses .xml files for applications I was wondering if you needed this also in games?
For example there is a a good example at http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/JetBoy/index.html. I was hoping someone could explain two things for me.
How is the image drawn to the screen?
How do you listen for user input? (Eg. Clicks, drawing, swiping, ect...)
I have made games on the desktop so you don't have to get in depth, but I found it hard to understand the code. (What I was suppose to do special for android.)
(Another way to put it:)
I guess basically what I am asking is how to I draw an image that will in turn listen to clicks and such without adding a button? Or do I need to add an invisible button? Then if I did have to add a button how would I listen for swiping and drawing?
Also I saw some methods like doDraw(), but did not see where they were putting the image so it would appear on the android device.

JetBoy is rather complicated for a beginner, check these simple examples which are based on the same principles as JetBoy: How can I use the animation framework inside the canvas?
Everything is done by drawing bitmaps on the view's canvas and an event which detects when and where the sreen was touched.

I think this will tell you everything you need to know, in a comprehensive, 31 part series detailing the creation of Light Racer 3d for Android.

If you are not going to use any Game Engine ,
basically you extend android.view.SurfaceHolder
and then overide these methods,
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
go through
these articles.It teaches everything you need from the scratch

Android: Creating a Scrollable Layout

I'm trying to create a "scrollable" layout in Android. Even using developers.android.com, though, I feel a little bit lost at the moment. I'm somewhat new to Java, but not so much that I feel I should be having these issues--being new to Android is the bigger problem right now.
The layout I'm trying to create should scroll in a sort of a "grid". I THINK what I'm looking for is the Gallery view, but I'm really lost as to how to implement it at the moment. I want it to "snap" to center the frame, like in the actual Gallery application.
Essentially, if I had a photo gallery of 9 pictures, the idea is to scroll between them up/down AND side to side, in a 3x3 manner. Doesn't need to dynamically adjust, or anything like that, I just want a grid I can scroll through.
I'm also not asking for anyone to give me explicit code for it--I'm trying to learn, more than anything. But pointing me in the right direction for helpful layout programming resources would be greatly appreciated, and confirming if it's a Gallery view I'm looking for would also be really helpful.
EDIT: To clarify, the goal is to have ONE item on screen at a time. If you scroll between one item and the next, the previous one leaves the screen, and the new one snaps into place. So if it were a photo gallery, each spot on the grid would take up the entire screen size, approximately, and would be flung out of the viewable area when you slide across to the next photo, in either direction. (Photos are just an example for illustration purposes)

This page gives a good summary of the different built in layout objects. From your description a GridView or possibly a TableLayout might work. GalleryView looks to be horizontal only.

I believe GridView is what you're looking for. Here's a tutorial: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-gridview.html

You should check out the ViewPager widget, which is available in the Android compatibility package. I spent a loooong time trying to get the Gallery widget to behave properly, but finally settled on a ViewPager which returned ImageView objects instead. Works like a charm.