Draw Custom View on specific position of screen - Android

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Published on 2010-04-05T09:27:31Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 9:33 UTC
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I have a custom component which consists of 2 text view and 4 toggle buttons. I want to draw this view at some specific position on the screen. How is that possible?

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