--- a/android/DWindows.kt	Mon Apr 19 23:06:25 2021 +0000
+++ b/android/DWindows.kt	Wed Apr 21 11:15:26 2021 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.dbsoft.dwindows.dwtest
 
 import android.os.Bundle
+import android.view.View
+import android.widget.LinearLayout
 import android.widget.TextView
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 
@@ -20,8 +22,50 @@
         // Example of a call to a native method
         findViewById<TextView>(R.id.sample_text).text = dwindowsInit(s)
     }
+    /*
+     * These are the Android calls to actually create the UI...
+     * forwarded from the C Dynamic Windows API
+     */
+    fun windowNew(title: String, style: Int): DWindows
+    {
+        // For now we just return our DWindows activity...
+        // in the future, later calls should create new activities
+        return this
+    }
 
-    /**
+    fun boxNew(type: Int, pad: Int): LinearLayout
+    {
+        val box = LinearLayout(this)
+        box.layoutParams =
+            LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)
+        if (type > 0) {
+            box.orientation = LinearLayout.VERTICAL
+        } else {
+            box.orientation = LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL
+        }
+        return box
+    }
+
+    fun boxPack(box: LinearLayout, item: View, index: Int, width: Int, height: Int, hsize: Int, vsize: Int, pad: Int)
+    {
+        var w: Int = width;
+        var h: Int = height;
+
+        if(hsize > 0) {
+            w = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT
+        } else if(w < 1) {
+            w = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
+        }
+        if(vsize > 0) {
+            h = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT
+        } else if(h < 1) {
+            h = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
+        }
+        item.layoutParams = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(w, h)
+        box.addView(item)
+    }
+
+    /*
      * Native methods that are implemented by the 'dwindows' native library,
      * which is packaged with this application.
      */