created a board and some players

res/layout/main.xml

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
                 android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
 
         </LinearLayout>
-
-    </LinearLayout>
+        </LinearLayout>
 
 </LinearLayout>

src/com/mortalpowers/android/barcard/BarcardActivity.java

@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
 		Button scan = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
 		scan.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
-
 			@Override
 			public void onClick(View v) {
 				scanSomething();
 
 			}
 		});
-		Toast.makeText(this, "OnCreate", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
-
+
+		LinearLayout l = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearLayout1);
+		GameBoard gb = new GameBoard(this);
+		l.addView(gb);
 	}
 
 	public void scanSomething() {

src/com/mortalpowers/android/barcard/GameBoard.java

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.mortalpowers.android.barcard;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.widget.GridLayout;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+public class GameBoard extends GridLayout {
+	private final int width = 10;
+	private final int height = 10;
+	private ArrayList<ArrayList<TextView>> data;
+	private ArrayList<Player> players;
+
+
+	public GameBoard(Context context) {
+		super(context);
+		setRowCount(height);
+		setColumnCount(width);
+
+		data = new ArrayList<ArrayList<TextView>>();
+
+		players = new ArrayList<Player>();
+		players.add(new Player("1"));
+		Player p2 = new Player("2");
+		p2.x = 3;
+		p2.y = 6;
+		players.add(p2);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
+			ArrayList<TextView> row = new ArrayList<TextView>();
+			data.add(row);
+			for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
+				TextView tv = new TextView(context);
+				tv.setText(" " + i + "x" + j + " ");
+				row.add(tv);
+				addView(tv);
+			}
+		}
+
+		updateBoard();
+	}
+
+	public void updateBoard() {
+		String[][] buffer = new String[width][height];
+		for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
+			for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
+				buffer[i][j] = "";
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (Player p : players) {
+			buffer[p.x][p.y] = buffer[p.x][p.y] + " " + p.name + " ";
+		}
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
+			for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
+				TextView t = data.get(i).get(j);
+				t.setText("[" + buffer[i][j] + "]");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void setGridValue(int x, int y, String value) {
+		data.get(x).get(y).setText(value);
+	}
+
+	public String getGridValue(int x, int y) {
+		return (String) data.get(x).get(y).getText();
+	}
+}

src/com/mortalpowers/android/barcard/Player.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.mortalpowers.android.barcard;
+
+public class Player {
+	int x = 0;
+	int y = 0;
+	String name = "Unnamed";
+
+	public Player(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	public void move(int toX, int toY) {
+
+	}
+}