import android.app.*;
import android.widget.*;
import android.view.*;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.inputmethod.*;
import android.text.*;

static LinearLayout aNorthAndCenter(View n, View c) {
  LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(androidActivity ());
  ll.setOrientation(ll.VERTICAL);
  c.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
    LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
    LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 1.0f));
  ll.addView(n);    
  ll.addView(c);
  ret ll;
}

Began life as a copy of #1001080