Is it possible to somehow make alias for mipmap icon? For example we have icon named icon_app but in our lib we use ic_launcher (as it should be). So for drawables you are able to create reference with values/drawables.xml
I tried with following approach:
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item name="ic_launcher" type="mipmap">#mipmap/icon_app</item>
</resources>
but it seems its not working i tried naming it both drawables.xml and mipmaps.xml, it seems it always tries to reference it from drawable instead of mipmap folder?
Further attempts show that the code originally posted works fine when compiled onto device, but is just not recognised by Android Studio.
I was hoping to alias the system default launcher icon, and this seems to work:
<resources>
<item name="test_alias" type="mipmap">#android:mipmap/sym_def_app_icon</item>
</resources>
...as do these:
<resources>
<mipmap name="test_alias">#android:mipmap/sym_def_app_icon</mipmap>
<mipmap name="test_alias2">#mipmap/ic_test</mipmap>
</resources>
...where ic_test is a "normal" mipmap in my res/mipmap resources folder.
To explain the use case in my situation, this above code is in a library project. The test_alias mipmap is declared in the library so that I can use it to put up a Notification.
But the intention is that the developer using the library would be able to override this icon with their own launcher, or other icon of their choosing by adding something like this into their own code, overriding the library definition:
<resources>
<mipmap name="test_alias">#mipmap/ic_launcher</mipmap>
</resources>
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All I want is that an imagebutton which changes to another image when user press the button on. Following is my directory list. As you see I don't have drawable-hdpi, drawable-mdpi ..and others. And also I can't see mipmap-hdpi, mipmap-mdpi ..and others. My problem is I can't add selector xml for my imagebutton.
directory list
Following image is my content_main file which known as activity_main.
content_main.
My program shows the image of button but when I add android:background="#drawable/fbpressed" code piece in content_main, the program fails. it says unfortunately Login2 has stopped!
I tried lots of combination for my selector file which is fbpress.xml. like I tried android:icon="#mipmap/facebook_pressed" but it fails again and again. any idea?
Please change you selector:
<selector>
<item android:drawable="#mipmap/facebook_press" android:state_press="true">
<item android:drawable= "#mipmap/fracebook">
</selector>
Please click the Android in you screenshot , and change it to Project.It can be more clear.
Yes guys I've solved the problem. I did not know that i should change my values/styles.xml file if i add an resource file into my button. (which is fbpress.xml)
Also I changed my folder representation from Android style to Project style so that i can see my mipmap-hdpi, mdpi etc.
change from android to project
I add those lines into my styles.xml. fbpress is my resource file which is selector file.
<style name="fbpressed" parent="#android:style/Widget.Button">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/fbpressed</item>
</style>
Following is my part of content_main.xml. I added android:background="#drawable:fbpressed" and style="#style/fbpressed" lines into this file.
imageButton
And finally my button works =) Thanks for all your helps
I have an application, that need to run in different size devices
For this, I added the next folders: res/values-normal and res/values-large.
Everything works fine except the application style was modified.
For example the Spinner was like the Model1 and after adding the folders it became like the Model2
http://postimg.org/image/cf3qa2oqd/
If I remove these folders, all returns as before (Model1).
Thanks,
NB: I was not able to add the image here.
the solution is:
change the Application Theme in the Style file
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo">
it works fine.
I'm developing an app that has multilanguage support (using the /res/values-** way) with success. Then I want to use Holo and falling legacy devices (2.3.* for example) to use the default one (using the /res/values-v11 way).
So, I end up with a structure similar to this one (the one without language is EN, as default):
/res/values
/res/values-v11
/res/values-de
/res/values-de-v11
/res/values-es
/res/values-es-v11
... where in each one I have the following:
strings.xml
themes.xml
... where strings.xml is where the localised text are defined, and themes.xml has:
For non-v11 directories (legacy devices)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="#android:style/Theme">
<!-- Any customizations for your app running on pre-3.0 devices here -->
</style>
</resources>
For -v11 directories (+3.0 devices)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo">
<!-- Any customizations for your app running on devices with Theme.Holo here -->
</style>
</resources>
Remembering to add this attribute into the application tag on AndroidManifest.xml
android:theme ="#style/MyTheme"
This is working in all languages and all devices, current and legacy, with correct theme picking and everything. Tested in several physical devices.
So, the question:
Don't you think that this is heavily maintainable? I mean, then we have 2 string.xml files for every language which are exactly identical, but for every new text we have to fill it twice, increasing the risk of typos. The same happens if you have analytics.xml, styles.xml, ... inside
Having the language handling so nice in Android using strings.xml, is there any other workaround to have this working multitheme and multilanguage in a nicer way?
Thank you.
I'm not sure why do you need something like
values-de-v11
I would just use something like this:
values
values-de
values-fr
values-es
values-cat
...
And put inside every strings.xml file with the translation.
On the other hand you can also add the folders:
values
values-v11
And inside you can add your themes.
The folder values should have both the strings.xml for the default language (usually english) and the fallback theme file for devices without holo.
You can check all the possibilites in the documentation:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources.html#AlternativeResources
I have icons for my Android menu. On Android 3+ I'm using a black ActionBar so the icons are white. However, on Android 2.x the menu is inherently white which means the icons are nearly invisible. How can I use different menu icons for different versions? I'm assuming I can do it using different drawable directories like res/drawable-mdpi-v11, but I'm wondering if there is another way so I don't have to create a bunch of different directories as I add versions or pixel densities.
EDIT: I put dark versions in res/drawable-mdpi and res/drawable-hdpi for use with Android 2.x and I put light versions in res/drawable-mdpi-v11 and res/drawable-hdpi-v11 for use with Android 3.x and higher, but my Android 2.1 (sdk 7) emulator is still showing the light version.
Any idea why?
You can Select a theme based on platform version, as outlined in the Styles and Themes dev guide. Define a style in your res/values/styles.xml like this:
<style name="ThemeSelector" parent="android:Theme.Light">
...
</style>
Then in a res/values-v11/ folder, select your theme (probably Holo, if you're dark)
<style name="ThemeSelector" parent="android:Theme.Holo">
...
</style>
Then add icons to that style. For instance, here's a snippet from the styles.xml file from the HoneycombGallery sample application.
<style name="AppTheme.Dark" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo">
...
<item name="menuIconCamera">#drawable/ic_menu_camera_holo_dark</item>
<item name="menuIconToggle">#drawable/ic_menu_toggle_holo_dark</item>
<item name="menuIconShare">#drawable/ic_menu_share_holo_dark</item>
</style>
The bottom 3 elements are all icons in the drawable directories. You'll still need at least one folder per resolution-specific set of icons, but you can combine the light & dark icons into the same folder, but you won't have to have different folders of icons for each platform version. Also, you'll need to list them as references in the values/attrs.xml file, like this:
<resources>
<declare-styleable name="AppTheme">
<attr name="listDragShadowBackground" format="reference" />
<attr name="menuIconCamera" format="reference" />
<attr name="menuIconToggle" format="reference" />
<attr name="menuIconShare" format="reference" />
</declare-styleable>
</resources>
At which point you'll be able to refer to them within your layout XML using the "?attr/NameOfYourDrawable" dereference, like this:
<item android:id="#+id/menu_camera"
android:title="#string/camera"
android:icon="?attr/menuIconCamera"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
Found on the android dev site: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design_menu.html
Warning: Because these resources can change between platform versions, you should not reference these icons using the Android platform resource IDs (i.e. menu icons under android.R.drawable). If you want to use any icons or other internal drawable resources, you should store a local copy of those icons or drawables in your application resources, then reference the local copy from your application code. In that way, you can maintain control over the appearance of your icons, even if the system's copy changes. Note that the grid below is not intended to be complete.
/res/drawable-hdpi (for Android 2.2 and below)
/res/drawable-hdpi-v# (for Android 2.3 and above)
Have you also tried testing this on a 2.1+ phone and not an emulator? If you don't have a phone, try creating another AVD? I'm afraid that you're going to need the separate folders.
Hopefully this helps.
whenever I try to apply a VERY simple style in eclipse I get errors:
the style is as below (filename styles.xml in res/layout)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="commonStyle">
<item name="android:background">#EEEEEE</item>
</style>
</resources>
Regardless of whether I try to apply this to a LinearLayout (using style="#style/commonStyle") or to an activity in my manifest file (using android:theme="#style/commonStyle") I ALWAYS get the error "No resource found that matches the given name...".
If I try to apply an Android theme to an activity (say Theme.Black) it works just fine.
If I remove any usage of my style, my R.java file is generated as normal with the following contents:
public static final int styles=0x7f030002; (in the generated layout class)
I have NO idea what is going on. It seems that NOONE is having the same troubles as me (Ive spent about 4 hours searching using google, and came up with not even a remotely close answer).
Ive tried restarting eclipse, clean building etc. etc. and nothing works what so ever...
So what am I missing?
Try moving your styles.xml file to res/values.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/style-resource.html
Styles need to be stored in the res/values folder :)
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html (See Defining Styles)
The name of the XML file is arbitrary,
but it must use the .xml extension and
be saved in the res/values/ folder.
I haven't used styles in my code yet, however generally you need to use
android:
Does it work when you use this?:
<style android:name="commonStyle">
Please verify the you call the style in the correct manner :
for example this might compile but will not work :
style="mainButtonText"
this is the correct way to call style:
style="#style/mainButtonText"