I am new to android development and I want to add views inside a Slide bar. It must hide and view the elements by overlapping the layout.
As I have attached a screenshot of calculator app which has the same. I want to implement the same layout. What layout should I use to achieve this design?
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I wanna create a menu that be seen when clicked on the center of screen like Aldiko.
I've tested PopupWindow for create menu items but I didn't any solution for trackbar.
Are there any solutions?
Using Default Menu you can create Bottom or TOP layout. So you cant used this. But you can create your own layouts. Align one layout to top & second to bottom. Initially did INVISIBLE both layouts, when you click on center then VISIBLE both layouts.
You can use split ActionBar for getting something like you want. The only repercussion of using it will be the look in different screen modes (portrait and landscape). Your action items will align themselves as per the available screen space. Let me know if you are looking for some code for doing it with ActionBar.
You can use FrameLayout and put the main app layout on back frame and menu (with transparent background) on the top frame. Initial set the visibility of the menu layout to invisible so you app main layout would only be visible. Now when you clicks on the main layout just change the visibility to visible, when user press again set the top layout again to invisible.
I have created a custom menu using linear layout for an android application. The scenario here is that I have created five menu tabs. I have to set the visibility of a menu or two to gone based on the navigation I will do. the problem is when I set the visibility of a menu tab to gone, the stretching of layout is shown explicitly. Please guide to get out of the problem
You could use the visibility "Invisible" instead.
GONE: The view is totally removed from your layout.
INVISIBLE: The view isn't shown but it still uses the space it needs.
What I am trying to do is to have a menu appear over listView. Just like in okCupid app :
when you click menu below the picture :
https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.okcupid.okcupid/ss-480-3-11
it extends itself over the background view :
https://g1.gstatic.com/android/market/com.okcupid.okcupid/ss-480-4-11
I have a feeling that this particular app is done in Sencha or JQuery mobile or similar technology but is it possible to get same effect in native app?
thanks
Most layout classes 'help you' by avoiding widgets to overlaps, but with the RelativeLayout you have more flexibility to create overlapping views.
To be sure the overlay view is on top, you can call ViewGroup.bringChildViewToFront() on the relative layout.
In your example the top view also has a partially transparent background.
Try using FrameLayout and add appropriate transperency for the view
I can look around for some example code later but the basic idea would be to have a MenuView class that draws your menu and animates in and out by setting the content of the menu visible or not.
Then just have all your content be on top of that MenuView by using the relativelayout align_parentBottom and set the content to above the menuview.
I need to make an android layout like this one.
tile background all over the screen.
top menu which, overlays the background ( note the shadow ).
some sort of a table with text options, maybe pictures, which can be scrolled up and down.
bottom menu, which appears by sliding up after a menu button is hit.
What kind of layout elements do you think I should use for that?
Thanks!
I think you should first learn about the Android Layout and XML layout design, then you can easily prepare this layout as well.
Relative Layout will be the better layout as compare to other layouts like Linear Layout and Table Layout.
To display middle part that is showing textual description may contains ListView (ListView because as you have mentioned Text Options should scroll up and down), but it depends on your requirement.
The RelativeLayout is the most flexible, and I think you can make all this with a minimal hierarchy view depth.
My approach would be to use a RelativeLayout. The Top Menu bar could be a custom class which extends a LinearLayout and this can be used in the RelativeLayout (in fact in any screen you have to provide UI consistency). Similarly, the bottom menu would be a custom control containing the appropriate animations. The rest of the screen would be contained in a ScrollView, possibly containing a TableLayout. I have something very similar using a MapView in the main screen and it works fine.
I am working on creating a custom view in android. I want to create an autohide custom view control.
This control will be holding other UI elements mostly buttons or icons. It has a small button which is mandatory, clicking which will slide the control in or out thus changing its visibility.
one should be able to add other buttons or icons to this control
The control can be placed only at the borders, which needs to be specified while creating the view.
I don't know how to start with it
Should I be extending the View class or ViewGroup class.
have a look at this
and then you have to add a dynamic layout to this drawer
I used a RelativeLayout and added a Button to the View.
When I call expandView() or collapseView(), I call mybutton.setVisibility() and let RelativeLayout know it has changed with this.requestLayout().