I developping an Android app based on its iOS twin. In one of our view, we have a list with many information but not necessarily all the information we want. In iOS, they have the right-carret disclosure indicator, but is there an equivalent in Android?
According to this page, http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/pure-android.html, Android app should not have any such thing. But how can I make it clear to the users that there is more info to be shown if they click on the list item?
Thank you!
You can use a ListView and set any icon you want for each item of the ListView.
It's a paradigm of the OS that clicking on list items takes you into a more detailed page. Just simply the fact that it's a list should make it clear to users that there is more information under there as long as the title of the list item is clear. For example the items in the link that you sent make it clear that you can click on them to get more Bluetooth or WiFi settings.
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I have a question that I am struggling to find the answer to. What I am looking to do is create an app that will show a different template depending on the user that signs in.
For example, two users A and B. When A logs in I am hoping for them to see a tabbed template that will have features x,y and z but when B logs in I am hoping they will see a simple activity with feature c.
Ideally there will be a point of contact for the admin that will allow them manage the different templates and who sees which ones.
Is this something that can be achieved at all or is it a waste of time?
Can you please tell me exactly how you wanna show templates to the user like in listview or something else.
Secondly the thing which you want is achievable this has to be done from the server end suppose if you are showing your template in a listview so server will send you data accordingly like if user A logs in the db will give you value of the templates which your admin wants to show to your user and later you can open the templates according to the listview item selected .
Happy Coding .
I want to make launcher app retreive/store a list of selected application and restrict other applications.and the list of the application should me in viewpager (ex. Horizontal manner).
Thanks in advance.
First of all, this is not a question, but a request.
Now, to help you out - there is around 50 apps which restrict showing apps in any launcher, no reason to make another launcher.. BUT. If you still want to do it, when making the list in the adapter, just remove the ones with packages you want to hide.
I have an an Android app that requires that i give the user options to turn on or off certain brand names within specific categories.
So for example, I need to display categories such as Fashion, Music, Film etc (about 10-15 categories in total). Then the user needs to be able to click on a category and be presented with specific brands relating to that category which they can turn on and off, using perhaps a radio button or switch, depending on if they like that brand or not.
Can anybody advise as to a good way to display this kind of layout and what controls / layout to use. I'm currently thinking of using a grid layout for the categories, then submenu items or popup menu for the brands, but i'm not sure if they is a better way to go.
Also, i may need to include the brands actual logo so i need to allow for that to be possible in whatever view control i choose.
I think a great way to show that kind of thing would be using a Card View.
Xamarin has an example on how to use it available here: http://developer.xamarin.com/samples/CardViewSample/
To use it you must add the nuget package for it to your project: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.CardView/
I am coding an Android application in Xamarin and have a question about a List.
I am currently coding many TextView objects on screen with contact details.
This is not displaying how I wish it to and I am wanting to know the correct programming object to use that is the same as the Settings list on many Android devices.
This list is the list that has:
Wi-Fi
BlueTooth
Data Usage
etc
Each of these items has an icon and the items can be clicked on.
Is this called a List, a ListView or something else? Also, if possible, may I have a link to some example code on how to use this object?
Thanks in advance
It is called custom listview, you get a lot of tutorials if you search that:
For an example code, check this out.
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidListView/article.html
Does anyone have a tutorial or link to android source or anything that I can use to learn how android created their contacts app. I'm looking into creating a small app that will can display some data similar to how the contacts app displays its contacts. It seems to be some kind of list view with image buttons for actions.
**EDIT***
Lets make this a little easier, any one have any idea how on Android 2.1 and so far up to 2.3 the contacts tab and favorites tab can display a contact and next to it a button. I had thought this was somehow done in a listview but according to what I've read it's not possible to have a clickable listview plus button on a list item. So I'm assuming somehow a listview is being created and a button added next to the listview. I've tried looking at stock android source on github but I just dont understand it.
Here's the git hub for the Android contacts application:
https://github.com/android/platform_packages_apps_contacts