iOS equivalent to androids colors.xml - android

I'm developing an app with different brandings that do share the same codebase for most parts. In my android project, I got a xml file for every branding containing the colors. Every view used the color codes defined within these xml files instead of using 'hard coded' color codes.
I would like to achieve the same thing within iOS. How can I do this? I would prefer a solution that does not involve dragging all references into the view controller and set colors via code. Is this possible with Xcode?

Please click on a view and check for Background.Click on dropdown and check
other... is present , click on that now follow the screenshot attached.

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Custom Shape Button Android

I have to address this type of views which has buttons below example.
http://www.planet1107.net/blog/custom-shape-uibutton-tutorial/
It is in the iOS. so is there any way to make it in Android.
I also have to give click events on all of those buttons.
I would recommend just exporting these custom images to pngs. Then adding the pngs to your Android project and simply referencing them in the code or XML. Then on a click event you can simply change the icon to indicate that it has been clicked and if the user clicks on it one more time change it back.
This will also ensure that the Android images look identical to the iOS ones.

How to customize android widgets

Hi I am a beginner in android and I want to know how to customize buttons,check box etc., I searched in web but found many ways and got confused...
Can you please tell me what are the ways to customize android widgets, can we do that using css, like we do for the HTML?
Thanks in advance...
There are a few ways. You can use 9patch to edit the files inside the SDK(which will typically be C:\Android\SDK\platforms\android-19\data\res\drawable-hdpi) - Android-19 is the api level, and then set them in your xml layout under the widget you want with
android:background="#drawable/your file"
Another way is to create a selector(Recommended because it can handle stuff like when clicked and more), shape(Simple creation with corners and stuff), layer list(Advanced selector) or solid(just a color) in /drawable and then set them in your xml under the widget you want with
android:background="#drawable/your file"
An example of the second solution can be found here android button selector

How to set up a layout using code and not XML

I'm learning to develop android apps and in the process I realized that there two ways to get a job done. Using xml or normal code. Suppose I want to change the position of a button, I'll be doing it in xml using align left/align centre etc., This will be done in the XML file. If I want to achieve the same through code, where should I place the code ? Inside which class ?
There are two aspects to your question that I understand.
1. Creating a whole layout file dynamically (without XML).
2. Creating a layout through XML and changing the components positions and properties dynamically through your activity file.
Now, it's upto the developer what he wishes to choose.
To help you further, please view this video link posted by the Android team.
It's all about layouts and includes how to layout apps using Java, not XML. However, you are warned that the android team wants you to use XML.
The code will be placed in the same class as the class where you reference your xml code. Do a read up in your android docs for insight.

Android Custom Button Drawable XML File

I recently discovered that you can describe an Android custom drawable in an XML file, which you can then use with a button (and other View, I guess), and this inspired me to ask this question:
Does anyone know (or know where I can find) an XML file that precisely describes the exact default button that shows up in an Android application if you don't change a single detail.
It seems to me, that would be a very helpful starting point.
Thanks,
R.
//this is an nice tutor for gradient
This time, all those gradients are created programmatically which gives you total control of the button and the gradient!
link here:
The default Android Views, like Button, and its selector XML files are available in resource folder of particular Android platform.
For example,
\android-sdk-windows\platforms\android-8\data\res\drawable folders.
These drawables and XML files are accessible in our application code, using 'android.R'.
For example: android.R.drawable.btn_check

How to design a iPhone like menu/button in android at the bottom?

I have googled this, most of the solutions are using:
1.TabHost with customized style which would cover the separate line between each tab to archive the requirement.
2.On the android developers website, there is a article is using Merge layout to put 2 buttons on top of the background image kind of archive what I want.(http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/layout-tricks-merge.html)
3.What about using button but style the looking like the example below? I don't need the selection, cause each item in the menu will be a button, which takes the user to another page.
I am wondering is there any other solutions apart from these two?
This is something want:
I don't need the menu likes a tab which has selected and unselected, they are better like a button always displaying in certain screen(activity).
Thank you.
You can use simple buttons, and provide any custom background for it. For such simple form as on your screenshot look for this link.
But #Janne write right thing - you should be very careful with transplanting controls from another platforms.

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