I've just recently started coding with Eclipse so I don't know a whole lot about it. I was wondering, how do you change the background of and activity and also the color/pattern of buttons in Eclipse while working on an Android Application.
Thank You
Actually all this stuff should be accessed from xml editor. If you have some difficulties, just open the xml representation of layout and feel free to modify it the most common way(editor independent). The switch between the xml text and designer should be in the end of editor.
Also you should look for properties window on the right side of your editor if you want to edit design properties from UI representation of layout
In res>layout>xml, android:background="#000000" or any color you want inside " "
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I don't understand what is going on when I am in the Graphical layout window in the Eclipse Android Development tool (v22.6.2-1085508) and want to change the text of a TextView. I saw other questions/answers on how to do it programmatically. But unless I am overlooking something obvious the process to do it using the GUI seems very laborious and non-intutive.
Here is the steps I went through:
Start with the default Android Application project. I Want to change text: "Hello World"
I find that I can't modify the textView inline (i.e. visual studio style).
So I select Edit (F2)
But now I find I can't really "edit" the resource http://i.stack.imgur.com/cBtXL.jpg
So I click on the "New String" button.
And create a whole new resource with the new text string that I want.
The screen shots: http://i.stack.imgur.com/yAcLz.jpg
Can someone clue me in to the philosophy behind this Graphical interface? Is there a better way to do it?
Maybe you aren't using the editor correctly:
Here you see I defined #string/help for the Text property
And you correctly read "User guide", as defined in strings.xml
Alternatively, in the xml view, you can add your TextView the attribute:
android:text="Whatever you want"
or (better), reference a string resource (as in my example):
android:text="#string/your_string_name"
Everytime I follow a tutorial book or you tube video, I have also used the cheat help in eclipse. My programming always comes out with errors. here is one example why does all the tutorials main activity comes out showing linear layout and my projects default is relative layout. So how do I change the default to linear when creating new project.
I know I can open a new layout xml but all the tutorials opens a new project in linear.
I am a massive fan of android and I really want to make some apps, but all the tutorials never seem to correspond with the results I get and they all make it look so easy.
go to youre layout.xml
make sure to be in the graphical layout (check bottom bar)
top-right in 'outline' right-click on the relative layout
choose 'change layout'
choose youre desired layout, (linearlayout(vertical) probably in ur case)
I found it after digging a lot in Android Studio After visiting JetBrains and Intelij documentation and help sections i found nothing much helpful but i found way on my own, I had answered it here, With all explanation and screenshots.
I've recently switched from eclipse to IntelliJ IDEA for Android development. I'm not missing any features, beside the rather helpful designer preview in eclipse. I populate certain views in my activities at runtime, there are no texts defined in the corresponding XML files. In eclipse, it looks like this:
It fills the empty views with placeholder text which is nice to get a rough impression of the layout without having to start the app. But in IDEA, the designer looks like this:
The views are empty, and it's difficult to even see them without selecting them in the Component Tree. I haven't found anything in the options, is this missing from IDEA or did I miss an option?
It's not possible right now, but it would be nice to have, I've created a new feature request, please vote.
How do I remove the android emulator's Status Bar inside Eclipse's Graphical Layout? My application is set to run in full screen mode, but I'm having a hard time in layouting because the status bar is present in the graphical layout of Eclipse.
You can just change the theme in the drop-down list (or perhaps better said in Android terminology: Spinner :)) at the top right corner in the layout editor to one of the *.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen options.
Edit: added screenshot.
By the way, if you have a hard time creating layouts that properly scale with or without the titlebar/actionbar, you may have to rethink if you're going down the right path. If you're developing for a specific (number of) device(s), then I haven't said anything.
you can select the theme spinner and select the "Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen".
Using code:-
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
above written code placed in oncreate method
I had the same problem. In debugging process, my graphical layout was perfect on the Eclipse but not correct on my phisycal device because of the statu bar at the bottom of the graphical layout on Eclipse.
I resolved this problem modifying the Theme of the layout inside eclipe and choosing "SearchBar", as shown in the pictures below. I hope to solve this question.
See the setting on Eclipse
Hi does anyone know how to add/change the colour of the application layout. It is a .xml file
I'd like to add a border and change the background colour. There are also text fields in there, is it possible to add a border/border colour to the text fields.
I am a novice by the way!
Thanks
If you are new to this, you should use Eclipse with Android SDK plugin. In Eclipse, you can use the visual layout editor which will give you a fast and easy answer to your questions, and even more.
android:background="#ffffff" for white bg .
2 b vry frank 4 a beginner, developer site or other tutorials will prove much more effective den putting questions here .