I have a design Mockup of a remote control with 4 buttons and a Text Display. Now i want to create an Android Activity which looks like this mockup. How can i do this.
I think taking the design image as background for the activity is not the right way to do this (how would i make the buttons on the image clickable, etc...)
Can anybody give me a hint how to start here?
kind regards
You should create 9-patches(or patterns) for each graphic element on your layout for proper layouting on all available devices.
Then apply this patterns to your UI elemnt's(ImageView's, Buttons, TextViews) backgrounds.
Refernces:
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/draw9patch.html - 9-patch documentation
http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio/dist/index.html - 9-patch creation
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.html - Layouting
You can use your background easily but the rest need to be done in Android.
First : download android sdk
second : create your project
third : code :)
If you're familiar with HTML, that should be kinda similar. You separate the cliclable parts from the background (the buttons), and make them ImageView, setting an onClickListener.
You'll need some Photoshop skills to do that, or ask a buddy designer to do that for you :)
Be careful with multiple screen support, since the background may get trickier to make it look right on every supported screen size.
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I am developing an android application with very complex design here is how it should look
I want to achieve this star-like design on the lower half of the image. Icons would represent buttons as well.
What I tried before coming here is
https://github.com/ManuelPeinado/ImageLayout
But that didn't work out so well.
Does anyone had similar experience ?
Make an image like that as layout background and place buttons with transparent background wherever u want.
I want to create an android style that allows me to put TextViews, pictures, and other elements within the "cards" as demonstrated in the link below. I think that design really adds depth and helps separate content from the background and I'd like to use it in my app. However, I don't know how to create that. If you could help that'd be greatly appreciated! :-)
android card design example
Those TextView just have a custom background. This may be
A 9-patch image
A xml-drawable
I suggest reading on 9-patch drawables and on android drawables in general.
The reason why I think it's a 9-patch is that this "card" has a slight drop shadow.
See if this Library helps you
http://www.androidviews.net/2012/12/cardsui/
I have an EditText view which I need to look like below (focused and non-focused versions).
Also I have two following images:
Can I somehow just set these images as a background to make EditText look like above, not depending on its width? Or do I need to create some additional image files? Or some other solution? I'm a complete newbie in designing UI, so I'd appreciate any help and any comments on subject.
You first need to create a 9-patch graphic for each of your images. These specify how the image is stretched, and how the content is padded.
Then, you need to create a selector xml drawable to use one image or the other, based on the EditText state.
I have an upcoming project that requires me to make a custom layout. I have been looking all over for a way to complete this but with no success. The layout will have custom buttons that need to fit the screen and some other custom views. In other words I need it to look the same on all types of devices. So these custom views need to stretch to fit the screens. Something similar to the weather bug app but the buttons will be at the top and there won't be so many options. The buttons will fit the screen width wise. Basically the layout will not contain any stock UI.
I would like to have a book or tutorial that I could follow to help me out here.
check out this blog: http://blog.stylingandroid.com/
there are a lot of good examples for every kind of layout manager in Android.
Furthermore I strongly recommend to you to have a look in the Android's API Demo and source code.
For creating custom view, that's the best resource: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/custom-components.html
good luck!
When I place things like text boxes they are fixed in one position and I can't move them around easily.
How can I edit the style and maybe put an image at the top of the text boxes and give the app a neat and pretty little layout?
Thanks
Use RelativeLayouts instead of LinearLayouts (i assume that you are using them) which allow free positioning.
To modify the theme/colors, read Applying Styles and Themes.
Create 9-patch graphics and assign them as backgrounds.
I am unsure if this is what you are looking for,but you can arrange the object on the layout from the xml files in res/layouts/ folder.Do not forget to follow the UI guidelines provided by google for android development. Also you can create custom themes for you app if you do not like the default template.