Hi I am a newbie to android.I need to know how to design this type of layout using xml they are using imagebuttons in bottom for all layouts
What is the bottom part called Is it Bottombar or tabbar or actionbar or Menubar.
P.S: I want to design on android 2X version. Please dont say refer to developer.android because i didn't find a satisfatory answer
You can use ActionbarSherlock for designing action bars for 2.x android versions. If you want action bar at the bottom, you can use split action bar which is supported by it.
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We are developing the one Android TV application using Leanback library and we wanted to design the Top navigation menu bar instead of the default Left side Menu bar provided by Leanback design.
It is possible to create Top Navigation Menu bar using Leanback library.
Please find the sample image for what I am trying to achieve.
https://www.firesticktricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sling-tv-firestick-11.jpg
Take a look at this repo on github. Link here - TVLeanBackApp. It has top horizontal navigation and refreshes RowsFragment on selection. Customise it as per your needs.
I need to develop a custom layout for the action bar in Android.
I'm now stuck because I have no clue how to calculate the available space for my custom layout.
In the image, the red part is my custom layout, the blue part is the space occupied by the action buttons.
Clearly I need to know/calculate the size of the red part to be able to correctly position the elements in my custom action bar (for example center the title in the window or make sure not to overflow in the blue part).
How can I achieve this?
I couldn't find useful examples or a clear API in the Android documentation.
I think that anyone using the custom action bar layout must be facing this kind of problem, I'm a bit confused.
Or am I supposed not to use action buttons in this case? Perhaps I'm supposed to replicate the action buttons by myself?
Thanks in advance
Try using ToolBar instead of ActionBar. It will give you a lot more control over ActionBar elements than ActionBar.
Here is a simple tutorial about how to replace ActionBar with ToolBar and how you can customise it.
Material ToolBar
Possibilities are endless with ToolBar but my recommendation is to don't overdo anything.
As per my suggestion try to use the entire action bar by your custom layout. So that you can arrange all the things use it as a fragment inside a framelayout for all your screens so that the code can be reused for all your layouts.
On iOS 7, there is a tab bar/navigation bar like below image
Is there a control similar to the style of it on Android? I did see some apps implemented this styled navigation bar.
I agree you should not implement IOS features in Android.
Also I don't know where you got the picture for the IOS app, but an IOS app has a tab bar controller which shows its tabs at the bottom of the sreen. It also has a navigation controller which does in no way look like your screenshot.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/WindowsViews/Conceptual/ViewControllerCatalog/Chapters/TabBarControllers.html
That being said you can use tabs in the actionbar. http://developer.android.com/design/building-blocks/tabs.html
The control I described is actually called SegmentedControl which does have Android implementation. Below are a few of them:
https://github.com/hoang8f/android-segmented-control
https://github.com/peshkira/android_segmented_control
https://github.com/nairteashop/SegmentedControl
Hope someone find it helpful
how to make the bar in the top of the picture (see the link) (drawerbutton,"mes cercles",picture_pen)? by customizing the action bar or i make it manually?
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6Cz2zvfARSdOHJKSEppSzd6ZHM&usp=sharing
The ActionBar in that screenshot is custom-made. It is not built using Android's ActionBar controls. It appears that it was created using a RelativeLayout with a custom background, 1 button on each side and text in the middle of the layout. You can do this as well, however, it is considered best-practice to use Android's ActionBar, which can be themed partially. (Background, text color, buttons, logo, etc...)
Since Android's ActionBar is relatively new, you should use ActionBarSherlock, which adds compatibility to Android 2.x.
http://actionbarsherlock.com/
You can customize the actionbar in android to a very good extent , give it a solid / gradient background , customize the font face , add buttons , event give to different round corner values, also tabs are available , i suggest that method so you don't need plug-ins
the below two posts might be useful
android developers page / actionbar
Using the Android action bar (ActionBar) - Tutorial - Vogella
I want to show Action Bar like below.
I have already used this library clickhere
But it takes only two icons on Action Bar. If I add four items, then last two are shown me like menu. I want all in Action bar same as image above.
Is it possible? if yes, then HOW? Can I change Action Bar color or its default style available in Device?
Thanks in Advance.
I recommend you use this:
http://jgilfelt.github.com/android-actionbarstylegenerator/
to style your ActionBar.
If you want all the 4 icons to be there, just add this attribute to all the menu items:
android:showAsAction="always"
hello try this library
it sure help you And you may have to add you own logic to handle this in below 2.3 Android OS and above 3.0 Android OS.
there is many demo sample available like below :
There is no way you can be sure of the number of icons displayed in the action bar. There is a large varierty of Android devices out there and they all have different screen sizes. That's why you have to prioritize the actions available in a menu : the most important will be displayed as actions in the action bars and the others will be displayed in the "menu" : the action overflow.
You should think of actions in a functional way, not a graphical way.
With ref to Image that you attached you should decide which design pattern you want to use in your application, there are many UI patterns available for mobiles, tablets. The image you attached looks like Side Navigation UI pattern. It's better you decide which UI pattern perfect for your app.. then start implementing it with custom action bar libs (if you want action bar in less than Android 3.0 ver) or any other.