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.
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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
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My question maybe termed as a duplicate for the question here but i am posting it as a new question coz that is for the iOS sdk and maybe someone working with the android SDK may know a solution.
i am using the apprequest dialog and the multi friend selector shown on the my native android app shows a 'suggested friends' list that contains rightly only the users that are not using the app. But the list is only 6 items long which are randomly chosen. The rest of the friends are searchable from the search box above.
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i want the whole list there or at least a paginated list in some order so a person can go through it and select the friends he wants to send the requests to. Something like that is done on the web based SDKs i think. Can this be done on the mobile? Or is it by design just a six friends list?
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
I have searched over google and SO for answers before asking.
Things that you should know before answering:
I'm very new to working with android apps and making them.
I'm making an app that has multiple tabs.
All tabs are in the same class (should I make a separate one for each?).
There's a tab for contacts and another for events.
Questions:
1- How do I import contacts from the phone to my app?
I have looked and found topics about this:
- Working With Android Contacts
- SO Question
- TUT:Call contacts
But the problem is that I am unsure as to where (which files i.e package/class) to place the given code.
2- Do I need a database for that?
3- Will I need to put my tabs in different classes first?
4- Is there a way to put the imported contacts in groups from the app itself?
5- Will the same answers apply for the events tab?
Finally, if you're willing to help me more you could give me some contact information where I can reach you.
1.If you want to just view your contacts in your app then there is no need for database. You can just view them as a ListView using cursor.
See here -:http://www.edumobile.org/android/android-programming-tutorials/read-contacts-from-device/
2.You can store them in database as well.But only if you need to use them again in your app somewhere.
3.For working with tabs take a look at ->http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.html#CommonLayouts
Make different class for each tab as shown in tutorial.
I need to build an android app which is as similar as possible to the contacts app on my S4, but with other data in the list. Have the data as an ArrayList. I've googled a lot, but there seems to be no examples with the same looking or searchfield above. Is it possible and also legal to use the original contact list source with the sections and alphabetics index, where the letter is large displayed on scrolling? I'm using Android Studio and have used the template with tabs and swipe using fragments, which also should be supported, because of the detail view of the list items. What would be the most simple way to get what I need? Lots of thanks.
I am new to android and have been teaching myself how to create apps through the android developers website. My app itself is like a recipe book. It lets me add my favourite recipes to a database so therefore where ever I am I am able to see what ingredients and the method for creating my favourite dishes. The list is getting rather long now so I was wondering if there was a way to search through a list like you do for contacts in your phone book. This would make things a lot easier for me.
Thanks in advance
You can actually integrate the Android search box (the one that pops up when you hit the "search" hardware key) into your application, so it searches your data. There's a page on Using the Android Search Dialog in the Android Developer Guide.
Also for user convenience and habbits to use search button you can override onSearchRequested method and do anything you want, show additional layout etc...