Hello i am trying to create a android app and I need some help to start, i would like to know if there is some software which i can use to create all the buttons and other stuff connected with the user interface on xml .
thanks in advance.
There is no way to auto- design the desired layout, u can drag the view in layout editor for the ease , so that the xml declaration is half done.
Then you explicitly need to design and align the layout item as required.
You can follow the link here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/layout-objects.html
If you are using eclipse then it provides the drag and drop options for creating UI in xml.
You can also take the help of DroidDraw software to generate the XML.
Yes, you can do that.
Assuming that you already have Eclipse IDE, navigate to:
/src/res/layout/main.xml
and switch to Graphical Layout (you can find it just below your XML code editor. Note that you might need to adjust something else, so you need to go back to XML editor anyway :)
Only 2 development softwares are popularly used for android development these are as follows,
Google Eclipse IDE & Intellij Android Studio
above both these softwares are good for android application development.
i personally suggest you to prefer Eclipse IDE for development of android application that will help you to provide all possible solutions
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i was wondering if there is any software that someone wrote for
showing what an .xml file would look like, just for experimenting UI while not having access to an android IDE.. i looked online but could find anything like that, so is there anybody out there who does know?
This is built into both Android Studio and the Eclipse IDE. If you bring up an XML file in the Layout editor, there is a "design" tab that will show you a rendering of how your layout will look.
To the best of my knowledge, there isn't another way to preview this without using the IDE.
I've been using XML to create my UI and I know this question may sound silly but it is not.
How do you create a UI using the Android plugin for Eclipse?
(Is there a step by step tutorial somewhere or can someone give me step by step instructions)
Does the class name have to be the same as my view name?
Android plugin comes with handy visual editor where you can drag and drop views and widgets easily. And you don't have to name the xml files similar to your activity class because you will use setContentView() inside the activity to specify its view
This may not quite be what you are looking for but I would check out DroidDraw. Makes doing Android GUIs more friendly. There is a tutorial at http://www.droiddraw.org/tutorial1.html
Here's some (new!) overview documentation for the Eclipse plugin; see the "Canvas and Outline View" section in particular:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adt.html
I would advise you to create a rough sketch of whatever you're going to design first. Once you had a rough sketch/draft in your head,it becomes much easier to design the real thing.
Here are some UI guidelines :
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/index.html
And if you're looking for tutorials :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maYFI5O6P-8&feature=relmfu
I am using a mac and Searching a good tools to make a design example nice Button and in the end that going to generate a xml file?, i already know "DroidDraw" i am searching something more comply .
Thanks for Helping
Are you trying to generate just the UI? I'm assuming you have tried the WYSIWYG editor already packaged/bundled with ADT plugins for Eclipse right? You can get a UI editor with it. Open up the layout.xml file and click on the graphical tab. If you don't have ADT grab it here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html. It has a visual editor that is (IMO) good for a lot of things http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/projects/projects-eclipse.html.
If you have that already and are looking for alternatives, try some of these:
http://code.google.com/p/android-ui-utils/ Android-ui-utils. Interesting and easy, for graphics take a look at the asset studio.
http://speckyboy.com/2010/05/10/android-app-developers-gui-kits-icons-fonts-and-tools/?mobify=0 There's a list of tools at this site.
My strong suggestion is to stick to the graphical builder that comes with ADT and integrates directly into Eclipse (the first links above) if you need a graphical editor.
I'm new to android programming, but one thing that I can't seem to get down is writing the XML files. I use a program called droiddraw to help generate the xml code. This program is very simple because it lets me add buttons and DRAG them where I want them. Once I get the screen/form (or whatever it's called) setup the say I like, it will generate the the xml file for me. My question is this: "Does eclipse have a plugin that will do that too?" I know that I can view the form/screen that I can designing, and add buttons and such, but I can't drag them to where I want them. I always have to edit the layout values manually.
The xml layout editor that ships with Eclipse is pretty woeful. Thankfully Google are putting effort into improving this so that we have a more seamless drag n drop experience. You can download and compile the latest works here http://tornorbye.blogspot.com/2010/11/building-android-ide-tools.html
or just wait a week (or two) for Gingerbread to be released. A stable version is sure to be included in the Eclipse ADT update that is released then.
ADT is nicely integrated into Eclipse for Android development.
dose any tools existing for our android layout design?
I mean just drag the buttons,edittext,layouts...etc and that tool generate the xml file for our layout..
anybody know about this tool...please let me know
http://www.droiddraw.org/
Eclipse is far better the DroidDraw.. I suggest use Eclipse