I'm trying to make a list that looks exactly like Sound setting in 2.3.4 as in this screenshot:
The problem is that I tried using TableRow and ended up like this:
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Vibration >
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Only when not in Silent Mode
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instead of one large row as in the screenshot. What did I do wrong?
These inbuilt icons are nice (such as the ">" icon) - couldn't find on Google Image so I guess these icons are "inbuilt" in the Android OS. Is there any document we can refer about this? I'd like to use system text colours/background colours and these icons but don't know how to implement in the code.
This is a PreferenceActivity.
This link is good example of android preference. Using preference you don't need to make table layout and using detail button icon. Using preference this icon comes automatically.
The examples from this link and this link may help you.
it is Listview but it is customizable you have to make xml file which display this tow Textview and icon(in your words).
These inbuilt icons are nice (such as the ">" icon) - couldn't find on Google Image so I guess these icons are "inbuilt"
This is not a inbuilt icons but this is just image that set customarily.
Here are some links:
Official Developer Community
fentastic Sai geetha blog
josecgomez.com
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Hi I am a beginner in android and I want to know how to customize buttons,check box etc., I searched in web but found many ways and got confused...
Can you please tell me what are the ways to customize android widgets, can we do that using css, like we do for the HTML?
Thanks in advance...
There are a few ways. You can use 9patch to edit the files inside the SDK(which will typically be C:\Android\SDK\platforms\android-19\data\res\drawable-hdpi) - Android-19 is the api level, and then set them in your xml layout under the widget you want with
android:background="#drawable/your file"
Another way is to create a selector(Recommended because it can handle stuff like when clicked and more), shape(Simple creation with corners and stuff), layer list(Advanced selector) or solid(just a color) in /drawable and then set them in your xml under the widget you want with
android:background="#drawable/your file"
An example of the second solution can be found here android button selector
I was reading the tutorial on Styling the Android toggle button here. The author asks us to create the 9patch drawable for both. I have trying to do this all morning, but have not been able to. Could anyone share the images with me, or tell me where i can get them ?
Kind Regards
You can find the 9patch drawable tool in the SDK folder in the tools folder.
It's a very useful tool for creating 9patch images, and you should be able to make your toggle button with it
There are links to 9-patches here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15640365/2066079
The ones provided will style your togglebuttons to look like switches (which are only available in v14+)
I have googled this, most of the solutions are using:
1.TabHost with customized style which would cover the separate line between each tab to archive the requirement.
2.On the android developers website, there is a article is using Merge layout to put 2 buttons on top of the background image kind of archive what I want.(http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/layout-tricks-merge.html)
3.What about using button but style the looking like the example below? I don't need the selection, cause each item in the menu will be a button, which takes the user to another page.
I am wondering is there any other solutions apart from these two?
This is something want:
I don't need the menu likes a tab which has selected and unselected, they are better like a button always displaying in certain screen(activity).
Thank you.
You can use simple buttons, and provide any custom background for it. For such simple form as on your screenshot look for this link.
But #Janne write right thing - you should be very careful with transplanting controls from another platforms.
I'm finding lots of discussion about how to replace the default group icons in an ExpandableListView, but I'm not coming up with anything on how to get the defaults to display in the first place.
The defaults (as shown here, if that's what they look like [new to Android, this is my first ExpandableListView]) will be fine with me, if I can get them to show.
I'm using the sample code from the article; I have no need for the embedded CheckBoxes at this time.
Any assistance is appreciated.
--EDIT--
Also, does anyone have any theories as to why the default icons show in the article (again, if that's what they look like--if someone could confirm that'd be great) but don't show for me?
If you are using custom layouts for your group rows the default icons are overridden by your layout. You'll need to add them to your layout in order for them to display.
you can changed default icon with your own icon as below.
android:groupIndicator="#drawable/image"
i am looking to add a home screen to my app sort of like facebook app has with little icons and labels under them (Pictures, Chat, Wall, etd). I would like to go this route as opposed to adding bunch of tabs on top.
My question is how i can get it done with Android API? I know i could probably make these icons with labels within but perhaps there is a way to make it in a native way.
Thanks! :)
Use regular Button/ImageButtons, but with android:background="#null". If you want the icons to change while they're being pressed or selected, use StateList Drawables.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#StateList
Have you considered looking at the Facebook API and SDK for Android? They also provide functionality to create Facebook style dialogs aswell. Read-up more about the Facebook SDK here
I would suggest using a RelativeLayout and defining the looks of the home screen in XML. I would use ImageButtons like mentioned by gngr44 and then make the text labels from TextViews. You can align them beneath the buttons in XML and RelativeLayout is probably best.
The Android Developers site has a lot of useful info to get started. Like this link: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/index.html