Is it possible for a program to mimic the Android Homepage? Can widgets, contacts, and canvases all interact at the appropriate FPS? Is it possible for an app to make calls and IMs? Or are the ISOs used to make the original too different from Java to mimic correctly?
To a large extent yes . For a start have a look at the home app sample provided by google . http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/Home/index.html .
Once you get your home app working perfectly you can add modules which practically do everything , but a better design strategy is to split the modules which do different work , so you calling module can be a different app.
I dont think there should be a fps issue if you have good code :) .
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I'm programming an app in Android.
My client needs a 'dummy' like application, I mean, an app with all layouts but just navigable, without the actual controllers or activities, just navigate through layouts. By clicking buttons, but just pass to the other layouts without executing java or whatever code.
My question is, is this possible in AndroidStudio?
Or should I generate another kind of graphical app in order to accomplish this?
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
The short answer to your question (as I understood it) is no. You have to have activities to have an android app that will function. You could create a very rudimentary set of activities to do what you want.
However, if you are simply trying to create a mockup of what the app will look like for your client, I suggest using a tool like FluidUI. This will allow you to layout the general look and feel of your app without any actual code required.
Let me know if this helps!
I've developed different personal apps for android and now i'm interested in google cardboard project
So, would be possible to create an application for android to implement the same system of this project : http://www.vrdesktop.net ( windows only ). In few words mirroring the android screen inside another app that will split everything ..
actually i don't know if there are some usefull api/ways to accomplish the job.
EDIT1: i've prepared a draw to better show the idea: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/15AYvjesIhZDTe5mfOmm5TzhRkyxmDA6L0jI9MzdKbB4/edit
After long researches i've found an open source project that is doing exactly what i was looking for:
https://github.com/frma71/sbs
P.S. Thank you for useless downvoting
I want to develop an android application which has to run two other applications on the device with one app on upper half of the screen and the other in lower half of the screen. Any clues/suggestions to start developing this ? Thanks in advance !
it's not possible multi-pane-layout two other apps.
if u want your app with multiple activities follow this tutorials for your references:
it's called named as multi-pane-layouts and offical introduction about multi-pane-layouts below link:
http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/multi-pane-layouts.html
and it's shows how to implement multi-pane-layouts on your project below link from android official side:
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/tablets-and-handsets.html
and you can download example project from github below link:
https://github.com/faisalgeek/MultiPaneAndroidApp
This is not possible, except via custom device firmware or ROM mods. In standard Android, only one app can be used at a time.
However:
You are welcome to support multi-window apps on some Samsung devices, as they have extended their firmware to support this concept
You are welcome to have an activity's theme set up to not fill the screen, though anything else around the activity will at most be visible and will not respond to touch events
If all of these applications are yours, combine them into one app, and then you can display elements of that app alongside other elements of that app however you wish.
If you are looking for a feature for your app which supports multi-window then Latest Android version N has a new cool feature called Multi-window support, you can let your app support multi-window which can be resized and scaled which is exactly your requirement. you can find the reference link here
I hope to make an Android version of my iPhone app.
Cocoa touch has UINavigationaController which can control the navigation of views(controller). It is special for the mobile device which has the small size screen.
Is there a UI class on Android like UINavigationController?
Yes, android does have an equivalent, which is part of the Fragment / FragmentManager system documented here Fragment back stack
The Android and iPhone SDKs use different paradigms for how they control views, etc. Its not really possible to take your iPhone app, rename some classes and turn it into an Android app.
I highly suggest you go read through the introductory Android documentation before going any further, so that you can understand the Android way of doing things. Start out with Application Fundamentals and work from there.
Not really. The closest thing would be an Activity with Buttons and Intents that you create. Read the document Mayra linked to.
I need to split the Android screen into two parts and run 2
applications (app A and app B) simultaneously.
App A will run on screen 1 and App B will run on screen 2. Both are visible to the
users. I need to implement this thing in the Android Framework.
I do not know much about the android framework and this is urgent and should be done on android 2.1
Is this possible, if yes please explain the procedure to achieve this.
Thanks in advance.
Implement Application A as a ActivityGroup and run Applicatoin B inside of it.