I'm making a simple android app, and I'm trying to work out the best way to make the main menu. The users of this app are not likely to be that sophisticated, so I want to make it as simple as possible.
So I want the first screen they see when the app opens to be this menu - they click on what they want, and it takes them to that part of the app (Not pressing a "Menu" button to bring it across from the left, which is common nowdays).
So, I want the menu to look a bit like this: http://cloud.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/AppZapp-Android-Menu.jpg , minus the search box, and the strip down the right hand side. (also this looks like it is one of those menus that slide out from the left, which I dont want)
I have had a look into menus (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html#options-menu), but it seems it is more used for contextual stuff, or letting the user select an option), then a navigation menu.
So - what is the best way to do this? Do I just create a list and put a button in each item?
Based on the your requirement , Use Navigation drawer see the below link.
Navigation drawer tutorial
NavigationDrawerSample
After used navigation drawer, you need to add search view on navigation header.For more info see the link
SearchView tutorial
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I want to create a tabbed activity or empty activity in Android Studio, but I need to be able to swipe to a page 2.
All I would like is for the app to say the standard "Hello World" on the 1st screen, and then you can swipe to the next page that says "Hello World Page 2", Just those 2 screens with no title bar on any of the screens - that's it.
I've tried creating a tabbed activity and was able to create both pages and swipe works, but it creates a button in the lower right corner and a title bar with settings button up top that I couldn't figure out how to delete.
I tried an empty activity but couldn't figure out how to add another page. If anyone could provide me the code or a sample project I could edit that would be amazing as I've lost several days in frustration over this.
You can use ViewPager component. When you will use it you would to use TabLayout, but if you want to hide it you just simply can edit its visibility.
You Can try this Example.
https://www.sitepoint.com/using-viewpager-to-create-a-sliding-screen-ui-in-android/
Simply replace the image with TextView.
To hide the actionbar user getSupportActionBar().hide()
Google Chrome Recently had an update that added an extra button onto to the top of the window that allowed you edit your account settings. I have a great use for an extra button like this one but I do not know how to make it. So, how can I add an extra button at the top of the window?
This is what I would like to do or have in mind.
This is more of an amateur/simple answer but it could be possible just to make a title bar with all of the drop downs without text until you reach the button you want and customize that
as the title suggests I'm trying to add code to my app which allows the user to click on an item in the action bar menu which then unfolds a drop down menu (spinner class?) containing a few options such as lamp, tv etc. - each with an icon. The user will then be able to select one of these and drag and drop the icon (or an image representing the icon) to the canvas where it is then drawn. What is the best way to go about this?
If you're referring to the ActionBar overflow menu items, then you would have to take a look at the code for the ActionBar in the framework and extend it in your application, but that would firstly require quite a hassle and secondly would break compatibility when changes are made to the ActionBar in new versions of Android.
Also, this goes completely away from what the ActionBar is intended to be. You should only have actions in the overflow menu, not contain elements that directly interact with the Activity content. It's just wrong. Consider redesigning your UI so that you implement the requested featured inside the content view, not on the ActionBar.
In my app,first activity if we click one button it should open sencond activity with transparence only at the end some part. So when we are in second activity, the content of first activity should visible some part. Its like exactly Flipboard style menu in android, in flip board if we click top red button we will get another screen in that we can visible previous screen at the bottom like this i need. If any one having ideas please share with me how to do flip board style menu.
Use Fragments for this problem that's what they are made for.
If you want to use API 8, I still recomment Fragments but then you need to use ActionBarSherlock it provides you with all features you need.
I'm developing an app, where there is the main activity, it display some content (texts, images, etc), and a translucent menu on top of it. In this menu, I got link to other "screens" (implemented as Activities), on clicking it, I get correctly to the new activity, but the "activity changing animation" of the device blinks and then get me to the new activity.
I would like to make the navigation experience to be seamless on navigate through the screens, keeping my menu always on top of it. Today, this menu is implemented as a custom view (extending a Linear layout), also this menu will be expandable and collapsible, so the way it is I have to store the menu state through the activities.
PS: The way I've thought was to keep always two running activities, one for the current screen and another one for the menu, keep the menu on top, and just change the activity behind it. But could not find a way to do this...
PPS: Developing for Android 2.1
Anyone got an idea?
You should take a look at Fragments, or try to keep all functionality in one activity, changing only the content view.