What is this called and how can i create something similar in android?

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What is this called and how can i create something similar in android?

Hello all,

I was seeing some application and saw this application i was wondering how they created this horizontal navigation menu for their android application.

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So what is this horizontal navigation called in android?? and can any one point me to any resource which has some sample example for creating 1 for android?

Thanks

I think you'd want a ListView.

http://developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/views/hello-listview.html

Tyler 2010-10-12 21:58:21

That is a ListView in Android.

Please see the tutorial provided on Android's site.

Brian Mansell 2010-10-12 22:00:07

I think the OP means the horizontal element at the bottom, not the ListView

David Caunt 2010-10-12 22:06:27

In that case, maybe just a linear or tab layout. Whatever you're looking for, OP, try taking a look at some of these Android view tutorials: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/index.html

Tyler 2010-10-12 22:10:09

its not tab layout i went through linear layout earlier but i was trying to imitate something similar i am talking about the horizontal bar

Parry 2010-10-12 22:23:09

Pranay - You could implement a TabHost and bottom align it by settings it's orientation. e.g. orientation(TabHost.Orientation.BOTTOM)

Brian Mansell 2010-10-12 22:36:56

+1 A:

At the top is an accordion layout. See this related question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1161999/android-accordion-widget.

The control bar at the bottom is just 4 styled buttons next to each other.

poke 2010-10-12 22:01:30

Hi thanks for the accordion menu i want to know about the horizontal bar are you sure they are button?? placed aside each other?? Because when i am clicking it opens another activity with still the horizontal bar below

Parry 2010-10-12 22:22:24

What you are talking about _is_ effectively a tab layout -- a set of buttons which changes the content of an attached frame. The frame contents may all be controlled by one activity or may be a set of "sub-activities". This is what tab layouts do in Android and other GUI frameworks. That said, many people hate the default tab layout that comes with Android and modify it or completely re-implement it. A google search for "android custom tabwidget" would get you started there.

beekeeper 2010-10-12 23:44:26

Thanks all i found out some nice open source examples of it you can check out here http://devtcg.blogspot.com/2008/03/advanced-tab-activity-demo.html

And 1 more similar project but need to dig further in source to find usage Mobyfactory

Thanks beekeeper

Parry 2010-10-13 07:13:22

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