Programming for Android
HorizontalScrollView in Android with Example HorizontalScrollView provides with a Class to create a View that allows scrolling an item in the horizontal manner only. This View is a replacement to the deprecated Gallery class, and can be effectively used to show pictures or any drawable for that matter. Creating aHorizontalScrollView is simple and performs the same process … Read more HorizontalScrollView in Android | AndroidMonks
Splash Screen – Create your own in Android Splash screen is the opening page that pops out with a bold and clear banner with the App name and logo. This screen creates a bold statement setting up the application for the user. It is important to know that, the splash screen is vital if there … Read more Splash Screen – Create your own | Androidmonks
Android Studio – Knowing your IDE Most widely used Android development IDE is Android Studio. Google recommended IDE, which is based on IntelliJ IDEA On top of IntelliJ’s powerful code editor and developer tools, Android Studio offers even more features that enhance your productivity when building Android apps. You will be amazed to see a lot … Read more Android Studio – Knowing your IDE | AndroidMonks
ImageSwitchers in Android Tutorial – Android Studio ImageSwitchers is a specialized ViewSwitcher that contain ImageView type children. It is available from Android 1.6+. This is mainly used to add animations to the image when switching between the images. Think about a Carousel like slider which you want to implement in your application. You depend on the ImageSwitcher for this purpose. … Read more ImageSwitchers in Android Tutorial | AndroidMonks
Adding Textview inside GridView using Adapters This is a quick implementation to show how you can use a TextView inside a GridView. There always needn’t be a Button. The objective here is to create a 2×2 Grid and add Textviews inside. Check the code below. Create your layout.xml You have to create your layout.xml by … Read more Adding Textview inside GridView using Adapters | Androidmonks
Button Styles – Creating Different Shape Buttons In this tutorial we will create multiple styled buttons with different shapes in particular. If you are new to creating Buttons. you can check the tutorial here. You can also see more about Views and Viewgroups before jumping here. We will see 3 different shapes for our Buttons … Read more Button Shapes – Shape Drawable | AndroidMonks
Activity in Android – Tutorial | AndroidStudio The activity class is a very important part of a Android Application. The paradigm shift in the world of smartphone applications begins here!!How exciting is it to know, from your whatsapp to facebook application, nothing can ever happen without the Activities. Think of activities as the starting block, … Read more Activities in Android – Tutorial | AndroidMonks
Android Notifications – Complete Tutorial Notifications in android provides a way to interact with user outside the application. In Android the notification area is present when you swipe down from the Top. When you want to send out a notification to this area from your application (Either from a Activity or a Service), you will … Read more Android Notifications – Tutorial | AndroidMonks
Bounded Service in Android – Complete Tutorial If you are looking for a Service that can stick for the lifetime of a Activity and destroyed once the Activity is destroyed, bounded service is your answer. Service in Android mainly consists of Background, Foreground and Bounded Service. In this tutorial we will see about Bounded Service … Read more Bounded Service Android With Example | AndroidMonks
Service in Android – Tutorial in Android Studio As important as an Activity is for android, Service is really important to provide the ability to handle lot of activities like, performing background tasks (Like playing songs, interacting with a server) and foreground tasks as well. It does not have any UI and acts without any … Read more Service in Android – Android Tutorial