Splash the new way: SplashScreen API
You must have come across Splash Screens on mobile apps, both as a user and as a mobile developer. During my early days as a mobile developer, I mostly frowned… Read more »
Tag: UI
Android Themes: A dialog without a title
Most of the times, I have seen developers not leveraging the power of themes and styles. Themes and styles are a great way to easily create UI that are manageable… Read more »
Inverted Android Button
Nothing complex. Just a few lines of code to invert your button. A horizontal flip of 180 degrees is pretty simple to achieve. If you want it with a specific… Read more »
Improved Copy/Paste in Gingerbread
It’s really important for the copy/paste feature to work on a mobile even if you don’t have a mouse to select text you want to copy. Apple’s implementation is nice…. Read more »
Getting animations to work
This is a simple project that will explain how to use animations in android through AnimationDrawable. The documentation was a bit outdated. But you might hit a dead-end if you… Read more »
ExpandableListView on Android
ListView is pretty widely used. There are situations when you would like to group/categorize your list items. To achieve such a thing on Android, you would probably use the ExpandableListView…. Read more »
Simple Drag n Drop on Android
Till now, there is no Drag and Drop like control on the Android. This feature might come in handy in a few situations to improve the usability of your apps…. Read more »
Custom ProgressBar for Android
We will try to make a new progress bar with our own progress animation. It’s pretty simple and can be easily set up to run in few minutes. Here we… Read more »
Custom AutoComplete for Android
The default custom AutoCompleteTextView is quite a nice widget. But if you want to extend it’s functionality, you will need to write your own custom widget. As an example, if… Read more »
Custom Buttons on Android
The default buttons are a kind of ugly when you change the background of an activity. In some scenarios, you will be forced to change the way your Buttons look…. Read more »