Fyi, ActivityGroup is very simple and as far as I know doesn't use any internal methods:
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=blob_plain;f=core/java/android/app/ActivityGroup.java;hb=HEAD It's basically the same as ListActivity, a convenience class for a common pattern that you can implement yourself. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > mscwd01 wrote: > > Anyone? I'm guessing its possible but I cant find an obvious > > solution... > > Alas, I don't think it is possible, unless you fancy getting your hands > dirty in the Android source code. > > You need the activity that is managing the tabs to be an ActivityGroup > if you want one or more tabs to contain Intent-launched activities. The > only such class is TabActivity. > > Similarly, AFAIK, you need to use MapActivity for your MapView to work. > > Your only hope is to get the Android source code for TabActivity and > MapActivity and attempt to merge them yourself to create > TabbedMapActivity, so you can have an ActivityGroup subclass that > implements both tabbing and mapping behavior. > > Having written a section in Version 1.9 of my book on using Intent-based > tabs in a TabActivity, I confess as to having no real good idea why > anyone would want to use one. The only scenario I can see is if you need > something that can be run independently as an activity *and* appear as a > tab in another activity...but that can be solved just by separating > those smarts out into a separate Java class and reusing the logic in > both spots. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > > Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, 2009 > http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
