Forewarning: I don't do anything with Android GUIs, I just hack on internals,..., that being said, ActionBar Sherlock might be worth a look... (I *think*)...
kris On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:53 AM, onigunn <asrij...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > coming from a iOS background I'm digging a little bit deeper into the > android stuff. As all of you know, there are tabbars in iOS which I can > style with custom backgrounds and buttons. Now I would like to rebuild such > a "easy" tabbar which is bottom aligned in an example android project. I > know the interfaces guidelines say navigation should be on top, I just want > to implement this bar as an experimental task. > > What I've got: > > The app should require min. api lvl 8 > A background image, which has some curved top border with transparent > background. This image has a min-width (in our case: 480px) > Also there should be lets say 5 buttons. So I've got 5 button images. > > > What I've would like to know: > > What would be the cleanest approach to solve this task? Subclassing a > specific view? > How do I layout/draw custom views with the ADT plugin? I know I can create a > layout which can be used by an activity but is there a way to define a > "custom" widget on a visual way? > Regarding to my tabbar background: Should I try to convert it to a 9patch > image? So that I only need to provide one image? > > What I've tried so far: > > Created a fragment which has my tabbar image as background image. Problems > here so far: How do I define a fixed height for this fragment? So that this > is recognized by other activities. > Created a fragment which has a ImageView with my background image. Buttons > were laid out by "alignTo" parameters which felt a little bit messy and > confusing > > Don't get me wrong: I just want some buzzwords or hints which poke me to the > right direction. > > Any hint will be appreciated > > Regards > > oni > > -- > 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 > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
