I don't know what the iPhone implementation looks like, but it's easy to slide views on and off the screen in Android. You use a SimpleOnGestureListener to detect a fling to the left or right and then have a ViewSwitcher animate switching to a different view. There's no reason you couldn't put the ViewSwitcher for this inside a tab.
On Dec 2, 11:58 am, android-coder <ahutchin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I absolutely disagree with you. The implementation of tabs is > terrible in Android. On the iPhone, you can have a complex interface, > where each tab can the have a number of different sliding views. > > I am unaware of a possibility of doing this with Android, so you're > limited to about 5 pages for your app. > > Some things are better in Android, but tabs are not. > > On Dec 2, 12:53 pm, String <sterling.ud...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > I'm not opposed to using better ideas when I find them. And I'm also > > not advocating reinventing the wheel. Nice straw men you have there. > > If your UI requires tabs, the Android platform has an excellent set of > > classes for doing so. > > > What I am opposed to is trying to turn Android into an iPhone > > imitation. From a usability standpoint, both UIs have perfectly usable > > tab implementations. Do you honestly think the iPhone's tabs are more > > usable than Android? In fact, I'd go further and say that, *in the > > context of Android*, the Android tabs are *more* usable - simply > > because they offer a consistent UI and don't try to be all iPhoney. > > > String > > > On Dec 1, 10:17 pm, Jarrod Overson <jsover...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > That is a horrible attitude though it does, maybe, explain why so many > > > market applications are of such poor quality. > > > > There is no doubting that the iphone UI and usability standards are > > > leagues above the barely existent android guidelines. Why turn your > > > back on something that is so undeniably successful and attempt to > > > better it blindly? I don't think it's stepping out on much of a limb > > > to bet that apple's R&D and usability spending far exceeds your own. > > > > Emulating the best of others while improving where they fail is a good > > > recipe for success, not sticking with some ridiculous notion of > > > "pride." If you have better solutions (that truly are better), use > > > them as arguments for change, but otherwise keep self-destructive > > > attitudes to yourself. > > > > -- > > > Jarrod > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM, String <sterling.ud...@googlemail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > On Dec 1, 11:40 am, Dilli <dilliraomca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> i want to develop application which UI should look like ( iphone > > > >> view ) > > > > >> currently i am using Tab view but i want my application view should > > > >> be like iphone tab view > > > > >> suggest me how can i do it ?? > > > > > If you want your app to use the iPhone UI, switch to iPhone > > > > development. Otherwise, have a little pride in being an Android > > > > developer instead. > > > > > String > > > > > -- > > > > 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
