Seems like you're trying to replicate the iPhone tab bar. What option to use with tab host depends on your needs, if you use activities, then those classes are not tied to your main activity, so for example you can launch "tab 1" as a whole separate activity without being embedded in to the main activities tab host. You could not do this if you only used listviews. However if you are only using listviews fullscreen, I'd say you could use a single view, you're probably better off performance wise as you don't need to load an activity and a listview. Of course a tab host is not limited to one kind, you can mix them up as you see fit per tab.
Why not test things out and see what feels best for you. I think you will find it all a lot easier to manage splitting each tab in to an Activity, it also keeps your options open in the future with minimal fuss. But before any of that, definitely get a stronger grasp of what an Activity is and the power of Intents in relation to Activities. Goodluck :) On Nov 16, 4:53 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > I come from the iphone side and am now looking at the android > platform. > > So far, nothing seems overly strange/unknown to me.. the only > exception being ACTIVITIES :P (well I guess thats a basic concept I > should grasp though :D) > > Concrete issue: > I have 1 mainActivity.. that is a tab host > now I have 5 tabs... should make each tab an activy or should just use > 5 listviews as tab contents? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
