On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Bret Foreman <[email protected]>wrote:
> My current approach is to add a LongClickListener to the buttons of the > right tab. > What "buttons of the right tab" ? > Then a press-and-hold kicks off the document view. This certainly minimizes > the number of objects on the screen and the number of separate clicks > required to get to the document but I question whether new users will know > that a long press is expected. > Probably not. Anything that's not clearly obvious should be considered "advanced" - some people still don't realize they can press menu for options. Many people forget you can long-press items, don't try it, or are simply unaware that it's possible. At the very least add some help option to make it discoverable. > I guess I could put up some Toast if the user doesn't do anything for 5 > seconds but that still seems clunky. > That could work. > Another approach is to add a Button at the top of the right tab > RadioButtons. This has the merit of being dead obvious but it's a less > efficient use of screen space and also an extra click for an experienced > user. > How's this "extra click" any worse than a long press? > What do you all think? Maybe a third way? > If I understand you correctly and you have a list of radio buttons and the idea is to open the document that corresponds to the selected radio button, I'd probably scrap the radio button completely and make them buttons and clicking the item opens the new view. Unless you have another reason for having them as radio buttons? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
