Thanks a lot!
On Dec 22, 3:25 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Falcon4ever wrote:
> > currently I am developing a chat like application.
> > I would like to use a similar GUI as used in the IM app (Google talk /
> > MSN).
>
> > As a beginner (in Android development) its quite difficult to
> > recognize what GUI elements are used.
>
> > I made a photo of the IM (Gtalk) GUI:
> >http://www.falcon4ever.com/chatscreen_items.jpg
>
> BTW, you can use DDMS to take a screenshot of the actual Android
> application screen, if you want.
>
> > Hopefully someone can help me out and explain which how these elements
> > are called.
>
> > My guesses:
> > 1. A listview? (But how did they made it light pink/white depending on
> > the text msg? They used special keywords?)
>
> That is probably a ListView. You can control the formatting of
> individual list Views by creating them yourself.
>
> You can see examples of how to customize your ListViews, in the context
> of custom ListAdapters, in my Fancy ListViews blog series over on
> AndroidGuys:
>
> http://androidguys.com/?s=fancy+listviews
>
> Most of the earlier ones in the series are for the older M5 SDK, but the
> concepts still hold. Also, forgive the formatting -- AndroidGuys updated
> their WordPress theme and my older posts are a bit malformed as a result.
>
> > 4. A background image? Is it part of the 'listview' or is the listview
> > perhaps transparant somehow?
>
> ListView, like most Views, supports android:background in layout XML (or
> the counterparts in Java). Presumably, this is a background image on the
> ListView.
>
> > 5. Blue background, is it some kind of 'group' object or a rectangle
> > object?
>
> That is probably the horizontal LinearLayout, with a blue background.
>
> > 6. Top bar, no clue how its called or how I can set the text.
>
> That is your activity's title bar. Use Activity#setTitle() to set the text.
>
> --
> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com
> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.9 Available!
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