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 [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
