[android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout
My guess is that you would want to use a LinearLayout if the dashboard will be static (you know before hand where everything goes) and prefer a GridView if you have a dynamic dashboard - maybe you will even want it to scroll (like places in Google Maps) Now I have actually used a ListView in my app's dashboard - is just slightly different as I got a profile section that takes the full width: https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 cant see how I can get that using a gridview. - Alberto On Apr 22, 7:13 pm, Robert rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Following the dashboard interface from the Google I/O 2010 conferencehttp://code.google.com/p/iosched/, I see that they use a LinearLayout to make the dashboard. Other examples also use this style. I was wondering why wouldn't you use a GridView instead, seeing that it's mostly organized for you already? You can also more easily set a listener for the entire GridView, as oppose to individually writing a line of code for setting a listener for each button. Does it really matter or is there any difference? -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout
Ah, the dynamic part makes sense for a GridView. I've seen a ScrollView also be used with a LinearLayout template, so I guess it really is preference at that point. I must say that I never thought of using a ListView for the dashboard. I'm not even sure how. Do you use two views in each list row? What benefit do you see with using the ListView? On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Albert albert8...@googlemail.com wrote: My guess is that you would want to use a LinearLayout if the dashboard will be static (you know before hand where everything goes) and prefer a GridView if you have a dynamic dashboard - maybe you will even want it to scroll (like places in Google Maps) Now I have actually used a ListView in my app's dashboard - is just slightly different as I got a profile section that takes the full width: https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 cant see how I can get that using a gridview. - Alberto On Apr 22, 7:13 pm, Robert rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Following the dashboard interface from the Google I/O 2010 conference http://code.google.com/p/iosched/, I see that they use a LinearLayout to make the dashboard. Other examples also use this style. I was wondering why wouldn't you use a GridView instead, seeing that it's mostly organized for you already? You can also more easily set a listener for the entire GridView, as oppose to individually writing a line of code for setting a listener for each button. Does it really matter or is there any difference? -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout
Also, see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4981430/dashboard-layout-pattern On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Robert Louden rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, the dynamic part makes sense for a GridView. I've seen a ScrollView also be used with a LinearLayout template, so I guess it really is preference at that point. I must say that I never thought of using a ListView for the dashboard. I'm not even sure how. Do you use two views in each list row? What benefit do you see with using the ListView? On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Albert albert8...@googlemail.com wrote: My guess is that you would want to use a LinearLayout if the dashboard will be static (you know before hand where everything goes) and prefer a GridView if you have a dynamic dashboard - maybe you will even want it to scroll (like places in Google Maps) Now I have actually used a ListView in my app's dashboard - is just slightly different as I got a profile section that takes the full width: https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 cant see how I can get that using a gridview. - Alberto On Apr 22, 7:13 pm, Robert rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Following the dashboard interface from the Google I/O 2010 conferencehttp://code.google.com/p/iosched/, I see that they use a LinearLayout to make the dashboard. Other examples also use this style. I was wondering why wouldn't you use a GridView instead, seeing that it's mostly organized for you already? You can also more easily set a listener for the entire GridView, as oppose to individually writing a line of code for setting a listener for each button. Does it really matter or is there any difference? -- 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout
Mark, that was one of the examples that I used when researching on how to create a dashboard; very useful. They use a LinearLayout to organize the dashboard. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Also, see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4981430/dashboard-layout-pattern On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Robert Louden rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, the dynamic part makes sense for a GridView. I've seen a ScrollView also be used with a LinearLayout template, so I guess it really is preference at that point. I must say that I never thought of using a ListView for the dashboard. I'm not even sure how. Do you use two views in each list row? What benefit do you see with using the ListView? On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Albert albert8...@googlemail.com wrote: My guess is that you would want to use a LinearLayout if the dashboard will be static (you know before hand where everything goes) and prefer a GridView if you have a dynamic dashboard - maybe you will even want it to scroll (like places in Google Maps) Now I have actually used a ListView in my app's dashboard - is just slightly different as I got a profile section that takes the full width: https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 cant see how I can get that using a gridview. - Alberto On Apr 22, 7:13 pm, Robert rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Following the dashboard interface from the Google I/O 2010 conferencehttp://code.google.com/p/iosched/, I see that they use a LinearLayout to make the dashboard. Other examples also use this style. I was wondering why wouldn't you use a GridView instead, seeing that it's mostly organized for you already? You can also more easily set a listener for the entire GridView, as oppose to individually writing a line of code for setting a listener for each button. Does it really matter or is there any difference? -- 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
Re: [android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Robert Louden rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Mark, that was one of the examples that I used when researching on how to create a dashboard; very useful. They use a LinearLayout to organize the dashboard. Well, actually, I was referring to (*cough*) my answer on that question, linking to Roman Nurik's dedicated DashboardLayout: https://gist.github.com/882650 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
[android-developers] Re: Android Dashboard - GirdView or LinearLayout
I wasnt implementing the standard dashboard since I had an x numbers of items plus I wanted to add a button below the dashboard that would take the whole width - couldnt use a GridView since I wanted that button to scroll with the dashboard. I used a LinearLayout as the row with 2 containers left right and they both cover the whole width of the device. On Apr 22, 10:26 pm, Robert Louden rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, the dynamic part makes sense for a GridView. I've seen a ScrollView also be used with a LinearLayout template, so I guess it really is preference at that point. I must say that I never thought of using a ListView for the dashboard. I'm not even sure how. Do you use two views in each list row? What benefit do you see with using the ListView? On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Albert albert8...@googlemail.com wrote: My guess is that you would want to use a LinearLayout if the dashboard will be static (you know before hand where everything goes) and prefer a GridView if you have a dynamic dashboard - maybe you will even want it to scroll (like places in Google Maps) Now I have actually used a ListView in my app's dashboard - is just slightly different as I got a profile section that takes the full width: https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/market/com.alportela.tracker.view/ss-... 0-320-480-160-0-bfe11461b144d969f0242f525bf500f21057cfe8 cant see how I can get that using a gridview. - Alberto On Apr 22, 7:13 pm, Robert rloude...@gmail.com wrote: Following the dashboard interface from the Google I/O 2010 conference http://code.google.com/p/iosched/, I see that they use a LinearLayout to make the dashboard. Other examples also use this style. I was wondering why wouldn't you use a GridView instead, seeing that it's mostly organized for you already? You can also more easily set a listener for the entire GridView, as oppose to individually writing a line of code for setting a listener for each button. Does it really matter or is there any difference? -- 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
