Yeah, Ok, let me try that. Yes I do remember I posted this yesterday, today morning I could not again locate that. It happens lot of time in google group. So I posted once again. google group should also have something like "see messages posted by you"
Anyway, no matter how much weak dollar is, costs escalate in this part of the world. Does it have a indian print ? softcopy ? 39$/year ? all books and updates ? regards Jagat On Dec 4, 12:18 pm, "Mark Murphy" <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > I am starting with listactivity. I was able to create a simple list > > view using ListActivity and Arrayadapters. The problem before me now > > is i need a screen which contains a few labels and fields and under > > them a listview. how to go about it ? > > As we discussed yesterday, you define a layout, give your ListView an > android:id="@android:id/list", add whatever other widgets you need to the > layout, then use setContentView() in your ListActivity to load the layout. > > > moreover whats the difference between layout and activity ? > > Activity is an application component, akin to a window in a desktop > operating system. Layout is a description of widgets and their positions > on screen. A layout can describe an activity, a row in a list, or just > about any piece of a user interface. > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.htmlhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.html > > > Until now I thought one application one activity, > > but after looking Apisamples i found myself wrong. > > An application may have many activities. In fact, the entire ApiDemos is a > single application with dozens and dozens of activities. > > > is "busy programmers' guide to android dev" a good book ? > > I like it, but, then again, I wrote it. ;-) > > > Can I get a softcopy from somebody ? > > http://commonsware.com/ > > The softcopy is inexpensive (particularly with the weak USD) and gets you > three books for that inexpensive price, including a set of tutorials to > provide you with step-by-step instructions for creating your first Android > applications. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html -- 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
