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Common Android Views Cheat Sheet
Here I am providing the list of some common android View cheatsheet used for building UI that we see on our devices
- It helps you with -
- Know Code Syntax for each View
- I have provided a Link referring to Android documentation for each view
- A note on each View describing briefly about it
1. TextView
Shows text
<TextView android:id="@+id/title_text_view" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/my_photos" android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge" android:textColor="#4689C8" android:textStyle="bold" />
2. ImageView
Shows Image
<ImageView android:id="@+id/photo_image_view" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:scaleType="centerCrop" android:src="@drawable/beach" />
3. Button
Use for user interaction do some specific task on Click
<Button android:id="@+id/next_button" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/next" />
4. View
Plain rectangle (can be used as a divider)
<View android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="100dp" android:background="#4E4B4F" />
5. EditText
Text field that you can use to take user input
<EditText android:id="@+id/album_description_view" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="@string/album_description" android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
6. Spinner
Click on it to show a list of dropdown options
<Spinner android:id="@+id/sort_by_spinner" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
7. CheckBox
Checkbox with text label used to check or uncheck some option
<CheckBox android:id="@+id/notify_me_checkbox" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/notify_me" android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceMedium" />
8. RadioButton
Radio button (where you can select one out of a group of
radio buttons)
<RadioGroup android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"> <RadioButton android:id="@+id/yes_radio_button" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/yes" android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceMedium" /> <RadioButton android:id="@+id/no_radio_button" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/no" android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceMedium" /></RadioGroup>
9. RatingBar
Star rating
<RatingBar android:id="@+id/rating_bar" style="?android:attr/ratingBarStyleSmall" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:numStars="5" android:rating="2.5" android:stepSize="0.5" />
10. Switch
On / off switch that you can drag right or left (or just tap to toggle the state)
<Switch android:id="@+id/backup_photos_switch" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/auto_backup_photos" android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceSmall" />
11. SeekBar
Displays progress and allows you
to drag the handle anywhere in
the bar (i.e. for music or video
player)
<SeekBar android:id="@+id/seek_bar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:max="100" android:progress="20" />
12. SearchView
A search field that you can type
a query into
<SearchView android:id="@+id/search_viewr" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:iconifiedByDefault="false" android:queryHint="@string/search_photos" />
13. ProgressBar
Loading spinner
<ProgressBar android:id="@+id/loading_spinner" style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
14. ProgressBar
Horizontal loading indicator
<ProgressBarandroid:id="@+id/progress_bar" style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:indeterminate="false" android:max="100" android:progress="40"/>ProgressBar
That's all for today!
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