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Dear XDA,
I am a noob developer and I am trying to create my first real android application. (outside of Hello World prompts and predetermined tutorial programs) I am looking for a bit of guidance on how to best approach my project idea. What I want to do is create a sort of personal cook book for a friend with a main menu with options that takes you to a submenu with additional options that will take you to content pages that have return home buttons.
Please keep in mind that I am still in the learning process and want to learn. Any tips, comments, or approaches would help me a lot.
I am using eclipse to program currently and heavily relying on resources like http://developer.android.com to do even the simplest things.
Thank you!
~obewah
Well without getting into much detail i would say that you would need to come up with a data structure to store your recipes in, make some layouts for the screens you want to display. Also try to reuse the Activity that displays the recipe. When you start that Activity you can send an Extra in the Intent to specify which recipe to display. This will make it very easy to add recipes on the fly
From something awesome
Additional to what killersnowman said, I would recommend you to study ListActivity, and also databases, so you can add recipes from app.
Also you may want take a look to shared preferences.
If you have some coding question, feel free to contact me
Cheers From Colombia
D4.
Depends on if you want to be able to add/edit recipes or not. If you're going to add/edit etc., you'll want to do a database. If you just want to display recipes, reading in flat files would probably be easiest.
Probable be best to use strings.XML for the recipes. And for the buttons search for information about onClickListener and intent.
lukemovement1 said:
Probable be best to use strings.XML for the recipes. And for the buttons search for information about onClickListener and intent.
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This might be the easiest so do this.
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lukemovement1 said:
Probable be best to use strings.XML for the recipes. And for the buttons search for information about onClickListener and intent.
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Easiest but not the most flexible
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Thanks! Progress Update #1
First off thank you for all of the help so far! So far I have two XML layouts (one for the intro page with a picture, dedication, and button to the main.xml and the main with buttons to different categories inside the application)
This is my first independent code (which I am oh so proud of even if it only clicks through to another XML screen-- you have no idea how long it took me to make it work correctly)
Code:
package com.android.obewah.baristame;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class BaristaMeActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.startup);
final Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startupBU);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// Perform action on click {
setContentView(R.layout.main);};}
);}}
I am still trying to wrap my brain around how I am going to put in the recipes.
My current plan of action is to create a scroll menu that pops up when you select a category (via button on main page) that leads you to an XML of the recipe.
However this seems like it may be an unnecessarily difficult approach. I don't plan to have an option of adding recipes from the app just for it to be a reference.
Thoughts/Comments?
~obewah
final Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startupBU);
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Im going to change this too-
final Button startupBU = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startupBU);
to keep things ID'ed correctly
obewah said:
First off thank you for all of the help so far! So far I have two XML layouts (one for the intro page with a picture, dedication, and button to the main.xml and the main with buttons to different categories inside the application)
This is my first independent code (which I am oh so proud of even if it only clicks through to another XML screen-- you have no idea how long it took me to make it work correctly)
Code:
package com.android.obewah.baristame;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class BaristaMeActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.startup);
final Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startupBU);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// Perform action on click {
setContentView(R.layout.main);};}
);}}
I am still trying to wrap my brain around how I am going to put in the recipes.
My current plan of action is to create a scroll menu that pops up when you select a category (via button on main page) that leads you to an XML of the recipe.
However this seems like it may be an unnecessarily difficult approach. I don't plan to have an option of adding recipes from the app just for it to be a reference.
Thoughts/Comments?
~obewah
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Might i suggest not just changing the layout in the onClickListener but calling startActivity and changing to an Activity that has that layout. This will preserve the back buttons functionality without a bunch of overriding it.
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killersnowman said:
Might i suggest not just changing the layout in the onClickListener but calling startActivity and changing to an Activity that has that layout. This will preserve the back buttons functionality without a bunch of overriding it.
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Please elaborate on how I would do that (and forgive my ignorance)
~obewah
this might interest you
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/design/seamlessness.html#multiple-activities
Don't Overload a Single Activity Screen
Any application worth using will probably have several different screens. When designing the screens of your UI, be sure to make use of multiple Activity object instances.
Depending on your development background, you may interpret an Activity as similar to something like a Java Applet, in that it is the entry point for your application. However, that's not quite accurate: where an Applet subclass is the single entry point for a Java Applet, an Activity should be thought of as one of potentially several entry points to your application. The only difference between your "main" Activity and any others you might have is that the "main" one just happens to be the only one that expressed an interest in the "android.intent.action.MAIN" action in your AndroidManifest..xml file.
So, when designing your application, think of your application as a federation of Activity objects. This will make your code a lot more maintainable in the long run, and as a nice side effect also plays nicely with Android's application history and "backstack" model.
do you know any html coding? because you can use a webview to load a .html file from R.raw.file.html. i have done this with my change log on my app. also if you using strings.xml have a look at using the \n to add a new link.
Update 3
Well the first two buttons took me about two hours each. Then the next 8 or so took 15 min.
Here is what the code looks like atm; can anyone tell me how to make the back button cause it to go back one step in the program and not exit?
Code:
package com.android.obewah.baristame;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.Button;
public class BaristaMeActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
this.setRequestedOrientation(
ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
setContentView(R.layout.startup);
Button startupBU = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startupBU);
startupBU.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// Perform action on click
setContentView(R.layout.main);
//start rec. buttons
}
});}
Class mystuff;
public void toreci(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.make);
}
public void toramer(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.ramer);
}
public void tohome(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}
public void torcapp(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.rcapp);
}
public void torlatt(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.rlatt);
}
public void torbrev(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.rbrev);
}
public void tordopp(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.rdopp);
}
public void toriame(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.riame);
}
public void torilat(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.rilat);
}
public void toribre(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.ribre);
}
public void test(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.test);
}
}
Agree with killersnowman, don't overload the activity.
Have a recipe activity and layout. Make the button start the recipe activity and pass extra's (ints, strings, booleans) across in a bundle.
Here is an example on how to do it.
http://droidapp.co.uk/?p=48
Make the recipe activity read from the bundle, and then populate textviews / images etc based on them.
eatmold said:
Agree with killersnowman, don't overload the activity.
Have a recipe activity and layout. Make the button start the recipe activity and pass extra's (ints, strings, booleans) across in a bundle.
Here is an example on how to do it.
http://droidapp.co.uk/?p=48
Make the recipe activity read from the bundle, and then populate textviews / images etc based on them.
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Ok, I have some dumb questions for you please forgive me in advance.
1) So what you are trying to tell me is to create another .java activity file that the main activity forwards to in order to preserve the integrity of the main activity. This new activity should be activated by the click here to start button and it will have all of the button code in it:
Code:
public void tolabou(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.lcoff);
}
public void toldrip(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.ldrip);
}
public void tolflav(View v) {
setContentView(R.layout.lflav);
Is that right?
2) Can you give me a idiot friendly definition of "activity, ints, strings, booleans, and bundle" and how they compliment each other
3) Right now I have a layout.xml for each recipe is that bad?
Feel free to answered all or any part of those questions and again I am truly grateful for all of the help I have received!
Well i can answer #2.
For more on activities: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html
An activity is like each "part" of a program. You can have as any as you want. The main one gets called by the launcher to start the app.
For variable types look at: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/datatypes.html
Int = number without decimal (-7,0,1,8) -2,147,483,647 to 2,147,483,647 max.
for decimals use float or double
string = text. ("Hello World!")
boolean = true/false (1/0, on/off, whatever).
bundle = some android thing. I believe it can save the state of your program to resume and stuff.
For future referance:
Java Tutorials: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/index.html (Lots of good stuff for starting programming and java)
Android Dev: http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html (Android specific stuff)
OK, I'll try to explain the process:
Main Screen:
1 Activity : main.java (This is the Java class, contain java code)
1 Layout : main.xml (This is the XML layout, linked to the class in setContentView)
Recipe Screen:
1 Activity : recipe.java
1 Layout : recipe.xml
So if in the main screen there are 2 buttons ("Lasagne" and "Pasta Bake"). Pressing either of these buttons will launch the recipe screen, but will pass a different string in the bundle to the new activity:
Code:
LasagneButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View v)
{
Intent myintent = new Intent("com.whatever.whateverapp.RECIPE");
Bundle mybundle = new Bundle();
mybundle.putString("recipename", "lasagne");
myintent.putExtras(mybundle);
startActivity(myintent);
}
});
The code above is creating a new intent, and a bundle. Adding a string called "recipename" to the bundle and setting it's value to "lasagne". This bundle is then added to the intent, and the activity is started. For the second button you would do exactly the same but set the string to "PastaBake".
So now when the recipe activity starts you need to extract the string, the next code should be placed under onCreate in your recipe activity:
Code:
Bundle mybundle = getIntent().getExtras();
String recipename = mybundle.getString("recipename");
Now with this recipename string you will need to populate your layout.
Hope that makes it a bit clearer. Here are some short tutorials I have written that may help you understand the basics a bit more (BTW: I am no expert, and have only been programming Android / Java for 6 months or so):
Buttons & Actions: http://droidapp.co.uk/?p=4
Changing Screens: http://droidapp.co.uk/?p=24
You will need to read and understand the second one to understand setting up activities as they need to be declared in the AndroidManifest file.
Hey all,
Finally I have started learning android app and now I need to make a Preference screen.I have made an xml called info.xml in res/layout and have also added codes to it.Now I created a new class called Info and the code contains:
Code:
package com.test.info;
import android.os.Bundle;
//import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
public class Info extends PreferenceActivity {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//setContentView(R.layout.info);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.layout.info);
}
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.info, menu);
return true;
}
}
But I get
Code:
The method addPreferencesFromResource(int) from the type PreferenceActivity is deprecated
I know the solution is pretty easy but I cannot find the solution .Hope anybody helps me soon...
My app has min sdk 4.0.3,max sdk 4.2 and target sdk 4.2.Thanks.
Regards,
Vijai
EDIT:As I said,Its indeed easy fix and I solved it .Requested to lock the thread
Closed on OP's request
Howdy all,
I'm very much a beginning and basically just toying around with different bits of code.
I've got the Home screen of my app with a button called About App. When I click on it, the app force closes.
If I remove the code between /** Back button **/ the app functions perfectly fine.
I'm assuming there is something I'm missing when I add that additional code.
Is someone able to assist with this? I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing but it's driving me nuts.
Code:
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.widget.Button;
public class AboutApp extends Activity {
/** Grab aboutapp template **/
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.aboutapp);
/** Create the web view for htm file **/
WebView wv = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.aboutapp_webview);
wv.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
view.loadUrl(url);
return true;
}
});
wv.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/aboutapp.htm");
/** Back button **/
Button btn_ok = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_ok);
btn_ok.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent myIntent = new Intent(view.getContext(), Main.class);
startActivityForResult(myIntent, 0);
}
});
/** Back button **/
}
}
I hate that. Looking at this for ages and only when I create a thread detailing my issue do I find the problem... I think.
The above code is looking for btn_ok. In the aboutapp.xml file, I've got android:id="@+id/ok_btn" - it should be btn_ok.
Will try this shortly and report back.
Confirmed - that was all it was.
hmmmmmm great you should keep in mind the name of your resources...so what you are exactly trying to make?
coolbud012 said:
hmmmmmm great you should keep in mind the name of your resources...so what you are exactly trying to make?
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Not really making anything in particular at this stage. Just trying to understand it all - so I'm throwing together a whole lot of different things and trying stuff out.
I'm not a programmer - never have been. So I'm learning "everything" from scratch. It's going to be a long road a head. :good:
Yeah same here...I have already done java and now understanding the android programming (have already made some apps but for personal use only now going to make some professional apps and will host them on play store.)... If you want we both can work together...I mean as we both are freshers so we can help each other in different things...
Basically I created a button on my app which links it to another java class. I already setted the layout for the java class using the setContentView method.
But whenenever I click on the button, it doesn't take me to that java class. Im still practising right now but ive gone through the whole project nd couldn't find whats going wrong. I literally cant find any errors.
This is what I did to link the button:
Code:
package com.tarikh.thebasics;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class splash extends Activity{
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button tut1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
tut1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
startActivity(new Intent("com.tarikh.thebasics.TUTORIALONE"));
}
});
}
as you can see, the tutorialone class has the following layout:
Code:
public class TUTORIALONE extends Activity {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.tutorial1);
and the tutorial1.xml layout consists of a radiobutton (this is just rough). so whenever I click on the button, it should take me to the tutorialone class right?
Try:
Code:
Intent intent = new Intent(splash.this, TUTORIALONE.class);
startActivity(intent);
TwilightLoz said:
Basically I created a button on my app which links it to another java class. I already setted the layout for the java class using the setContentView method.
But whenenever I click on the button, it doesn't take me to that java class. Im still practising right now but ive gone through the whole project nd couldn't find whats going wrong. I literally cant find any errors.
This is what I did to link the button:
Code:
package com.tarikh.thebasics;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class splash extends Activity{
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button tut1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
tut1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
startActivity(new Intent("com.tarikh.thebasics.TUTORIALONE"));
}
});
}
as you can see, the tutorialone class has the following layout:
Code:
public class TUTORIALONE extends Activity {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.tutorial1);
and the tutorial1.xml layout consists of a radiobutton (this is just rough). so whenever I click on the button, it should take me to the tutorialone class right?
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zalez said:
Try:
Code:
Intent intent = new Intent(splash.this, TUTORIALONE.class);
startActivity(intent);
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Nope, that doesn't work. I don't know why but I have a feeling its something got to do with my emulator. I think its not set up right..
Is there any output from the logcat?
zalez said:
Is there any output from the logcat?
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Nope, that's the weird thing. I think there is something wrong with the emulator since it does lag alot when I run it and also I cant use the home button, back button and the search button on the emulator...
I would start by deleting your emulator and recreating it. Then if that doesn't work, I would backup any code you want to keep and start deleting your ide environment and android sdk and just start over.
Ive actually done that yesterday since something went wrong with the saving of my project so my project was deleted. Today I started over. Guess im going to have to start from fresh. Oh by the way, can you have a look over here and answer my question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343814
actually I just checked the logcat and I do infact have 1 error. I attached the screenshot of it:
TwilightLoz said:
actually I just checked the logcat and I do infact have 1 error. I attached the screenshot of it:
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This should not be an error of your app.
nikwen said:
This should not be an error of your app.
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You mean that the error has nothing to do with my app? But now it wont let me run it since im getting that error!! I actually deleted EVERYTHING again and now im going to start fresh again (at least its good practise).
Could you give me the links to get the eclipese and the androis sdk/adt? Since ive downloaded all of them 3 times...
TwilightLoz said:
You mean that the error has nothing to do with my app? But now it wont let me run it since im getting that error!! I actually deleted EVERYTHING again and now im going to start fresh again (at least its good practise).
Could you give me the links to get the eclipese and the androis sdk/adt? Since ive downloaded all of them 3 times...
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Of course, here you go: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
You say that it does not let you run the app. Can you install it? I guess that you cannot. Even if you could, there would be a bigger log output/stacktrace.
There should be errors shown in your IDE (Eclipse). Is there any red sign in your project code? (If there is one, there will be a red X in the Package Explorer view.)
I think that the problem is in your code.
Check this.
nikwen said:
Of course, here you go: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
You say that it does not let you run the app. Can you install it? I guess that you cannot. Even if you could, there would be a bigger log output/stacktrace.
There should be errors shown in your IDE (Eclipse). Is there any red sign in your project code? (If there is one, there will be a red X in the Package Explorer view.)
I think that the problem is in your code.
Check this.
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I just deleted everything apart from my project before reading your reply...
I'll download it again and run my project again. I didnt get any red x by the way.
TwilightLoz said:
Basically I created a button on my app which links it to another java class. I already setted the layout for the java class using the setContentView method.
But whenenever I click on the button, it doesn't take me to that java class. Im still practising right now but ive gone through the whole project nd couldn't find whats going wrong. I literally cant find any errors.
This is what I did to link the button:
Code:
package com.tarikh.thebasics;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class splash extends Activity{
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button tut1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
tut1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
startActivity(new Intent("com.tarikh.thebasics.TUTORIALONE"));
}
});
}
as you can see, the tutorialone class has the following layout:
Code:
public class TUTORIALONE extends Activity {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.tutorial1);
and the tutorial1.xml layout consists of a radiobutton (this is just rough). so whenever I click on the button, it should take me to the tutorialone class right?
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First of all, I would make the Button variables as a "Field" Rather than a 1-time instance of your onCreate() method. A Field is a variable defined at the root of your Class. Example:
Code:
package com.tarikh.thebasics;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class splash extends Activity{
[COLOR="Lime"]Button tut1;[/COLOR]
[user=439709]@override[/user]
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
[COLOR="lime"]tut1 [/COLOR]= (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
tut1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onClick(View v) {
[COLOR="lime"] if (v.getId() == R.id.button1) {
startActivity(new Intent("com.tarikh.thebasics.TUTORIALONE"));
}[/COLOR]
}
});
}
The Lime-Green colored text is the only thing that needs to be change.
The 1st is now a Field, where that variable will be seen throughout the whole class, not just onCreate().
Then take away the Button declaration of tut1 in your onCreate() Method. this will make the tut1 Field (Button) = (your_id_here)
Edit: sorry, I misread. Disregard the "if " statement.
Cheers
1. Try it on a device if you can. I never use AVDs because I can run and debug an app about 8 times before my AVD even loads. Plus yours seems buggy.
2. Does it force close or just not work? if it FCs make sure you declared the second activity in your manifest.
3. Does the main xml button have an id?-- android:id="@+id/button1" ?
EDIT. Wait, your button should be in the activity_main.xml, not tutorialone. if its in tutorial one it weould try to reload that same activity.
actually it wouldnt even do anything probably, because your calling a button that isnt where you are.
Thanks for all your suggestions. I think I'm going to start fresh since Ive got more knowledge now. I'll take all your advices on board and if things go wrong, i'll post my problem here.
nikwen said:
Of course, here you go: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
You say that it does not let you run the app. Can you install it? I guess that you cannot. Even if you could, there would be a bigger log output/stacktrace.
There should be errors shown in your IDE (Eclipse). Is there any red sign in your project code? (If there is one, there will be a red X in the Package Explorer view.)
I think that the problem is in your code.
Check this.
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Im going to download this as this has everything bundled together:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Thanks guys for your co-operation, I just created the splash page and linked the button to the other layout. Got error but fixed them. It was good practice.
Didn't know running the app from your device instead of the emulator would be soo easy!! And not to mention less laggy.
TwilightLoz said:
Thanks guys for your co-operation, I just created the splash page and linked the button to the other layout. Got error but fixed them. It was good practice.
Didn't know running the app from your device instead of the emulator would be soo easy!! And not to mention less laggy.
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Great.
Hey guys, im on the process of building my app. Basically, so far, this is what should happen:
The user presses a button and a dialogbox appears. In the dialogbox, the user selects the days in which the reminder shall remind him. (If that makes sense...).
This is my Java code:
Code:
package yCM.medireminder;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class ADD extends Activity implements OnClickListener{
private AlertDialog.Builder dialogBuilder;
private void days()
{
//Declaring the Variables
final ArrayList weekdays = new ArrayList();
dialogBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
final String[] dayss = {"Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"};
//Starting the Process
dialogBuilder.setTitle("Check the Days");
dialogBuilder.setMessage("Check the days when you will shall be reminded");
dialogBuilder.setMultiChoiceItems(dayss, null, new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener() {
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public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(isChecked){
weekdays.add(which);
}else if(weekdays.contains(which))
{
weekdays.remove(Integer.valueOf(which));
}
}
});
dialogBuilder.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Your days have been set", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
});
dialogBuilder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
[user=439709]@override[/user]
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Your days have not been set", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
});
// OUTPUT
AlertDialog dayDialog = dialogBuilder.create();
dayDialog.show();
}
Does everything look alright, the emulator isn't working for my and I have misplaced my phone (its on silent) so I have no way of checking whether it will work. I have linked the dialog box to a button so Im sure that when the button is clicked, the dialog box should appear.
It is recommended to use DialogFragments instead of simple dialogs. That way the system would orientation changes etc. for you.
However, you would need to convert your Activity into a FragmentActivity.
nikwen said:
It is recommended to use DialogFragments instead of simple dialogs. That way the system would orientation changes etc. for you.
However, you would need to convert your Activity into a FragmentActivity.
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I do plan on making the app on permenantly on portrait mode so I don't think the orientation would be any problem even when the user switches to landscape.
Why would I need to convert my activity to fragmentactivity? What does this do? Also my min sdk is set to api level 8 (2.2 i believe).
Other than that, does the code seem alright?
TwilightLoz said:
I do plan on making the app on permenantly on portrait mode so I don't think the orientation would be any problem even when the user switches to landscape.
Why would I need to convert my activity to fragmentactivity? What does this do? Also my min sdk is set to api level 8 (2.2 i believe).
Other than that, does the code seem alright?
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You just need to do this if you want to use the DialogFragment. For the normal dialog you don't need it.
You can use fragments on Android 1.6+ if you include the supportv4 library.
Try it. That's all I can say. There might be other things that make it crash, apart from that code. Maybe related to the Android lifecycle.
thanks for the info. Just runned it, everythings working smooth for now. Any idea on how to make the android system recognise/link the days of the week on my string? I did have a read through this but didn't quite understand it. I have a feeling that I should be using something got to do with the calender though...
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Date.html#getDay()
TwilightLoz said:
thanks for the info. Just runned it, everythings working smooth for now. Any idea on how to make the android system recognise/link the days of the week on my string? I did have a read through this but didn't quite understand it. I have a feeling that I should be using something got to do with the calender though...
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Date.html#getDay()
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You can get the current time using
Code:
System.currentTimeMillis()
Then create a Date from it:
Code:
Date myDate = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis();
Then you can format it using the SimpleDateFormat class: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
For some things the Calendar class might be better: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Calendar.html
However, I have not worked with it yet.