Application resources include images, text and music files. It is a good idea to store these in separate folders which makes it easier to maintain the code and to adapt your application for different languages and devices. You simply supply alternative resources for the different languages and devices and the system takes care of the rest.
Android for beginners Tutorials. Application Resources bundle describes the different types of resources that you can use and shows you where to put them. It also shows you how to use alternative resources so that your application can seamlessly work on different devices such as phones and tablets and also with different languages.
Android for beginners Tutorials. Application Resources bundle includes 19 detailed tutorials, with line-by-line commentary, putting the theory into practice.
The tutorials include:
•View Animation
•Color State List tutorial
•Bitmap Tutorial
•Nine-Patch
•Layer List
•State List
•Level List Tutorial
•Transition Drawable
•Inset Drawable
•Clip Drawable
•Shape Drawable
•Layout Tutorial
•Simple Resources Tutorial
•Scale Drawable Tutorial
•Options Menu Tutorial
•Assets and Raw Files Tutorial
•XML File Tutorial
•Localization Tutorial
•Images, Rotation and Orientation Tutorial
Once you have mastered these tutorials, you will feel comfortable creating great apps that will work on any device in any language.
This eBook assumes that you have at least completed the “Hello world” tutorial which can be found on the official Android website. All the tutorials have been written with Eclipse (Helios) as the development environment. Naturally you can use any other development environment.
All tutorial project files are available for download at www.101apps.co.za for free.
Android for beginners Tutorials. Application Resources bundle describes the different types of resources that you can use and shows you where to put them. It also shows you how to use alternative resources so that your application can seamlessly work on different devices such as phones and tablets and also with different languages.
Android for beginners Tutorials. Application Resources bundle includes 19 detailed tutorials, with line-by-line commentary, putting the theory into practice.
The tutorials include:
•View Animation
•Color State List tutorial
•Bitmap Tutorial
•Nine-Patch
•Layer List
•State List
•Level List Tutorial
•Transition Drawable
•Inset Drawable
•Clip Drawable
•Shape Drawable
•Layout Tutorial
•Simple Resources Tutorial
•Scale Drawable Tutorial
•Options Menu Tutorial
•Assets and Raw Files Tutorial
•XML File Tutorial
•Localization Tutorial
•Images, Rotation and Orientation Tutorial
Once you have mastered these tutorials, you will feel comfortable creating great apps that will work on any device in any language.
This eBook assumes that you have at least completed the “Hello world” tutorial which can be found on the official Android website. All the tutorials have been written with Eclipse (Helios) as the development environment. Naturally you can use any other development environment.
All tutorial project files are available for download at www.101apps.co.za for free.
