Android UI

Although ActionBar provides users with a globally unified interface style and operation, it doesn’t mean that all applications’ ActionBars have to be exactly the same. If you need to modify the style of your Action Bar to better match your application, you can make it very simple by using Android styles and themes.

This example will show you how to add a Spinner ( Drop Down ) menu list in android action bar.

This example will show you how to use android.support.v7.widget.SearchView class to add a search box and implement autocomplete function for the search box. It also demos how to use android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider to open the share application list for your android application. You can see the example demo video at the end of this article.

This article will show you how to create and use action bar menus in android applications. There are two activities in this example, each has it’s own action bar. When you click one action bar menu, the other activity will be displayed.

Notification is a message that can be displayed outside the normal user interface of an android application. When the notification is issued, it first appears in the notification area of the status bar. Then users can click it to see the notification details.

Toast is a mechanism used to display information in Android. Unlike Dialog, Toast has no focus, and the showtime is limited. A toast message dialog will disappear automatically after a certain amount of time. So Toast is generally used to display prompt messages to users.

The android.app.DatePickerDialog and android.app.TimePickerDialog class are widgets that can pop up a dialog for users to choose date and time. This article will show you examples of how to use them.

android.widget.Gallery is subclass of AbsSpinner. It displays items in horizontal direction. This example will show you how to use android.widget.Gallery and ImageSwitcher to implement an android image gallery application.