In the article titled “Adding Action items and Overflow menu items to Action Bar in Android“, we have seen how to add action items and split action bar items to action bar in Android. Since action bar is introduced in Android 3.0 ( API Level 11 ) , we can not run that application...
This article lists various Android Menu application examples. Creating a floating contextual menu in Android A popup menu example in Android Creating Submenus and Checkable menu items in Android Integrating other application activities to an Android application Creating Side Menu Navigation Drawer in Android How to hire me?I am George Mathew, working as...
A list of applications using Action Bar Sherlock library is listed below : Setting up Sherlock library for action bar in pre HoneyComb Android Versions Setting up Action Bar Sherlock Library 4.2.0 for Eclipse IDE Adding menus to action bar in pre Honeycomb versions using Sherlock library Adding Navigation tabs containing listview to Action...
This article is an extension to the article “Creating Custom Action Provider in Action Bar“. In this article we will see , how to add action views to action bars using custom action provider in pre Honeycomb android versions. The application discussed here is developed in Eclipse ( 3.7.2 ) with ADT plugin (...
ShareActionProvider is a simple means to place a “Share” action button in an application’s activity. In the article titled “Using ShareActionProvider in Action Bar“, we have added a “Share” action button to the action bar for Honeycomb and its higher Android versions. In this article we will see how to add “Share” button to...
This article is an extension of the article titled “Adding Custom Action View to Action Bar in Android” where we have seen how to create expandable action view in Honeycomb and its above versions. In this article we will see how to create expandable action views in pre Honeycomb versions where built in action...
We know that contextual action mode is introduced in Android 3.0 ( Honeycomb ) and is not available in the pre Honeycomb versions of Android. But we can mimic a contextual action mode using Sherlock library. In this article we will develop a demo application containing contextual action mode for Android 2.x and above...
We know the very famous quote “Do not reinvent the wheel”. This is really apt for Android applications. Because Android facilitates an application to integrate existing activities available in the system effortlessly. There are numerous methods to integrate system activities to an application. One method is to dynamically add required activities to the application’s...
In this article we will create an application with submenus and checkable menu items in Android. This application is developed in Eclipse ( 3.7.2 ) the ADT plugin ( 20.0.2 ) and Android SDK ( R20.0.1) 1. Create new Android application project namely “SubmenuDemo” 2. Design application launcher icon 3. Create a blank activity...
Popup menu is a modal menu that is anchored on a view. It is either displayed below if there is enough room or above the view. Popup menu is introduced in Android HoneyComb ( API level 11 ) version. In this application, a popup menu will be displayed on clicking a button available in...