Lecture 3

Slides

• UI Basics.
• Option Menus.

Readings

• UI Basics from the Android Dev Guide.
• Adapters (UIs for arrays, ...), from the Android Dev Guide.

Homework

• Homework 2, due Tuesday April 17 end of day.

Assigned Readings

• Study the implementation of the ToDo List in Chapter 2. You can download all source code for the textbook.
• You can review Chapter 3 (minus the ToDo List).
• In Chapter 4, read:
  • Fundamental Android UI Design
  • Introducing Views
  • Introducing Layouts
  • Creating New Views
  • Creating and Using Menus
    • Introducing the Android Menu System
    • Defining an Activity Menu
    • Menu Item Options

References

• UI Basics
  • Input events (refresher from past class).
  • Great tutorials and examples on views: layouts (linear, relative, grid, ...) and widgets (date picker, time picker, forms, ...).
  • Tutorial on menus.