Chapter 2: Using Views to Design the User Interface
In the previous chapter, you learned about some of the fundamental concepts in Android programming. This chapter takes a look at the various views that you can use to design the user interface for your applications. In particular, you will learn about the following views:
- Button, ToggleButton, ImageButton, and RadioButton
- CheckBox
- WebView
- DatePicker and TimePicker
You will also learn about the various ways to lay out your views using ViewGroups. In particular, you will learn about the following ViewGroups:
- LinearLayout
- RelativeLayout
- FrameLayout
- TableLayout
- ScrollView
Finally, this chapter demonstrates how to display context and options menus, as well as how to display dialogs and implement page swiping.
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