Hi all!
I've asked this in other forums but I had not luck. I want to create a TextView, TextField or similar with an effect in title mentioned.
I am newbie programmer so this is being hard to me. I saw libraries such as CreditsRoll but are all so old and deprecated. I've tried "translating" codes with that effect made in C#, Kotlin, iOS or other languages but I couldn't neither (and of those, I only know C#). This effect is for an Android game that I made and trying to improve. It's a simple Simon Says inspired in Star Wars., the scoreboard now it's a simple from down-up scroll and I'd wish apply that effect. If you want to see the whole project or a part of it I'll share pleasantly. All help will be much appreciated.
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I was thinking for all the people who are trying to make themes a compiled list of everything you could change and what it is would be priceless and make the process a lot easier.
I can not do this alone; however, would be willing to do it if some people helped out.
let me know!
w/ screen shots would be incredible....
That would be a monumental task, and one that would have to be done again, or added to, once cupcake comes out....
It's just not worth it....
(in my opinion)
Stericson
Oooh. I didn't think of cupcake....hmmm.
Maybe we could scrape up an image file which consisted of a grid of various screenshots, showing all the basic visual elements in android. Then we could draw arrows from each element going to a list of the .png+.xml filenames which are used to construct the element, making them easier to find and alter. Sort of like when you are looking at a datasheet for a washing machine, with the exploded view of all the parts, and the corresponding part numbers. Only instead of a washing machine it would be a picture(s) of the android desktop, and instead of part numbers there would be a list of the corresponding .pngs (and .xml's) that make up that element. Then we could post the .psd of the "android theme datasheet" on the forum so that people could expand on it, sort of like a wiki. This way the project would be a collaborative effort, and less daunting of a task for one individual. I think it would be easy enough to update the image after cupcake comes out, or to make a new one even. I could get started in the next few days after I finish my first attempt at a theme (and get a little better aquainted with the android structure). I hope I described my idea thoroughly enough, I think it would work well. Tell me what you guys think.
Ok so I've never coded in java before its all new to me and i am trying to make an app that would do the same as this (check it out here) old Motorola razr mod, the led's and screens would flash in a pattern when music was played or any vibration into the microphone. I thought this idea could make a cool app for android, so i have begun coding it, and i have pretty much got the interface setup, but when it comes to making the slider i added actually do anything i have no idea and i have no idea how to make buttons actually preform an action, also i have no idea how to go about controlling hardware on the phone like the microphone and various lights to flash. Is there any way anyone can help or give some tips i appreciate any input. Thus far my layout consist of a spinner to chose the different patterns for the lights to flash, then the start button, then a slider to choose how sensitive the microphone is to incoming vibrations. They do nothing yet cause i am not quite sure where to go from here. If you feel you can contribute any knowledge my way i will be grateful, the only coding i have done is minor html stuff although not much different than the xml code involved i have no idea what to do for the java part. Please Help.
Thank you much!
There really isn't anything one could contribute to your knowledge if you don't have experience with an object oriented language like Java. You will need to hop on Google and look at Java tutorials and possibly some object oriented design books. Once you have a good grasp on Java you can then begin learning the API's for Android that Google provides.
So if you're looking for a suggestion there is mine.
Steps you should take
Learn object oriented programming (OOP)
Learn Java
Learn the Android API
thank you, will do.
Yeah man if all you know is minor html you have a lot to learn since theres almost no relation there. I started to learn some java a couple years ago but lost any time for it but when I was learning the best way I found to learn apart from actually taking a class was AppDev. I had the J2SE and J2ME learning programs. Its as close to being in a class room as you can get. There is an instructor, exercises, tests ect. Basically the Rosetta stone for programing.
Do the Hello, World! demos on the official Android site, and take a look at the APIDemos included in the SDK- there's lots of short code samples demonstrating things like buttons and sliders.
And I disagree with the prior poster- learn Java, then OOP. The explanations of object oriented programming will just confuse you until you have some coding practice.
thank you all for the advice, its nice to see that people care enough to help out a noob around here lol
I was a noob to android awhile ago too, though now I'm finalizing a falling sand game for the market =D.
I had experience in c++, c, and html when I first started looking at android. What helped the most was going throught he examples and copying and pasting code into my code until I could figure out how stuff works. The android developers section on www.android.com helped alot, espcially the guide and refrence tabs. I also did a google code search to find the source of another android project that I could reference off of.
It also helps a lot if you have another person that you can work with, it's a lot harder to get discouraged that way.
One last suggestion, use the android-developers forums from google, there's a lot of really good help there. The stack overflow website is also really helpful if you have a general question about java, but not android in specific.
Good luck!
Will be glad to help you along your way once you start coding it. I can write an example app that does all the flashing bits for you. Would have to make it play off the internal media player though and not external audio. Not sure I could code it to do exactly what they did in the video.
Whatever you do, don't ready the notepad toturial that is way advanced and confusing. I highly recommend the hello views tutorials as well as reading the application fundamentals and all the stuff in that category of the dev guide, I forget what its called. But just reading will only get you so far, just try things one at a time. Also #android-dev on freenode ca be a ton of help if your there at the right time, but sometimes its tottaly dead....
There are a ton of awesume tutorials on android-dev's website reading the code there allways helps me understand how new ideas work. But as mentioned earlyer you really need to know oop programing and java...
Hi everyone,
At the beginning I do apologize if it's the wrong place to post this thread. I am a "noob", a very very beginner. Can you guys just tell me is it difficult to create an app, which looks like quiz, but there are no wrong or correct answers, but only points for the answer? I'm in need to make an app where the total points will be visible at the bottom and updated (cumulated) in real tim while choosing answers. Also I want to place all questions on one page, which you can scroll (total of 11 questions).
Below is a simple example how I need it to look like.
I will appreciate any help, it's really very very important to me.
I know that I sound like (and I am ) a noob. I know that there are loads of different tutorials, but it will take me ages to understand it and make it on my own.
Hope you guys can help and again sorry if that's a wrong place for this thread.
Kind regards
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Hi there,
The project you described should be fairly easy to create, after you've learned the basics of Android Studio. Alot of the graphical work in your project can be done in a WYSIWYG editor. The first step would be to install Android Studio and familiarize yourself with the interface. Pay particular attention to "layouts" and "design view".
Cheers,
Shockfire.
hi nadaall,
If you want to create highscore for your quiz app,learn SharedPrefernces in Android.It will store value and also modify when highscore attain.If you want to show questions in one page,then you can copy random questions into ArrayList and then show it in the page.
I also created quiz application,Try this: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=makeinfo.com.quizapp
Hello everyone,
For my senior project of an English class, I have decided to make a very basic app to accompany a website which a previous student created. I want it to be basic but the issue I am having is that I do not understand how to make it so that a person clicks on a button, and it takes them to that url of the website (basically webview in a fullscreen activity for each of the buttons in the tab). I have managed to get a version of this working with the master/detail flow activity but I cannot translate it to work with the navigation drawer activity. I am willing to pay for assistance as I understand everyone has their own lives. I am learning all of this as I go so I do not have a background in this, however, I am very interested in this project and I do not want anyone to just do the work for me. I would just like someone I could ask an occasional question when in need. Thank you for reading.
- Laura
Hi there guys, this is my first time on here so sorry if i'm posting in the wrong bit.
I'm just playing around with android studio now learning the ins and outs of it and I've hit a speedbump. I am making a custom button and the design i'm working with has the text of a button in different colours. This is for a friend who has offered me the opportunity to have a go developing his app as a learning process so I'm not going to post pictures of his designs however it's easy enough to explain without. So for instance a string says: hello like so.
I managed to use java and html to do this however this means I can only see the result in the actual built app and not in my layout view. This bothers me a little as every time I do a little change it means I have to build the app to see what it looks like. Is there a way I can use the html in my xml file without java?
Cheers for any help guys!
This is impossible for now. You have to use Java for multiple text colors in a View. No preview available at the time.
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In Android Studio 2.0 that will be released soon, the build times are improved and instant run really shortens the time wasted for running and running again the app! Hope it makes our life easier
You can use HTML to customize your text.
For example:
TextView.setText(fromHtml("<font color='#FFFFFF'>text</font>"));
alphascript said:
You can use HTML to customize your text.
For example:
TextView.setText(fromHtml("<font color='#FFFFFF'>text</font>"));
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He is talking about previewing the color in the layout for multi-color text.