In Scrolling Table – Part 2 we looked at a technique for getting a scrolling table with a static header row by using a custom control to link the column widths of two tables, but there was no support for cells which span multiple columns. In this final part we’ll add column spanning.
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In Scrolling Table – Part 1 we looked at a technique for getting a scrolling table with a static header row by using two tables and hiding content in each. In this part we’ll look at a more efficient approach to the same problem.
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In the previous article we continued the creation of a custom control and extended it to enable us to configure it via the XML layout rather than only programatically. In this article we’ll cover extending the control further so that we can properly style and theme it.
In the previous article we created a custom control which applies highlights to our text based upon a regular expression. We got this working so that we could control it programatically. In this article we’ll look at how to control things from the XML layout.
In a recent article we looked at how to apply themes to Android apps. In order to further explore how themes work, it is necessary to try to understand precisely how styles and themes are applied to controls. To this end, we will look at building a simple custom control, and then learn how to apply styles and themes to it.
Styling Android is now available on your Kindle. Click the relevant Amazon logo to subscribe:
I will be speaking about Android Animations at Android Developer Days in Ankara on June 14th.
