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What Is Android

Android is an open-source operating system used for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. It was developed by Google and is now managed by the Open Handset Alliance. The goal was to improve the mobile experience for users. Android uses Java and is based on the Linux kernel. It has features like customizable home screens, apps, and connectivity options. Developers can create apps for categories like games, tools, and media. The Android platform includes core components like activities, services, and intents that apps utilize.

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What is Android

Before learning all topics of android, it is required to know what is android.

Android is a software package and linux based operating system for mobile devices such as
tablet computers and smartphones.

It is developed by Google and later the OHA (Open Handset Alliance). Java language is
mainly used to write the android code even though other languages can be used.

The goal of android project is to create a successful real-world product that improves the
mobile experience for end users.

There are many code names of android such as Lollipop, Kitkat, Jelly Bean, Ice cream
Sandwich, Froyo, Ecliar, Donut etc which is covered in next page.

What is Open Handset Alliance (OHA)

It's a consortium of 84 companies such as google, samsung, AKM, synaptics, KDDI, Garmin,
Teleca, Ebay, Intel etc.

It was established on 5th November, 2007, led by Google. It is committed to advance open
standards, provide services and deploy handsets using the Android Plateform.
Features of Android
After learning what is android, let's see the features of android. The important features of
android are given below:

1) It is open-source.

2) Anyone can customize the Android Platform.

3) There are a lot of mobile applications that can be chosen by the consumer.

4) It provides many interesting features like weather details, opening screen, live RSS
(Really Simple Syndication) feeds etc.

It provides support for messaging services(SMS and MMS), web browser, storage (SQLite),
connectivity (GSM, CDMA, Blue Tooth, Wi-Fi etc.), media, handset layout etc.

Categories of Android applications

There are many android applications in the market. The top categories are:

o Entertainment

o Tools

o Communication

o Productivity

o Personalization

o Music and Audio

o Social

o Media and Video

o Travel and Local etc.

History of Android
The history and versions of android are interesting to know. The code names of android
ranges from A to J currently, such
asAestro, Blender, Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice
Cream Sandwitch, Jelly Bean, KitKat andLollipop. Let's understand the android history
in a sequence.

1) Initially, Andy Rubin founded Android Incorporation in Palo Alto, California, United
States in October, 2003.

2) In 17th August 2005, Google acquired android Incorporation. Since then, it is in the
subsidiary of Google Incorporation.

3) The key employees of Android Incorporation are Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Chris
White and Nick Sears.

4) Originally intended for camera but shifted to smart phones later because of low market
for camera only.

5) Android is the nick name of Andy Rubin given by coworkers because of his love to robots.

6) In 2007, Google announces the development of android OS.

7) In 2008, HTC launched the first android mobile.

Android Versions, Codename and API

Let's see the android versions, codenames and API Level provided by Google.

Version Code name API Level

1.5 Cupcake 3

1.6 Donut 4

2.1 Eclair 7
2.2 Froyo 8

2.3 Gingerbread 9 and 10

3.1 and 3.3 Honeycomb 12 and 13

4.0 Ice Cream Sandwitch 15

4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 Jelly Bean 16, 17 and

4.4 KitKat 19

5.0 Lollipop 21

Android Architecture
android architecture or Android software stack is categorized into five parts:

1. linux kernel

2. native libraries (middleware),

3. Android Runtime

4. Application Framework

5. Applications
Let's see the android architecture first.

1) Linux kernel
It is the heart of android architecture that exists at the root of android architecture. Linux
kernel is responsible for device drivers, power management, memory management, device
management and resource access.

2) Native Libraries
On the top of linux kernel, their are Native libraries such as WebKit, OpenGL, FreeType,
SQLite, Media, C runtime library (libc) etc.

The WebKit library is responsible for browser support, SQLite is for database, FreeType for
font support, Media for playing and recording audio and video formats.

3) Android Runtime
In android runtime, there are core libraries and DVM (Dalvik Virtual Machine) which is
responsible to run android application. DVM is like JVM but it is optimized for mobile
devices. It consumes less memory and provides fast performance.

4) Android Framework
On the top of Native libraries and android runtime, there is android framework. Android
framework includes Android API's such as UI (User Interface), telephony, resources,
locations, Content Providers (data) and package managers. It provides a lot of classes and
interfaces for android application development.

5) Applications
On the top of android framework, there are applications. All applications such as home,
contact, settings, games, browsers are using android framework that uses android runtime
and libraries. Android runtime and native libraries are using linux kernal.
Android Core Building Blocks

An android component is simply a piece of code that has a well defined life cycle e.g.
Activity, Receiver, Service etc.

The core building blocks or fundamental components of android are activities, views,
intents, services, content providers, fragments and AndroidManifest.xml.

Activity

An activity is a class that represents a single screen. It is like a Frame in AWT.

View

A view is the UI element such as button, label, text field etc. Anything that you see is a
view.

Intent

Intent is used to invoke components. It is mainly used to:

o Start the service

o Launch an activity

o Display a web page

o Display a list of contacts

o Broadcast a message

o Dial a phone call etc.

For example, you may write the following code to view the webpage.

Service

Service is a background process that can run for a long time.

There are two types of services local and remote. Local service is accessed from within the
application whereas remote service is accessed remotely from other applications running on
the same device.

Content Provider

Content Providers are used to share data between the applications.

Fragment

Fragments are like parts of activity. An activity can display one or more fragments on the
screen at the same time.

AndroidManifest.xml

It contains informations about activities, content providers, permissions etc. It is like the
web.xml file in Java EE.
Android Virtual Device (AVD)

It is used to test the android application without the need for mobile or tablet etc. It can be
created in different configurations to emulate different types of real devices.

Android Emulator
Android Emulator is used to run, debug and test the android application. If you don't have
the real device, it can be the best way to run, debug and test the application.

It uses an open source processor emulator technology called QEMU.

The emulator tool enables you to start the emulator from the command line. You need to
write:

emulator -avd <AVD NAME>

In case of Eclipse IDE, you can create AVD by Window menu > AVD Manager > New.

In the given image, you can see the android emulator, it displays the output of the hello
android example.
Install Android
Android supports java, c++, c# etc. language to develop android applications. Java is the
officially supported language for android. All the android examples of this site is developed
using Java language and Eclipse IDE.

Here, we are going to tell you, the required softwares to develop android applications using
Eclipse IDE.

There are two ways to install android.

1. By ADT Bundle

2. By Setup Eclipse Manually

1) By Android Studio
It is the simplest technique to install required software for android application. It includes:

o Eclipse IDE

o Android SDK

o Eclipse Plugin

Click me to download android adt bundle

If you download the Android Studio from android site, you don't need to have eclipse IDE,
android SDK and eclipse Plugin because it is already included in Android Studio.

If you have downloaded the Android Studio, unjar it, go to eclipse IDE and start the eclipse
by clicking on the eclipse icon. You don't need to do any extra steps here.

If eclipse is not started, paste the JRE directory inside the eclipse directory.

2) By set up eclipse manually

Visit the next page to learn about setting up android in eclipse manually.

How to setup Android for Eclipse IDE

In this page, you will learn what softwares are required for running an android application
on eclipse IDE. Here, you will be able to learn how to install the android SDK and ADT plugin
for Eclipse IDE. Let's see the list of software required to setup android for eclipse IDE
manually.

1. Install the JDK

2. Download and install the Eclipse for developing android application

3. Download and Install the android SDK

4. Intall the ADT plugin for eclipse

5. Configure the ADT plugin

6. Create the AVD

7. Create the hello android application

1) Install the Java Development Kit (JDK)

For creating android application, JDK must be installed if you are developing the android
application with Java language.download the JDK

2) Download and install the Eclipse IDE

For developing the android application using eclipse IDE, you need to install the Eclipse. you
can download it from this locationdownload the Eclipse. Eclipse classic version is
recommended but we are using the Eclipse IDE for JavaEE Developers.

3) Download and install the android SDK

First of all, download the android SDK. In this example we have installed the android SDK
for windows (.exe version).

Now double click on the exe file, it will be installed. I am using the android 2.2 version here.

4) Download the ADT plugin for eclipse

ADT (Android Development Tools) is required for developing the android application in the
eclipse IDE. It is the plugin for Eclipse IDE that is designed to provide the integrated
environment.

For downloading the ADT, you need to follow these steps:

1) Start the eclipse IDE, then select Help > Install new software...

2) In the work with combo box, write https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

3) select the checkbox next to Developer Tools and click next

4) You will see, a list of tools to be downloaded here, click next

5) click finish

6) After completing the installation, restart the eclipse IDE

5) Configuring the ADT plugin

After the installing ADT plugin, now tell the eclipse IDE for your android SDK location. To do
so:

1. Select the Window menu > preferences

2. Now select the android from the left panel. Here you may see a dialog box asking if
you want to send the statistics to the google. Click proceed.

3. Click on the browse button and locate your SDK directory e.g. my SDK location is
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk .

4. Click the apply button then OK.

6) Create an Android Virtual Device (AVD)

For running the android application in the Android Emulator, you need to create and AVD.
For creating the AVD:

1. Select the Window menu > AVD Manager

2. Click on the new button, to create the AVD

3. Now a dialog appears, write the AVD name e.g. myavd. Now choose the target
android version e.g. android2.2.

4. click the create AVD

7) create and run the simple android example

Visit the next page to create first android application.
How to make android apps
In this page, you will know how to create the simple hello android application. We are
creating the simple example of android using the Eclipse IDE. For creating the simple
example:

1. Create the new android project

2. Write the message (optional)

3. Run the android application

Hello Android Example

You need to follow the 3 steps mentioned above for creating the Hello android application.

1) Create the New Android project

For creating the new android project:

1) Select File > New > Project...

2) Select the android project and click next

3) Fill the Details in this dialog box and click finish
Now an android project have been created. You can explore the android project and see the
simple program, it looks like this:
2) Write the message
For writing the message we are using the TextView class. Change the onCreate method as:

1. TextView textview=new TextView(this);

2. textview.setText("Hello Android!");
3. setContentView(textview);

Let's see the full code of MainActivity.java file.

1. package com.example.helloandroid;
2. import android.os.Bundle;
3. import android.app.Activity;
4. import android.view.Menu;
5. import android.widget.TextView;
6. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
7. @Override
8. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
9. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
10. TextView textview=new TextView(this);
11. textview.setText("Hello Android!");
12. setContentView(textview);
13. }
14. @Override
15. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
16. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
17. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
18. return true;
19. }
20. }

To understand the first android application, visit the next page (internal details of hello
android example).

3) Run the android application

To run the android application: Right click on your project > Run As.. > Android
Application

The android emulator might take 2 or 3 minutes to boot. So please have patience. After
booting the emulator, the eclipse plugin installs the application and launches the activity.
You will see something like this:
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Internal Details of Hello Android Example
Here, we are going to learn the internal details or working of hello android example.

Android application contains different components such as java source code, string
resources, images, manifest file, apk file etc. Let's understand the project structure of
android application.
Java Source Code

Let's see the java source file created by the Eclipse IDE:

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.helloandroid;
2. import android.os.Bundle;
3. import android.app.Activity;
4. import android.view.Menu;
5. import android.widget.TextView;
6. public class MainActivity extends Activity {//(1)
7. @Override
8. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {//(2)
9. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
10.
11. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);//(3)
12. }
13. @Override
14. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {//(4)
15. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
16. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
17. return true;
18. }
19. }

(1) Activity is a java class that creates and default window on the screen where we can
place different components such as Button, EditText, TextView, Spinner etc. It is like the
Frame of Java AWT.

It provides life cycle methods for activity such as onCreate, onStop, OnResume etc.

(2) The onCreate method is called when Activity class is first created.

(3) The setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) gives information about our layout

resource. Here, our layout resources are defined in activity_main.xml file.
File: activity_main.xml

As you can see, a textview is created by the framework automatically. But the message for
this string is defined in the strings.xml file. The @string/hello_world provides information
about the textview message. The value of the attribute hello_world is defined in the
strings.xml file.

File: strings.xml

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

2. <resources>
3. <string name="app_name">helloandroid</string>
4. <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
5. <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
6. </resources>

You can change the value of the hello_world attribute from this file.
Generated R.java file

It is the auto-generated file that contains IDs for all the resources of res directory. It is
generated by aapt(Android Asset Packaging Tool). Whenever you create any component on
activity_main, a corresponding ID is created in the R.java file which can be used in the Java
Source file later.

File: R.java

1. /* AUTO-GENERATED FILE. DO NOT MODIFY.

2. *
3. * This class was automatically generated by the
4. * aapt tool from the resource data it found. It
5. * should not be modified by hand.
6. */
7. package com.example.helloandroid;
8. public final class R {
9. public static final class attr {
10. }
11. public static final class drawable {
12. public static final int ic_launcher=0x7f020000;
13. }
14. public static final class id {
15. public static final int menu_settings=0x7f070000;
16. }
17. public static final class layout {
18. public static final int activity_main=0x7f030000;
19. }
20. public static final class menu {
21. public static final int activity_main=0x7f060000;
22. }
23. public static final class string {
24. public static final int app_name=0x7f040000;
25. public static final int hello_world=0x7f040001;
26. public static final int menu_settings=0x7f040002;
27. }
28. public static final class style {
29. /**
30. Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
31. by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
32. Theme customizations available in newer API levels can go in
33. res/values-vXX/styles.xml, while customizations related to
34. backward-compatibility can go here.
35. Base application theme for API 11+. This theme completely replaces
36. AppBaseTheme from res/values/styles.xml on API 11+ devices.
37. API 11 theme customizations can go here.
38. Base application theme for API 14+. This theme completely replaces
39. AppBaseTheme from BOTH res/values/styles.xml and
40. res/values-v11/styles.xml on API 14+ devices.
41. API 14 theme customizations can go here.
42. */
43. public static final int AppBaseTheme=0x7f050000;
44. /** Application theme.
45. All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here.
46. */
47. public static final int AppTheme=0x7f050001;
48. }
49. }

APK File

An apk file is created by the framework automatically. If you want to run the android
application on the mobile, transfer and install it.

Resources

It contains resource files including activity_main, strings, styles etc.

Manifest file

It contains information about package including components such as activities, services,

content providers etc.

For more information about manifest file visit here: AndroidManifest.xml file.
Dalvik Virtual Machine | DVM
As we know the modern JVM is high performance and provides excellent memory
management. But it needs to be optimized for low-powered handheld devices as well.

The Dalvik Virtual Machine (DVM) is an android virtual machine optimized for mobile
devices. It optimizes the virtual machine for memory, battery life and performance.

Dalvik is a name of a town in Iceland. The Dalvik VM was written by Dan Bornstein.

The Dex compiler converts the class files into the .dex file that run on the Dalvik VM.
Multiple class files are converted into one dex file.

Let's see the compiling and packaging process from the source file:

The javac tool compiles the java source file into the class file.

The dx tool takes all the class files of your application and generates a single .dex file. It is
a platform-specific tool.

The Android Assets Packaging Tool (aapt) handles the packaging process.
AndroidManifest.xml file in android
The AndroidManifest.xml file contains information of your package, including components
of the application such as activities, services, broadcast receivers, content providers etc.

It performs some other tasks also:

o It is responsible to protect the application to access any protected parts by

providing the permissions.

o It also declares the android api that the application is going to use.

o It lists the instrumentation classes. The instrumentation classes provides

profiling and other informations. These informations are removed just before the
application is published etc.

This is the required xml file for all the android application and located inside the root
directory.

A simple AndroidManifest.xml file looks like this:

1. <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. package="com.javatpoint.hello"
3. android:versionCode="1"
4. android:versionName="1.0" >
5.
6. <uses-sdk
7. android:minSdkVersion="8"
8. android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
9.
10. <application
11. android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
12. android:label="@string/app_name"
13. android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
14. <activity
15. android:name=".MainActivity"
16. android:label="@string/title_activity_main" >
17. <intent-filter>
18. <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
19.
20. <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
21. </intent-filter>
22. </activity>
23. </application>
24.
25. </manifest>

Elements of the AndroidManifest.xml file

The elements used in the above xml file are described below.

manifest is the root element of the AndroidManifest.xml file. It has package attribute that
describes the package name of the activity class.

application is the subelement of the manifest. It includes the namespace declaration. This
element contains several subelements that declares the application component such as
activity etc.

The commonly used attributes are of this element are icon, label, theme etc.

android:icon represents the icon for all the android application components.

android:label works as the default label for all the application components.

android:theme represents a common theme for all the android activities.

activity is the subelement of application and represents an activity that must be defined in
the AndroidManifest.xml file. It has many attributes such as label, name, theme,
launchMode etc.

android:label represents a label i.e. displayed on the screen.

android:name represents a name for the activity class. It is required attribute.

<intent-filter>

intent-filter is the sub-element of activity that describes the type of intent to which
activity, service or broadcast receiver can respond to.
<action>

It adds an action for the intent-filter. The intent-filter must have at least one action
element.

It adds a category name to an intent-filter.

Android R.java file

Android R.java is an auto-generated file by aapt (Android Asset Packaging Tool) that
contains resource IDs for all the resources of res/ directory.

If you create any component in the activity_main.xml file, id for the corresponding
component is automatically created in this file. This id can be used in the activity source file
to perform any action on the component.

Note: If you delete R.jar file, android creates it automatically.

Let's see the android R.java file. It includes a lot of static nested classes such as menu, id,
layout, attr, drawable, string etc.

1. /* AUTO-GENERATED FILE. DO NOT MODIFY.

2. *
3. * This class was automatically generated by the
4. * aapt tool from the resource data it found. It
5. * should not be modified by hand.
6. */
7.
8. package com.example.helloandroid;
9.
10. public final class R {
11. public static final class attr {
12. }
13. public static final class drawable {
14. public static final int ic_launcher=0x7f020000;
15. }
16. public static final class id {
17. public static final int menu_settings=0x7f070000;
18. }
19. public static final class layout {
20. public static final int activity_main=0x7f030000;
21. }
22. public static final class menu {
23. public static final int activity_main=0x7f060000;
24. }
25. public static final class string {
26. public static final int app_name=0x7f040000;
27. public static final int hello_world=0x7f040001;
28. public static final int menu_settings=0x7f040002;
29. }
30. public static final class style {
31. /**
32. Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
33. by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
34.
35.
36. Theme customizations available in newer API levels can go in
37. res/values-vXX/styles.xml, while customizations related to
38. backward-compatibility can go here.
39.
40.
41. Base application theme for API 11+. This theme completely replaces
42. AppBaseTheme from res/values/styles.xml on API 11+ devices.
43.
44. API 11 theme customizations can go here.
45.
46. Base application theme for API 14+. This theme completely replaces
47. AppBaseTheme from BOTH res/values/styles.xml and
48. res/values-v11/styles.xml on API 14+ devices.
49.
50. API 14 theme customizations can go here.
51. */
52. public static final int AppBaseTheme=0x7f050000;
53. /** Application theme.
54. All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here.
55. */
56. public static final int AppTheme=0x7f050001;
57. }
58. }

Android Hide Title Bar Example

In this example, we are going to explain how to hide the title bar and how to display
content in full screen mode.

The requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE) method of Activity must be

called to hide the title. But, it must be coded before the setContentView method.

1. @Override
2. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
3. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
4.
5. requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);//will hide the title not the title b
ar
6.
7. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
8.
9. }
10. }
The setFlags() method of Window class is used to display content in full screen mode. You
need to pass theWindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN constant in the
setFlags method.

1. @Override
2. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
3. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
4.
5. requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
6. //code that displays the content in full screen mode
7. this.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
8. WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);//int flag, int mask
9.
10. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
11.
12. }

Android Hide Title Bar Example

Let's see the full code to hide the title bar in android.

activity_main.xml
File: activity_main.xml

1. package com.javatpoint.hidetitle;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.Window;
7. import android.view.WindowManager;
8.
9. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
10.
11. @Override
12. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
13. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
14.
15. requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
16.
17. /*this.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
18. WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);//int flag, int mask
19. */
20. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
21.
22. }
23.
24.
25. }

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Output: Hiding the Title Only

Output: Hiding the TitleBar and enabling FullScreen

Android Screen Orientation Example
The screenOrientation is the attribute of activity element. The orientation of android
activity can be portrait, landscape, sensor, unspecified etc. You need to define it in the
AndroidManifest.xml file. For example:

1. <activity
2. android:name="com.example.screenorientation.MainActivity"
3. android:label="@string/app_name"
4. android:screenOrientation="landscape"
5. >

The common values for screenOrientation attribute are as follows:

Value Description

unspecified It is the default value. In such case, system chooses the orientation.

portrait taller not wider

landscape wider not taller

sensor orientation is determined by the device orientation sensor.

Android landscape mode screen orientation example

activity_main.xml
File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
6. android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
7. android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
8. android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
9. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
10.
11. <Button
12. android:id="@+id/button1"
13. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
14. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
15. android:layout_marginLeft="66dp"
16. android:layout_marginTop="73dp"
17. android:text="Button"
18. android:onClick="onClick"
19. />
20.
21. <EditText
22. android:id="@+id/editText1"
23. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
24. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
25. android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
26. android:ems="10" />
27.
28. </RelativeLayout>

Activity class
File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.f;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.EditText;
10.
11. public class MainActivity extends Activity{
12. EditText editText1;
13. Button button1;
14. @Override
15. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
16. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
17. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
18.
19. editText1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
20. button1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
21. }
22. public void onClick(View v) {
23. editText1.setText("O android");
24. }
25. }

AndroidManifest.xml
File: AndroidManifest.xml

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

2. <manifest xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
3. package="com.example.screenorientation"
4. android:versionCode="1"
5. android:versionName="1.0" >
6.
7. <uses-sdk
8. android:minSdkVersion="8"
9. android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
10.
11. <application
12. android:allowBackup="true"
13. android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
14. android:label="@string/app_name"
15. android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
16. <activity
17. android:name="com.example.screenorientation.MainActivity"
18. android:label="@string/app_name"
19. android:screenOrientation="landscape"
20. >
21. <intent-filter>
22. <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
23.
24. <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
25. </intent-filter>
26. </activity>
27. </application>
28.
29. </manifest>

Android Widgets
There are given a lot of android widgets with simplified examples such as Button,
EditText, AutoCompleteTextView, ToggleButton, DatePicker, TimePicker, ProgressBar etc.

Android widgets are easy to learn. The widely used android widgets with examples are given
below:

Android Button

Let's learn how to perform event handling on button click.

Android Toast

Displays information for the short duration of time.

Custom Toast

We are able to customize the toast, such as we can display image on the toast
ToggleButton

It has two states ON/OFF.

CheckBox

Let's see the application of simple food ordering.

AlertDialog

AlertDialog displays a alert dialog containing the message with OK and Cancel buttons.

Spinner

Spinner displays the multiple options, but only one can be selected at a time.

AutoCompleteTextView

Let's see the simple example of AutoCompleteTextView.

RatingBar

RatingBar displays the rating bar.

DatePicker

Datepicker displays the datepicker dialog that can be used to pick the date.

TimePicker

TimePicker displays the timepicker dialog that can be used to pick the time.

ProgressBar

ProgressBar displays progress task.

Android Button Example

Android Button represents a push-button. The android.widget.Button is subclass of TextView

class and CompoundButton is the subclass of Button class.

There are different types of buttons in android such as RadioButton, ToggleButton,

CompoundButton etc.

Here, we are going to create two textfields and one button for sum of two numbers. If user
clicks button, sum of two input values is displayed on the Toast.

Drag the component or write the code for UI in activity_main.xml

First of all, drag 2 textfields from the Text Fields palette and one button from the Form
Widgets palette as shown in the following figure.
The generated code for the ui components will be like this:

File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <EditText
8. android:id="@+id/editText1"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
12. android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
13. android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
14. android:ems="10" />
15.
16. <EditText
17. android:id="@+id/editText2"
18. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
19. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
20. android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/editText1"
21. android:layout_below="@+id/editText1"
22. android:layout_marginTop="34dp"
23. android:ems="10" >
24.
25. <requestFocus />
26. </EditText>
27.
28. <Button
29. android:id="@+id/button1"
30. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
31. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
32. android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
33. android:layout_centerVertical="true"
34. android:text="@string/Button" />
35.
36. </RelativeLayout>

Activity class
Now write the code to display the sum of two numbers.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.sumof2numbers;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.EditText;
10. import android.widget.Toast;
11.
12. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
13. private EditText edittext1,edittext2;
14. private Button buttonSum;
15. @Override
16. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
17. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
18. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
19.
20. addListenerOnButton();
21.
22. }
23. public void addListenerOnButton(){
24. edittext1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
25. edittext2=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText2);
26. buttonSum=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
27.
28. buttonSum.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
29.
30. @Override
31. public void onClick(View view) {
32. String value1=edittext1.getText().toString();
33. String value2=edittext2.getText().toString();
34. int a=Integer.parseInt(value1);
35. int b=Integer.parseInt(value2);
36. int sum=a+b;
37. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),String.valueOf(sum),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).sho
w();
38. }
39.
40. });
41.
42. }
43. @Override
44. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
45. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
46. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
47. return true;
48. }
49.
50. }

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Android Toast Example

Andorid Toast can be used to display information for the short period of time. A toast
contains message to be displayed quickly and disappears after sometime.

The android.widget.Toast class is the subclass of java.lang.Object class.

You can also create custom toast as well for example toast displaying image. You can visit
next page to see the code for custom toast.

Toast class
Toast class is used to show notification for a particular interval of time. After sometime it
disappears. It doesn't block the user interaction.

Constants of Toast class

There are only 2 constants of Toast class which are given below.

Constant Description

public static final int LENGTH_LONG displays view for the long duration of time.

public static final int LENGTH_SHORT displays view for the short duration of time.
Methods of Toast class

The widely used methods of Toast class are given below.

Method Description

public static Toast makeText(Context context, CharSequence text, int makes the toast containing
duration)

public void show() displays toast.

public void setMargin (float horizontalMargin, float verticalMargin) changes the horizontal a
difference.

Android Toast Example

1. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Hello Javatpoint",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

Another code:

1. Toast toast=Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Hello Javatpoint",Toast.LENGTH_SHO

RT);
2. toast.setMargin(50,50);
3. toast.show();

Here, getApplicationContext() method returns the instance of Context.

Full code of activity class displaying Toast
Let's see the code to display the toast.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.toast;
2. import android.os.Bundle;
3. import android.app.Activity;
4. import android.view.Menu;
5. import android.view.View;
6. import android.widget.Toast;
7.
8. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
9. @Override
10. public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
11. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
12. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
13.
14. //Displaying Toast with Hello Javatpoint message
15. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Hello Javatpoint",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).
show();
16. }
17.
18. @Override
19. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
20. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
21. return true;
22. }
23.
24. }
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Next TopicAndroid Custom Toast Example

Android Custom Toast Example

You are able to create custom toast in android. So, you can display some images like
congratulations or loss on the toast. It means you are able to customize the toast now.

activity_main.xml

Drag the component that you want to display on the main activity.

File: activity_main.xml

customtoast.xml

Create another xml file inside the layout directory. Here we are having ImageView and
TextView in this xml file.

File: customtoast.xml

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

2. <LinearLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
3. android:id="@+id/custom_toast_layout"
4. android:layout_width="match_parent"
5. android:layout_height="match_parent"
6. android:orientation="vertical"
7. android:background="#F14E23"
8. >
9.
10. <ImageView
11. android:id="@+id/custom_toast_image"
12. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
13. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
14. android:contentDescription="@string/hello_world"
15. android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
16.
17. <TextView
18. android:id="@+id/custom_toast_message"
19. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
20. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
21. android:contentDescription="@string/Toast"
22. android:text="@string/Toast" />
23. </LinearLayout>

Activity class

Now write the code to display the custom toast.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.customtoast2;
2. import android.os.Bundle;
3. import android.app.Activity;
4. import android.view.Gravity;
5. import android.view.LayoutInflater;
6. import android.view.Menu;
7. import android.view.View;
8. import android.view.ViewGroup;
9. import android.widget.Toast;
10.
11. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
12. @Override
13. public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
14. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
15. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
16.
17. //Creating the LayoutInflater instance
18. LayoutInflater li = getLayoutInflater();
19. //Getting the View object as defined in the customtoast.xml file
20. View layout = li.inflate(R.layout.customtoast,
21. (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.custom_toast_layout));
22.
23. //Creating the Toast object
24. Toast toast = new Toast(getApplicationContext());
25. toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
26. toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL, 0, 0);
27. toast.setView(layout);//setting the view of custom toast layout
28. toast.show();
29. }
30. @Override
31. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
32. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
33. return true;
34. }
35.
36. }

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Android ToggleButton Example

Android Toggle Button can be used to display checked/unchecked (On/Off) state on the
button.

It is beneficial if user have to change the setting between two states. It can be used to
On/Off Sound, Wifi, Bluetooth etc.

Since Android 4.0, there is another type of toggle button called switch that provides slider
control.

Android ToggleButton and Switch both are the subclasses of CompoundButton class.

Android ToggleButton class

ToggleButton class provides the facility of creating the toggle button.
XML Attributes of ToggleButton class
The 3 XML attributes of ToggleButton class.

XML Attribute Description

android:disabledAlpha The alpha to apply to the indicator when disabled.

android:textOff The text for the button when it is not checked.

android:textOn The text for the button when it is checked.

Methods of ToggleButton class

The widely used methods of ToggleButton class are given below.

Method Description

CharSequence getTextOff() Returns the text when button is not in the checked state.

CharSequence getTextOn() Returns the text for when button is in the checked state.

void setChecked(boolean checked) Changes the checked state of this button.

Android ToggleButton Example
activity_main.xml

Drag two toggle button and one button for the layout. Now the activity_main.xml file will
look like this:

File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <ToggleButton
8. android:id="@+id/toggleButton1"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
12. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
13. android:layout_marginLeft="60dp"
14. android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
15. android:text="ToggleButton1"
16. android:textOff="Off"
17. android:textOn="On" />
18.
19. <ToggleButton
20. android:id="@+id/toggleButton2"
21. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
22. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
23. android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/toggleButton1"
24. android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/toggleButton1"
25. android:layout_marginLeft="44dp"
26. android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/toggleButton1"
27. android:text="ToggleButton2"
28. android:textOff="Off"
29. android:textOn="On" />
30.
31. <Button
32. android:id="@+id/button1"
33. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
34. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
35. android:layout_below="@+id/toggleButton2"
36. android:layout_marginTop="82dp"
37. android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/toggleButton1"
38. android:text="submit" />
39.
40. </RelativeLayout>

Activity class

Let's write the code to check which toggle button is ON/OFF.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.togglebutton;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.Toast;
10. import android.widget.ToggleButton;
11.
12. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
13. private ToggleButton toggleButton1, toggleButton2;
14. private Button buttonSubmit;
15. @Override
16. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
17. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
18. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
19.
20. addListenerOnButtonClick();
21. }
22. public void addListenerOnButtonClick(){
23. //Getting the ToggleButton and Button instance from the layout xml file
24. toggleButton1=(ToggleButton)findViewById(R.id.toggleButton1);
25. toggleButton2=(ToggleButton)findViewById(R.id.toggleButton2);
26. buttonSubmit=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
27.
28. //Performing action on button click
29. buttonSubmit.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
30.
31. @Override
32. public void onClick(View view) {
33. StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
34. result.append("ToggleButton1 : ").append(toggleButton1.getText());
35. result.append("\nToggleButton2 : ").append(toggleButton2.getText());
36. //Displaying the message in toast
37. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), result.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
38. }
39.
40. });
41.
42. }
43. @Override
44. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
45. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
46. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
47. return true;
48. }
49.
50. }

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Android CheckBox Example

Android CheckBox is a type of two state button either checked or unchecked.

There can be a lot of usage of checkboxes. For example, it can be used to know the hobby
of the user, activate/deactivate the specific action etc.

Android CheckBox class is the subclass of CompoundButton class.

Android CheckBox class

The android.widget.CheckBox class provides the facility of creating the CheckBoxes.

Methods of CheckBox class

There are many inherited methods of View, TextView, and Button classes in the CheckBox
class. Some of them are as follows:

Method Description

public boolean isChecked() Returns true if it is checked otherwise false

public void setChecked(boolean status) Changes the state of the CheckBox.

Android CheckBox Example

activity_main.xml

Drag the three checkboxes and one button for the layout. Now the activity_main.xml file will
look like this:

File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <CheckBox
8. android:id="@+id/checkBox1"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
12. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
13. android:text="Pizza" />
14.
15. <CheckBox
16. android:id="@+id/checkBox2"
17. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
18. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
19. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
20. android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox1"
21. android:text="Coffe" />
22.
23. <CheckBox
24. android:id="@+id/checkBox3"
25. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
26. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
27. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
28. android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox2"
29. android:text="Burger" />
30.
31. <Button
32. android:id="@+id/button1"
33. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
34. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
35. android:layout_below="@+id/checkBox2"
36. android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
37. android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/checkBox3"
38. android:text="Order" />
39.
40. </RelativeLayout>
Activity class

Let's write the code to check which toggle button is ON/OFF.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.checkbox;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.*;
9.
10. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
11. CheckBox pizza,coffe,burger;
12. Button buttonOrder;
13. @Override
14. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
15. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
16. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
17. addListenerOnButtonClick();
18. }
19. public void addListenerOnButtonClick(){
20. //Getting instance of CheckBoxes and Button from the activty_main.xml file
21. pizza=(CheckBox)findViewById(R.id.checkBox1);
22. coffe=(CheckBox)findViewById(R.id.checkBox2);
23. burger=(CheckBox)findViewById(R.id.checkBox3);
24. buttonOrder=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
25.
26. //Applying the Listener on the Button click
27. buttonOrder.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
28.
29. @Override
30. public void onClick(View view) {
31. int totalamount=0;
32. StringBuilder result=new StringBuilder();
33. result.append("Selected Items:");
34. if(pizza.isChecked()){
35. result.append("\nPizza 100Rs");
36. totalamount+=100;
37. }
38. if(coffe.isChecked()){
39. result.append("\nCoffe 50Rs");
40. totalamount+=50;
41. }
42. if(burger.isChecked()){
43. result.append("\nBurger 120Rs");
44. totalamount+=120;
45. }
46. result.append("\nTotal: "+totalamount+"Rs");
47. //Displaying the message on the toast
48. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), result.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).s
how();
49. }
50.
51. });
52. }
53. @Override
54. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
55. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
56. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
57. return true;
58. }
59.
60. }

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Android AlertDialog Example

Android AlertDialog can be used to display the dialog message with OK and Cancel
buttons. It can be used to interrupt and ask the user about his/her choice to continue or
discontinue.

Android AlertDialog is composed of three regions: title, content area and action buttons.

Android AlertDialog is the subclass of Dialog class.

Android AlertDialog Example
Let's see a simple example of android alert dialog.

activity_main.xml

You can have multiple components, here we are having only a textview.

File: activity_main.xml

strings.xml

Optionally, you can store the dialog message and title in the strings.xml file.

File: strings.xml

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

2. <resources>
3.
4. <string name="app_name">alertdialog</string>
5. <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
6. <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string>
7. <string name="dialog_message">Welcome to Alert Dialog</string>
8.
9. <string name="dialog_title">Javatpoint Alert Dialog</string>
10. </resources>

Activity class

Let's write the code to create and show the AlertDialog.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.alertdialog;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.app.AlertDialog;
6. import android.content.DialogInterface;
7. import android.view.Menu;
8.
9. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
10.
11. @Override
12. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
13. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
14.
15. AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
16. //Uncomment the below code to Set the message and title from the strings.xml file
17. //builder.setMessage(R.string.dialog_message) .setTitle(R.string.dialog_title);
18.
19. //Setting message manually and performing action on button click
20. builder.setMessage("Do you want to close this application ?")
21. .setCancelable(false)
22. .setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
23. public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
24. finish();
25. }
26. })
27. .setNegativeButton("No", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
28. public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
29. // Action for 'NO' Button
30. dialog.cancel();
31. }
32. });
33.
34. //Creating dialog box
35. AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
36. //Setting the title manually
37. alert.setTitle("AlertDialogExample");
38. alert.show();
39. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
40. }
41.
42. @Override
43. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
44. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
45. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
46. return true;
47. }
48.
49. }

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Android Spinner Example

Android Spinner is like the combox box of AWT or Swing. It can be used to display the
multiple options to the user in which only one item can be selected by the user.

Android spinner is like the drop down menu with multiple values from which the end user
can select only one value.

Android spinner is associated with AdapterView. So you need to use one of the adapter
classes with spinner.

Android Spinner class is the subclass of AsbSpinner class.

Android Spinner Example

In this example, we are going to display the country list. You need to
use ArrayAdapter class to store the country list.

Let's see the simple example of spinner in android.

activity_main.xml

Drag the Spinner from the pallete, now the activity_main.xml file will like this:
File: activity_main.xml

Activity class

Let's write the code to display item on the spinner and perform event handling.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.spinner;
2. import android.app.Activity;
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.view.Menu;
5. import android.view.View;
6. import android.widget.AdapterView;
7. import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
8. import android.widget.Spinner;
9. import android.widget.TextView;
10. import android.widget.Toast;
11.
12. public class MainActivity extends Activity implements
13. AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener {
14.
15. String[] country = { "India", "USA", "China", "Japan", "Other", };
16.
17. @Override
18. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
19. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
20. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
21. //Getting the instance of Spinner and applying OnItemSelectedListener on it
22. Spinner spin = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
23. spin.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
24.
25. //Creating the ArrayAdapter instance having the country list
26. ArrayAdapter aa = new ArrayAdapter(this,android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,coun
try);
27. aa.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
28. //Setting the ArrayAdapter data on the Spinner
29. spin.setAdapter(aa);
30. }
31.
32.
33. //Performing action onItemSelected and onNothing selected
34. @Override
35. public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int position,long id) {
36. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),country[position] ,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).sho
w();
37. }
38.
39. @Override
40. public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
41. // TODO Auto-generated method stub
42.
43. }
44.
45. @Override
46. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
47. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
48. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
49. return true;
50. }
51. }

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Android AutoCompleteTextView Example

Android AutoCompleteTextView completes the word based on the reserved words, so no

need to write all the characters of the word.

Android AutoCompleteTextView is a editable text field, it displays a list of suggestions in a

drop down menu from which user can select only one suggestion or value.

Android AutoCompleteTextView is the subclass of EditText class. The

MultiAutoCompleteTextView is the subclass of AutoCompleteTextView class.

Android AutoCompleteTextView Example

In this example, we are displaying the programming languages in the
autocompletetextview. All the programming languages are stored in string array. We are
using the ArrayAdapter class to display the array content.

Let's see the simple example of autocompletetextview in android.

activity_main.xml
Drag the AutoCompleteTextView and TextView from the pallete, now the activity_main.xml
file will like this:

File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <TextView
8. android:id="@+id/textView1"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
12. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
13. android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
14. android:text="@string/what_is_your_favourite_programming_language_" />
15.
16. <AutoCompleteTextView
17. android:id="@+id/autoCompleteTextView1"
18. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
19. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
20. android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
21. android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
22. android:layout_marginLeft="36dp"
23. android:layout_marginTop="17dp"
24. android:ems="10"
25. android:text="">
26.
27. <requestFocus />
28. </AutoCompleteTextView>
29.
30. </RelativeLayout>
Activity class

Let's write the code of AutoCompleteTextView.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.autocompletetextview;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.graphics.Color;
6. import android.view.Menu;
7. import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
8. import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;
9.
10. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
11. String[] language ={"C","C++","Java",".NET","iPhone","Android","ASP.NET","PHP"};
12. @Override
13. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
14. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
15. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
16.
17. //Creating the instance of ArrayAdapter containing list of language names
18. ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>
19. (this,android.R.layout.select_dialog_item,language);
20. //Getting the instance of AutoCompleteTextView
21. AutoCompleteTextView actv= (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.autoCompl
eteTextView1);
22. actv.setThreshold(1);//will start working from first character
23. actv.setAdapter(adapter);//setting the adapter data into the AutoCompleteTextView

24. actv.setTextColor(Color.RED);
25.
26. }
27.
28. @Override
29. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
30. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
31. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
32. return true;
33. }
34.
35. }

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Android RatingBar Example

Android RatingBar can be used to get the rating from the user. The Rating returns a
floating-point number. It may be 2.0, 3.5, 4.0 etc.

Android RatingBar displays the rating in stars. Android RatingBar is the subclass of
AbsSeekBar class.

The getRating() method of android RatingBar class returns the rating number.

Android RatingBar Example

Let's see the simple example of rating bar in android.

activity_main.xml

Drag the RatingBar and Button from the pallete, now the activity_main.xml file will like this:

File: activity_main.xml

Activity class

Let's write the code to display the rating of the user.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.rating;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.RatingBar;
10. import android.widget.Toast;
11.
12. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
13. RatingBar ratingbar1;
14. Button button;
15. @Override
16. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
17. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
18. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
19. addListenerOnButtonClick();
20. }
21.
22. public void addListenerOnButtonClick(){
23. ratingbar1=(RatingBar)findViewById(R.id.ratingBar1);
24. button=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
25. //Performing action on Button Click
26. button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
27.
28. @Override
29. public void onClick(View arg0) {
30. //Getting the rating and displaying it on the toast
31. String rating=String.valueOf(ratingbar1.getRating());
32. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), rating, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
33. }
34.
35. });
36. }
37. @Override
38. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
39. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
40. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
41. return true;
42. }
43.
44. }

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Android WebView Example

Android WebView is used to display web page in android. The web page can be loaded
from same application or URL. It is used to display online content in android activity.

Android WebView uses webkit engine to display web page.

The android.webkit.WebView is the subclass of AbsoluteLayout class.

The loadUrl() and loadData() methods of Android WebView class are used to load and
display web page.

Let's see the simple code to display javatpoint.com web page using web view.

1. WebView mywebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);

2. mywebview.loadUrl("http://www.javatpoint.com/");

Let's see the simple code to display HTML web page using web view. In this case, html
file must be located inside the asset directory.

1. WebView mywebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);

2. mywebview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/myresource.html");

Let's see another code to display HTML code of a string.

1. String data = "<html><body><h1>Hello, Javatpoint!</h1></body></html>";

2. mywebview.loadData(data, "text/html", "UTF-8");

Android WebView Example

Let's see a simple example of android webview.

activity_main.xml
File: activity_main.xml

Activity class
File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.webview;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.webkit.WebView;
7.
8. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
9.
10. @Override
11. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
12. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
13. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
14.
15. WebView mywebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
16. //mywebview.loadUrl("http://www.javatpoint.com/");
17.
18. /*String data = "<html><body><h1>Hello, Javatpoint!</h1></body></html>";
19. mywebview.loadData(data, "text/html", "UTF-8"); */
20.
21. mywebview.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/myresource.html");
22. }
23.
24. @Override
25. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
26. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
27. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
28. return true;
29. }
30.
31. }

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Let's see the output if you load the HTML page.

Let's see the output if you load the javatpoint.com web page.
Android SeekBar Example

Android SeekBar is a kind of ProgressBar with draggable thumb. The end user can drag
the thum left and right to move the progress of song, file download etc.
The SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener interface provides methods to perform even
handling for seek bar.

Android SeekBar and RatingBar classes are the sub classes of AbsSeekBar.

Android SeekBar Example

activity_main.xml

Drag the seek bar from the pallete, now activity_main.xml will look like this:

File: activity_main.xml

Let's see the Activity class displaying seek bar and performing event handling.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.seekbar;
2. import android.os.Bundle;
3. import android.app.Activity;
4. import android.view.Menu;
5. import android.widget.SeekBar;
6. import android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener;
7. import android.widget.Toast;
8. public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnSeekBarChangeListener{
9. SeekBar seekBar1;
10. @Override
11. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
12. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
13. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
14.
15. seekBar1=(SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.seekBar1);
16. seekBar1.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(this);
17. }
18. @Override
19. public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress,
20. boolean fromUser) {
21. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"seekbar progress: "+progress, Toast.LENGT
H_SHORT).show();
22. }
23. @Override
24. public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
25. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"seekbar touch started!", Toast.LENGTH_SHO
RT).show();
26. }
27. @Override
28. public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
29. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"seekbar touch stopped!", Toast.LENGTH_SH
ORT).show();
30. }
31. @Override
32. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
33. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
34. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
35. return true;
36. }
37. }

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Android DatePicker Example

Android DatePicker is a widget to select date. It allows you to select date by day, month and
year. Like DatePicker, android also provides TimePicker to select time.

The android.widget.DatePicker is the subclass of FrameLayout class.

Android DatePicker Example

Let's see the simple example of datepicker widget in android.

activity_main.xml

File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <TextView
8. android:id="@+id/textView1"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
12. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
13. android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
14. android:layout_marginTop="36dp"
15. android:text="Current Date:" />
16.
17. <Button
18. android:id="@+id/button1"
19. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
20. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
21. android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
22. android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
23. android:layout_marginBottom="140dp"
24. android:text="Change Date" />
25.
26. <DatePicker
27. android:id="@+id/datePicker1"
28. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
29. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
30. android:layout_above="@+id/button1"
31. android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
32. android:layout_marginBottom="30dp" />
33.
34. </RelativeLayout>

Activity class

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.datepicker2;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.DatePicker;
10. import android.widget.TextView;
11. import android.widget.Toast;
12.
13. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
14. DatePicker picker;
15. Button displayDate;
16. TextView textview1;
17. @Override
18. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
19. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
20. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
21.
22. textview1=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
23. picker=(DatePicker)findViewById(R.id.datePicker1);
24. displayDate=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
25.
26. textview1.setText(getCurrentDate());
27.
28. displayDate.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
29. @Override
30. public void onClick(View view) {
31. textview1.setText(getCurrentDate());
32. }
33.
34. });
35. }
36. public String getCurrentDate(){
37. StringBuilder builder=new StringBuilder();
38. builder.append("Current Date: ");
39. builder.append((picker.getMonth() + 1)+"/");//month is 0 based
40. builder.append(picker.getDayOfMonth()+"/");
41. builder.append(picker.getYear());
42. return builder.toString();
43. }
44. @Override
45. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
46. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
47. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
48. return true;
49. }
50.
51. }
Android TimePicker Example

Android TimePicker widget is used to select date. It allows you to select time by hour and
minute. You cannot select time by seconds.

The android.widget.TimePicker is the subclass of FrameLayout class.

Android TimePicker Example

Let's see a simple example of android time picker.

activity_main.xml
File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <TimePicker
8. android:id="@+id/timePicker1"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
12. android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
13. android:layout_marginTop="86dp" />
14.
15. <TextView
16. android:id="@+id/textView1"
17. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
18. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
19. android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/timePicker1"
20. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
21. android:layout_marginTop="17dp"
22. android:text="Current Time:" />
23.
24. <Button
25. android:id="@+id/button1"
26. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
27. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
28. android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/timePicker1"
29. android:layout_below="@+id/timePicker1"
30. android:layout_marginLeft="37dp"
31. android:layout_marginTop="55dp"
32. android:text="Change Time" />
33.
34. </RelativeLayout>

Activity class
File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.timepicker1;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.TextView;
10. import android.widget.TimePicker;
11. import android.widget.Toast;
12.
13. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
14. TextView textview1;
15. TimePicker timepicker1;
16. Button changetime;
17.
18. @Override
19. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
20. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
21. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
22.
23. textview1=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
24. timepicker1=(TimePicker)findViewById(R.id.timePicker1);
25. //Uncomment the below line of code for 24 hour view
26. timepicker1.setIs24HourView(true);
27. changetime=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
28.
29. textview1.setText(getCurrentTime());
30.
31. changetime.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
32. @Override
33. public void onClick(View view) {
34. textview1.setText(getCurrentTime());
35. }
36. });
37.
38. }
39.
40. public String getCurrentTime(){
41. String currentTime="Current Time: "+timepicker1.getCurrentHour()+":"+timepicker1.
getCurrentMinute();
42. return currentTime;
43. }
44. @Override
45. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
46. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
47. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
48. return true;
49. }
50.
51. }

Android Analog clock and Digital clock example

The android.widget.AnalogClock and android.widget.DigitalClock classes provides the
functionality to display analog and digital clocks.

Android analog and digital clocks are used to show time in android application.

Android AnalogClock is the subclass of View class.

Android DigitalClock is the subclass of TextView class. Since Android API level 17, it
is deprecated. You are recommended to useTextClock Instead.

Note: Analog and Digital clocks cannot be used to change the time of the device. To do so,
you need to use DatePicker and TimePicker.

In android, you need to drag analog and digital clocks from the pallet to display analog
and digital clocks. It represents the timing of the current device.

activity_main.xml

Now, drag the analog and digital clocks, now the xml file will look like this.

File: activity_main.xml

Activity class

We have not write any code here.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.analogdigital;
2.
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6.
7. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
8.
9. @Override
10. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
11. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
12. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
13. }
14.
15. @Override
16. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
17. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
18. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
19. return true;
20. }
21. }

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Android ProgressBar Example

We can display the android progress bar dialog box to display the status of work being
done e.g. downloading file, analyzing status of work etc.

In this example, we are displaying the progress dialog for dummy file download operation.

Here we are using android.app.ProgressDialog class to show the progress bar. Android
ProgressDialog is the subclass of AlertDialog class.

The ProgressDialog class provides methods to work on progress bar like setProgress(),
setMessage(), setProgressStyle(), setMax(), show() etc. The progress range of Progress
Dialog is 0 to 10000.

Let's see a simple example to display progress bar in android.

1. ProgressDialog progressBar = new ProgressDialog(this);

2. progressBar.setCancelable(true);//you can cancel it by pressing back button
3. progressBar.setMessage("File downloading ...");
4. progressBar.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL);
5. progressBar.setProgress(0);//initially progress is 0
6. progressBar.setMax(100);//sets the maximum value 100
7. progressBar.show();//displays the progress bar

Android Progress Bar Example by ProgressDialog

Let's see a simple example to create progress bar using ProgressDialog class.

activity_main.xml

Drag one button from the pallete, now the activity_main.xml file will look like this:

File: activity_main.xml

Let's write the code to display the progress bar dialog box.

File: MainActivity.java

1. package com.example.progressbar1;
2. import android.app.Activity;
3. import android.app.ProgressDialog;
4. import android.os.Bundle;
5. import android.os.Handler;
6. import android.widget.Button;
7. import android.view.Menu;
8. import android.view.View;
9. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
10. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
11. Button btnStartProgress;
12. ProgressDialog progressBar;
13. private int progressBarStatus = 0;
14. private Handler progressBarHandler = new Handler();
15. private long fileSize = 0;
16. @Override
17. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
18. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
19. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
20. addListenerOnButtonClick();
21. }
22. public void addListenerOnButtonClick() {
23. btnStartProgress = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
24. btnStartProgress.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
25.
26. @Override
27. public void onClick(View v) {
28. // creating progress bar dialog
29. progressBar = new ProgressDialog(v.getContext());
30. progressBar.setCancelable(true);
31. progressBar.setMessage("File downloading ...");
32. progressBar.setProgressStyle(ProgressDialog.STYLE_HORIZONTAL);
33. progressBar.setProgress(0);
34. progressBar.setMax(100);
35. progressBar.show();
36. //reset progress bar and filesize status
37. progressBarStatus = 0;
38. fileSize = 0;
39.
40. new Thread(new Runnable() {
41. public void run() {
42. while (progressBarStatus < 100) {
43. // performing operation
44. progressBarStatus = doOperation();
45. try {Thread.sleep(1000);} catch (InterruptedException e) {e.printStackTrace(
);}
46. // Updating the progress bar
47. progressBarHandler.post(new Runnable() {
48. public void run() {
49. progressBar.setProgress(progressBarStatus);
50. }
51. });
52. }
53. // performing operation if file is downloaded,
54. if (progressBarStatus >= 100) {
55. // sleeping for 1 second after operation completed
56. try {Thread.sleep(1000);} catch (InterruptedException e) {e.printStackTrace
();}
57. // close the progress bar dialog
58. progressBar.dismiss();
59. }
60. }
61. }).start();
62. }//end of onClick method
63. });
64. }
65. // checking how much file is downloaded and updating the filesize
66. public int doOperation() {
67. //The range of ProgressDialog starts from 0 to 10000
68. while (fileSize <= 10000) {
69. fileSize++;
70. if (fileSize == 1000) {
71. return 10;
72. } else if (fileSize == 2000) {
73. return 20;
74. } else if (fileSize == 3000) {
75. return 30;
76. } else if (fileSize == 4000) {
77. return 40;//you can add more else if
78. } else{
79. return 100;
80. }
81. }//end of while
82. return 100;
83. }//end of doOperation
84.
85. @Override
86. public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
87. // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
88. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
89. return true;
90. }
91. }
Android Intent Tutorial

Android Intent is the message that is passed between components such as activities,
content providers, broadcast receivers, services etc.

It is generally used with startActivity() method to invoke activity, broadcast receivers etc.

The dictionary meaning of intent is intention or purpose. So, it can be described as the
intention to do action.

The LabeledIntent is the subclass of android.content.Intent class.

Android intents are mainly used to:

o Start the service

o Launch an activity

o Display a web page

o Display a list of contacts

o Broadcast a message

o Dial a phone call etc.

Types of Android Intents

There are two types of intents in android: implicit and explicit.

1) Implicit Intent
Implicit Intent doesn't specifiy the component. In such case, intent provides information
of available components provided by the system that is to be invoked.

For example, you may write the following code to view the webpage.

1. Intent intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

2. intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://www.javatpoint.com"));
3. startActivity(intent);
2) Explicit Intent
Explicit Intent specifies the component. In such case, intent provides the external class to
be invoked.

1. Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ActivityTwo.class);

2. startActivity(i);

To get the full code of explicit intent, visit the next page.

Android Implicit Intent Example

Let's see the simple example of implicit intent that displays a web page.

activity_main.xml
File: activity_main.xml

Activity class
File: MainActivity.java

1. package org.sssit.implicitintent;
2. import android.net.Uri;
3. import android.os.Bundle;
4. import android.app.Activity;
5. import android.content.Intent;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.EditText;
10. public class MainActivity extends Activity {
11. @Override
12. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
13. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
14. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
15. final EditText editText1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);
16. Button button1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
17. button1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
18. @Override
19. public void onClick(View arg0) {
20. String url=editText1.getText().toString();
21. Intent intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse(url));
22. startActivity(intent);
23. }
24. });
25. }
26. }

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Android Explicit Intent Example

Android Explicit intent specifies the component to be invoked from activity. In other
words, we can call another activity in android by explicit intent.

We can also pass the information from one activity to another using explicit intent.

Here, we are going to see an example to call one activity from another and vice-versa.
Android calling one activity from another activity
example
Let's see the simple example of android explicit example that calls one activity from another
and vice versa.

activity_main.xml
File: activity_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <Button
8. android:id="@+id/Button01"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
12. android:layout_below="@+id/TextView01"
13. android:layout_marginLeft="65dp"
14. android:layout_marginTop="38dp"
15. android:onClick="onClick"
16. android:text="Call second activity" />
17.
18. <TextView
19. android:id="@+id/TextView01"
20. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
21. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
22. android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/Button01"
23. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
24. android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
25. android:layout_marginTop="27dp"
26. android:minHeight="60dip"
27. android:text="First Activity"
28. android:textSize="20sp" />
29.
30. </RelativeLayout>

activitytwo_main.xml
File: activitytwo_main.xml

1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:androclass="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
2. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
3. android:layout_width="match_parent"
4. android:layout_height="match_parent"
5. tools:context=".MainActivity" >
6.
7. <Button
8. android:id="@+id/Button01"
9. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
11. android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
12. android:layout_below="@+id/TextView01"
13. android:layout_marginLeft="65dp"
14. android:layout_marginTop="38dp"
15. android:onClick="onClick"
16. android:text="Call First activity" />
17.
18. <TextView
19. android:id="@+id/TextView01"
20. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
21. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
22. android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/Button01"
23. android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
24. android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
25. android:layout_marginTop="27dp"
26. android:minHeight="60dip"
27. android:text="Second Activity"
28. android:textSize="20sp" />
29.
30. </RelativeLayout>
ActivityOne class
File: MainActivityOne.java

1. package com.example.explicitintent2;
2. import android.os.Bundle;
3. import android.app.Activity;
4. import android.content.Intent;
5. import android.view.Menu;
6. import android.view.View;
7. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
8. import android.widget.Button;
9. import android.widget.Toast;
10. public class ActivityOne extends Activity {
11. /** Called when the activity is first created. */
12. @Override
13. public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
14. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
15. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
16. Button button1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.Button01);
17.
18. button1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
19. public void onClick(View view) {
20. Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ActivityTwo.class);
21. i.putExtra("Value1", "Android By Javatpoint");
22. i.putExtra("Value2", "Simple Tutorial");
23. // Set the request code to any code you like, you can identify the
24. // callback via this code
25. startActivity(i);
26. }
27. });
28. }
29. }
ActivityTwo class
File: MainActivityTwo.java

1. package com.example.explicitintent2;
2. import android.app.Activity;
3. import android.content.Intent;
4. import android.os.Bundle;
5. import android.view.View;
6. import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
7. import android.widget.Button;
8. import android.widget.EditText;
9. import android.widget.TextView;
10. import android.widget.Toast;
11. public class ActivityTwo extends Activity {
12. /** Called when the activity is first created. */
13. @Override
14. public void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
15. super.onCreate(bundle);
16. TextView tv=new TextView(this);
17. tv.setText("second activity");
18. setContentView(R.layout.activity_two);
19. Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
20. String value1 = extras.getString("Value1");
21. String value2 = extras.getString("Value2");
22. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Values are:\n First value: "+value1+
23. "\n Second Value: "+value2,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
24. Button button1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.Button01);
25. button1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
26. public void onClick(View view) {
27. Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ActivityOne.class);
28. startActivity(i);
29. }
30. });
31. }
32. }

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