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Naming Convention For Android Development

The document outlines naming conventions for Android development, including conventions for package structure, classes, widgets, image files, XML files in different resource directories like anim, animator, color, drawable, layout, menu, and values. Key elements include prefixing class names with the component type (e.g. Activity, Fragment), using descriptive names for resources like colors, strings and layouts, and following specific conventions for XML files in different resource directories.

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Naming Convention For Android Development

The document outlines naming conventions for Android development, including conventions for package structure, classes, widgets, image files, XML files in different resource directories like anim, animator, color, drawable, layout, menu, and values. Key elements include prefixing class names with the component type (e.g. Activity, Fragment), using descriptive names for resources like colors, strings and layouts, and following specific conventions for XML files in different resource directories.

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Naming Convention for Android Development

Package Structure
See this Package by feature, not layer

Naming Convention for Classes


 <PRODUCT_NAME>Application.java - for Application class
 <NAME>Activity.java - for activity class
 <NAME>Adapter.java - for adapter class
 <NAME>Fragment.java - for fragment class
 <NAME>.java - for model class
 <NAME>Provider.java - for content provider class
 <NAME>Service.java - for service class
 <NAME>Receiver.java - for broadcast receiver class
 <NAME>Utils.java - for utility class
 <NAME>.java - for custom view class

Short Name of Android Widgets


Note: You should use more meaningful names than these short names unless you have two
or more same kind of views in the same place.

 aclock - AnalogClock
 actv - AutoCompleteTextView
 btn - Button
 cal - CalendarView
 chb - CheckBox
 chtv - CheckedTextView
 chron - Chronometer
 dp - DatePicker
 edt - EditText
 explv - ExpandableListView
 fl - FrameLayout
 gl - GridLayout
 grv - GridView
 hsv - HorizontalScrollView
 imb - ImageButton
 ims - ImageSwitcher
 imv - ImageView
 ll - LinearLayout
 lsv - ListView
 ctlr - MediaController
 mactv - MultiAutoCompleteTextView
 np - NumberPicker
 pm - PopupMenu
 pw - PopupWindow
 pgb - ProgressBar
 rb - RadioButton
 rg - RadioGroup
 rtb - RatingBar
 rl - RelativeLayout
 rv - RemoteViews
 scv - ScrollView
 schv - SearchView
 skb - SeekBar
 sap - ShareActionProvider
 space - Space
 spn - Spinner
 stv - StackView
 sw - Switch
 tabh - TabHost
 tabc - TabHost.TabSpec
 tl - TableLayout
 tr - TableRow
 twg - TabWidget
 tclock - TextClock
 tsw - TextSwitcher
 txv - TextView
 tp - TimePicker
 toast - Toast
 tgb - ToggleButton
 vdv - VideoView
 vf - ViewFlipper
 vsw - ViewSwitcher

Naming Convention for Image Files


See this Android-Cheatsheet-For-Graphic-Designers#Naming Convention

XML Files (res/anim)


 <INTERPOLATOR_NAME>_interpolator.xml - for custom interpolator
 <ANIMATION_NAME>.xml - for custom animation

XML Files (res/animator)


 <ANIMATOR_NAME>.xml- for custom animator

XML Files (res/color)


 selector_<COLOR_NAME>.xml - for color state list

XML Files (res/drawable)


 bmp_<BITMAP_NAME>.xml - for bitmap file
 np_<NINE_PATCH_NAME>.xml - for nine-patch XML file
 layer_<LAYER_LIST_NAME>.xml - for layer list
 selector_<STATE_LIST_NAME>.xml - for state list
 anim_<DRAWABLE_ANIMATION_NAME>.xml - for drawable animation
 level_<LEVEL_LIST_NAME>.xml - for level list
 trans_<TRANSITION_DRAWABLE_NAME>.xml - for transition drawable
 inset_<INSET_DRAWABLE_NAME>.xml - for inset drawable
 clip_<CLIP_DRAWABLE_NAME>.xml - for clip drawable
 scale_<SCALE_DRAWABLE_NAME>.xml - for scale drawable
 shape_<SHAPE_DRAWABLE_NAME>.xml - for shape drawable

XML Files (res/layout)


 activity_<ACTIVITY_NAME>.xml - for activity
 dialog_<DIALOG_NAME>.xml - for dialog
 list_item_<LIST_NAME>.xml - for list item in ListView
 grid_item_<GRID_NAME>.xml - for grid item in GridView
 fragment_<FRAGMENT_NAME>.xml - for fragment
 layout_<LAYOUT_NAME>.xml - for re-useable layout
 merge_<MERGE_NAME>.xml - for <merge> Tag only
 widget_<WIDGET_NAME>.xml - for custom view
 appwidget_<APPWIDGET_NAME>.xml - for app widget

XML Files (res/menu)


 <MENU_NAME>.xml - for option menu
 contextual_<MENU_NAME>.xml - for contextual menu
 popup_<MENU_NAME>.xml - for popup menu

XML Files (res/values)


 values/colors.xml

 <color
name="<THEME_NAME>_<COLOR_NAME>"><COLOR_VALUE></color>
For example:
<color name=”holo_blue_dark”>#ff0099cc</color>
<color name=”material_blue_500”>#5677fc</color>

 If the color is not in the theme:


<color name="<COLOR_NAME>"><COLOR_VALUE></color>

 values/strings.xml

 <string name="title_<TITLE_NAME>"><TITLE_VALUE></string> - for


ActionBar title
 <string
name="action_<ACTION_BUTTON_TEXT>"><TEXT_VALUE></string> - for
ActionBar button text
 <string name="tab_<ACTION_TAB_TEXT>"><TEXT_VALUE></string> -
for ActionBar.Tab text
 <string name="btn_<BUTTON_TEXT>"><TEXT_VALUE></string>- for
button
 <string name="empty_<VIEW_NAME>"><EMPTY_VALUE></string> - for
empty view
 <string name="hint_<EDITTEXT_NAME>"><HINT_VALUE></string>-
for the hint of EditText/AutoCompleteTextView
 <string name="label_<TEXTVIEW_NAME>"><TEXT_VALUE></string>-
for static TextView
 <string name="toast_<TOAST_NAME>"><TOAST_VALUE></string> - for
toast
 <string
name="dialog_title_<DIALOG_NAME>"><TITLE_VALUE></string>- for
dialog
 <string
name="dialog_msg_<DIALOG_NAME>"><MSG_VALUE></string> - for
dialog
 <string
name="dialog_action_<ACTION_NAME>"><ACTION_NAME></string> -
for dialog button
 <string name="msg_<MESSAGE_NAME>"><MSG_VALUE></string> - for
Log or some other stuff
 <string
name="contextual_<MENU_ITEM_NAME>"><TEXT_VALUE></string>- for
contextual menu item
 <string name="popup_<MENU_ITEM_NAME>"><TEXT_VALUE></string>
- for popup menu item
 values/string_arrays.xml
<string-array name="<ARRAY_NAME>_array">

 values/plurals.xml
<plurals name="<PLURALS_NAME>">

XML Files (res/xml)


 appwidget_<APPWIDGET_NAME> - for app widget provider

Fuente:
https://github.com/TreyCai/AndroidNamingConvention

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