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IT Professional Curricula Software Development Solution Area Mobile Application Development Android For .NET Developers

The Android platform offers a host of useful user interface components that you can leverage to create your application and provide a meaningful interaction for your users. Layout elements control how your application is presented to the user, and Views provide elegant methods of displaying interactive data to your users. In this course, you will learn about the variety of UI elements available for use in the Xamarin.Android development environment. You will also learn to utilize and place UI components in the UI designer.

Asset ID	sd_afdd_a03_it_enus
Course Type	Video Course
Course Category	Software Development Solution Area

Objectives
Introduction start the course use the interface designer describe the Android 5.0 visual style add a Splash Screen to your application use the basic user interface elements Layouts and Navigation design an interface using a grid layout design an interface with a linear layout design an interface with a relative layout design an interface with a table layout adjust the visibility of the navigation bar use the ActionBar to implement a tabbed interface make use of pop-up menus Views use ListViews to display lists of data display a video or an OpenGL content use a RecyclerView to display a collection of data implement a class to be used by RecyclerView create an adapter class for the RecyclerView use a CardView to display information connect a CardView to a data source display items from the data source in the CardView UI create an adapter for a GridView connect an adapter to a GridView display items in a scrollable gallery display web content in a WebView Standard Elements retrieve the list of calendars on the system read the events and data from a calendar add and update the calendar events select dates using the Date Picker specify times using the Time Picker present a list of selectable items using the Spinner toggle an item between states using a switch provide autocomplete functionality on a text input access device owner data in the User Profile Practice: Creating a UI Layout lay out the basic Android UI elements

Objectives

Introduction

start the course
use the interface designer
describe the Android 5.0 visual style
add a Splash Screen to your application
use the basic user interface elements

Layouts and Navigation

design an interface using a grid layout
design an interface with a linear layout
design an interface with a relative layout
design an interface with a table layout
adjust the visibility of the navigation bar
use the ActionBar to implement a tabbed interface
make use of pop-up menus

Views

use ListViews to display lists of data
display a video or an OpenGL content
use a RecyclerView to display a collection of data
implement a class to be used by RecyclerView
create an adapter class for the RecyclerView
use a CardView to display information
connect a CardView to a data source
display items from the data source in the CardView UI
create an adapter for a GridView
connect an adapter to a GridView
display items in a scrollable gallery
display web content in a WebView

Standard Elements

retrieve the list of calendars on the system
read the events and data from a calendar
add and update the calendar events
select dates using the Date Picker
specify times using the Time Picker
present a list of selectable items using the Spinner
toggle an item between states using a switch
provide autocomplete functionality on a text input
access device owner data in the User Profile

Practice: Creating a UI Layout

lay out the basic Android UI elements