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Creating Simple Android Project with Widgets

This post is written for the 2nd MobileSIG-meetup BBBangi Chapter, Sunday, October 2nd, 2011…
This apps might look simple and dumb, somehow it just an example for beginner. Shall I say “Buttons and Textboxes in Android for Dummies”.
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Learning outcome:
At the end of this session you should be able to create an Android app that contains textbox and button widgets, and applying ActionListener to the button…
Pre-requisites:
Before reading this tutorial, you need to read;
  1. If you do not have Eclipse and Android SDK installed, you should read the following http://blog.kerul.net/2011/06/eclipse-helios-android-development.html
  2. How to Create a new Android Project in Eclipse with ADT11.
  3. And it might be useful activate the Properties window by reading this article - http://blog.kerul.net/2011/08/properties-window-for-adt-11-on-eclipse.html
This post contains two examples;
EXAMPLE 1: Dealing with only one Button
EXAMPLE 2: Dealing with two Buttons in an App
Hope you find it useful.
Before I proceed to the examples, let me brief you the elements inside an Android Project through Eclipse IDE (Figure 1).
image_thumb[4]Figure 1
Enhance the Package Explorer (Figure 2) and you will see several folders in the Project.
image_thumb[7]Figure 2
Inside Android Project, there should be;
/src – the Java codes are here
/gen – generated automatically
/assets – put your fonts, videos, sounds here
/res – images, layout and global variables
/drawable-hdpi – images for high spec phones
/drawable-ldpi – images for low spec phones
/drawable-mdpi – images for medium spec phones
/layout – all XML file for the screen(s) layout are here
/values – constant variables can also be here, the value is accessible from all classes and screens
AndroidManifest.xml – app’s permissions need to be registered here – (eg: app can access Internet, phone contacts, camera, etc must be mentioned here)



EXAMPLE 1: Dealing with only one Button
This sample contains two textboxes with only one button as the trigger.
The GUI Layout;
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView1" android:text="Sila masukkan nombor pertama"></TextView>
<EditText android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number" android:id="@+id/txtnum1">
<requestFocus></requestFocus>
</EditText>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView2" android:includeFontPadding="true"
android:text="Sila masukkan nombor kedua"></TextView>
<EditText android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number" android:id="@+id/txtnum2"></EditText>
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/btnadd"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="ADD"></Button>
<EditText android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number" android:id="@+id/txtresult"></EditText>
</LinearLayout>


The source code; copy and paste in the *.java file in the src folder.



package net.kerul.calc;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class CalculatorActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{

private EditText txtnum1, txtnum2, txtresult;
private Button btnadd;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

txtnum1=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtnum1);
txtnum2=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtnum2);
txtresult=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtresult);

btnadd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnadd);
btnadd.setOnClickListener(this);

}
public void onClick(View v) {
//method handling button click
double n1,n2, result;
n1=Double.parseDouble(txtnum1.getText().toString());
n2=Double.parseDouble(txtnum2.getText().toString());
result=n1+n2;
txtresult.setText(Double.toString(result));
}
}


The output;

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EXAMPLE 2: Dealing with two Buttons in an App

It has two EditText and two Button. It is to accept two numbers, and if user tap on the button “+”, it will sum-up both numbers. The second button, “-”, will off-course subtract second number from the first.

The GUI Layout;

image_thumb1

The main.xml;



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Apps to test Button and Text"/>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView1" android:text="Enter a number"></TextView>
<EditText android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number" android:id="@+id/txtnum1">
</EditText>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/textView2" android:text="Enter another number"></TextView>
<EditText android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number" android:id="@+id/txtnum2"></EditText>
<TableRow android:id="@+id/tableRow1" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent">
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text=" + " android:id="@+id/btnadd"></Button>
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text=" - " android:id="@+id/btnsubtract"></Button>
<EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:freezesText="true" android:text="Result here"
android:editable="false" android:id="@+id/txtresult"></EditText>
</TableRow>

</LinearLayout>


The source code; copy and paste in the *.java file in the src folder.


 

package net.kerul.buttext;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class ButtextActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{

//declare all controls
private Button btnadd, btnsubtract;
private EditText txtnum1, txtnum2, txtresult;
private double n1,n2, res;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

btnadd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnadd);
btnadd.setOnClickListener(this);

btnsubtract = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnsubtract);
btnsubtract.setOnClickListener(this);

txtnum1=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtnum1);
txtnum2=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtnum2);
txtresult=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtresult);

}
public void onClick(View v) {
//method handling button click
n1=Double.parseDouble(txtnum1.getText().toString());
n2=Double.parseDouble(txtnum2.getText().toString());

if (v.getId()==R.id.btnadd){
res=n1+n2;
txtresult.setText(Double.toString(res));
}

if(v.getId()==R.id.btnsubtract){
res=n1-n2;
txtresult.setText(Double.toString(res));

}
}
}


 


 


 

image_thumb7

 


 

And the full source code is available here –> http://sdrv.ms/MebA5R

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