50 Android Hacks

List of Figures

Chapter 1. Working your way around layouts

Figure 1.1. Button with 50% of its parent width (portrait)

Figure 1.2. Button with 50% of its parent width (landscape)

Figure 3.1. User’s hand in a card game

Figure 3.2. Card layout created using the default Android widgets

Figure 3.3. First child with different vertical spacing

Figure 4.1. Preferences screen

Chapter 2. Creating cool animations

Figure 7.1. Box bouncing around the screen

Figure 8.1. FeedTV running in an iPad

Figure 8.2. Ken Burns effect example taken from Wikipedia

Chapter 3. View tips and tricks

Figure 10.1. Twitter example

Figure 10.2. TextView using spannables

Figure 11.1. Digital clock demo

Figure 12.1. Button with rounded corners

Figure 14.1. Finished layout ...