Android Emulator Keyboard Shortcuts

Android Emulator Keyboard Shortcuts

Emulator Device Key	Keyboard Key
Home	HOME
Back	Esc
Menu (left softkey)	F2 or Page-up button
Star (right softkey)	Shift-F2 or Page Down
Call/dial button	F3
Hangup/end call button	F4
Search	F5
Toggle trackball mode	F6
Enter trackball mode temporarily	Delete
DPad left/up/right/down	KEYPAD_4/8/6/2
DPad center click	KEYPAD_5
Onion alpha increase/decrease	KEYPAD_MULTIPLY(*) / KEYPAD_DIVIDE(/)
Power button	F7
Audio volume up button	KEYPAD_PLUS, Ctrl-5
Audio volume down button	KEYPAD_MINUS, Ctrl-F6
Camera button	Ctrl-KEYPAD_5, Ctrl-F3
Switch to previous layout orientation	KEYPAD_7, Ctrl-F11
Switch to next layout orientation	KEYPAD_9, Ctrl-F12
Toggle cell networking on/off	F8
Toggle code profiling	F9
Toggle fullscreen mode	Alt-Enter

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How to run an Android Project in a Android phone

How to run an Android Project 

in a Android phone

In this tutorial,i am going to show how to run the android project application in a android smart phone.First of all,the developer need to know where the project is saving in the system.

Normally the workspace of the android project of Eclipse will be in  the 

My Document file itself in Windows XP and in User folder in Windows 7.

First step is to find the workspace of Android Project.It is easy to find by searching the path from the Eclipse.

         If you find the workspace folder.Select the ANDROID  project which you want to execute in the smartphone.

Consider the steps

   Hera consider the bellow example.

1.Selecting the project named helloworld from workspace is shown bellow.

2.In the helloworld folder.Select the bin folder

3.In the bin folder,helloworld.apk file is kept as like in the bellow figure.

4.Copy and paste the helloworld.apk file into your smartphone by using  
     bluetooth or wire transfering.

5.After transering the file,the file can be taken where it is copied earlier.

     If you use bluetooth for file transfering the file will be in the Bluetooth    
     folder in the MyFiles folder in the android smartphone.

6.Select the file.After selecting the user interface provide an option to
     Instal or Cancel.

7.Select Instal to instal  the application in the smart phone.

8.After instalation,the shortcut will be available in the icons in the phone.

9.In this case,the icon called helloworld with default android icon will be  
     available along with the other shortcuts.

10.Select the icon.Then the output will be shown as like in the emulator in 
       the Eclipse.

Hope you all understand.

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Drag & drop elements in ADVANCED

Drag & drop elements in ADVANCED

Today we are discussing about the drag & drop elements in ADVANCED.In the bellow figure show the elements in ADVANCED.

requestFocus & View

• The class in view represents basic building blocks for the user interface.

• A view is responsible  for event handling and drawing.

• View is used to create interactive UI components.

• The default code is given bellow.

    <requestFocus />

    <View

        android:id="@+id/view1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

ViewStub

• A ViewStub is used to inflate layout resources at runtime.

• A ViewStub is becoming visible  when inflate() is invoked.

• The default code is given bellow.

<ViewStub
        android:id="@+id/viewStub1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
/>

GestureOverlayView

• GestureOverlayView  is a transparency overlay for giving input that is placed on the top of other widgets.

• The default code is given bellow.

      <android.gesture.GestureOverlayView

        android:id="@+id/gestureOverlayView1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </android.gesture.GestureOverlayView>

SurfaceView

• SurfaceView is used to provide a dedicated surface for drawing  embedded inside of a view.
• The default code is given bellow.

   <SurfaceView

        android:id="@+id/surfaceView1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 

   />

ZoomButton

• ZoomButton is used to zooming anything depends on the place where it is placed/

• The default code is given bellow.

   <ZoomButton

        android:id="@+id/zoomButton1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:src="@android:drawable/btn_plus"

   />

    

ZoomControls

• ZoomControls is used for both zoom in and zoom out.

• It is mainly used in image applications.

• The default code is given bellow.

      <ZoomControls

        android:id="@+id/zoomControls1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 

    />

DialFilter

• The deafult code is shown bellow.

    <DialerFilter

        android:id="@+id/dialerFilter1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <EditText

            android:id="@android:id/hint"

            android:layout_width="match_parent"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:text="Hint" >

            <requestFocus />

        </EditText>

        <EditText

            android:id="@android:id/primary"

            android:layout_width="match_parent"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:layout_below="@android:id/hint"

            android:text="Primary" />

    </DialerFilter>

TwoLineItemList

• A view group with two children is used in ListViews.

• The default code is given bellow.

   <TwoLineListItem

        android:id="@+id/twoLineListItem1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 

  />

AbsoluteLayout

• An absolute layout is used to specify locations of its childrens

• It is less flexible and hard to maintain.

• The default code is given bellow.

  <AbsoluteLayout

        android:id="@+id/absoluteLayout1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </AbsoluteLayout>

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Drag & drop elements in TRANSITION

Drag & drop elements in TRANSITION

Today we are discussing about the drag & drop elements in TRANSITIONS.Lets check it out the following given bellow.

Image Switcher

• Image Switcher is used for to switch between two images and makes a way to transition with suitable animation.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <ImageSwitcher

        android:id="@+id/imageSwitcher1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </ImageSwitcher>

Text Switcher

• As like the image switcher,Text Switcher is used for switch or animate one text into another text form.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <TextSwitcher

        android:id="@+id/textSwitcher1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </TextSwitcher>

View Animator

• View animator is used perform animations between two image or text view.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <ViewAnimator

        android:id="@+id/viewAnimator1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </ViewAnimator>

View Flipper

• View Flipper is used to animate between two or more views.

• Only one child can be shown at a time.

• It is possible to flip automatically between each of the child at regular intervals.
• The default code is shown bellow.

    <ViewFlipper

        android:id="@+id/viewFlipper1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </ViewFlipper>

View Switcher

• A View Switcher is used only to have two child views and  which only shows one at a time.

• The default code is given bellow.

    <ViewSwitcher

        android:id="@+id/viewSwitcher1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </ViewSwitcher>

In the next we will learn the elements in ADVANCED, CUSTOM & LIBRARY VIEWS

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Drag & drop elements in IMAGES & MEDIA

Drag & drop elements in IMAGES & MEDIA

Today we are discussing about the drag & drop elements in IMAGES & MEDIA.Lets check it out int he following given bellow.

Image View

• Image view is used to display images such as icons.

• It can load images from any of the sources like content provider or resources.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <ImageView

        android:id="@+id/imageView1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" 

    />

Image Button

• Image button is used for the same purpose of button,but in image button we can add image.

• It can load images from sources like resources or from content provider.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <ImageButton

        android:id="@+id/imageButton1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" 

/>

GALLERY

• A gallery is a view that shows the items in a horizontally scrolling list as center-locked manner.

• Gallery view must uses Gallery.LayoutParams as their layout parameter type.
• The default code is given bellow.

     <Gallery

        android:id="@+id/gallery1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 

     />

Media Controller

• The Media Controller is used for controlling for a MediaPlayer which typically contains the buttons "Play/Pause","Fast-Forward","Rewind" and progress slider.

• Media Controller will create a set of controls and put it into window which is floating above your application.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <MediaController

        android:id="@+id/mediaController1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </MediaController>

Video View

• Video view is used for displaying a video file and a  video view is able to load images from various sources.
• The default code is given bellow.

   <VideoView

        android:id="@+id/videoView1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 

   />

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Drag & drop elements in Time & Date

Drag & drop elements in Time & Date

Today we are discussing about the drag & drop elements in TIME & DATE.The TIME& DATE elements in ANDROID are given bellow.

Pickers

• Android provides time and date picker for choosing the time and date in the android applications.

• The user can set time and date by using this two pickers.

• Time picker provides control for selecting each part of time  such as hour,minute and AM or PM.
• The default code is given bellow.

        <TimePicker

        android:id="@+id/timePicker1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 

     />

• Date picker provides control for selecting month,day and year.
• The default code is given bellow.

         <DatePicker

        android:id="@+id/datePicker1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

     />

Chronometer

• Chronometer class that shows a simple timer. 
• The default code is given bellow.

      <Chronometer

        android:id="@+id/chronometer1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:text="Chronometer" 

      />

Analog Clock

• This widget in Time & Date shows an analog clock with 2 hands for hours and minutes.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <AnalogClock

        android:id="@+id/analogClock1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

    />

Digital Clock

• This widget show time in hours,minute and seconds in digital form
• The default code is given bellow.

    <DigitalClock

        android:id="@+id/digitalClock1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:text="DigitalClock"

    />

  

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Drag & drop elements in LAYOUT

           Drag & drop elements in LAYOUT

Today we are discussing about the drag & drop elements in LAYOUT.The layout elements in ANDROID are given bellow.

Linear Layout

• It is a view group which aligns all the children in a single directrion,ie.horizontally or vertically.

• The developer can specify the layout direction by using android:orientation attribute.

• There are 2 types of linear layout.They are linear layout(horizontally) and linear layout(vertically).
• The default code is given bellow.

    <LinearLayout

        android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:orientation="vertical" >

    </LinearLayout>

Relative Layout

• Relative layout is a layout where posotions of the children can be described related to to the parent or each other.

• Relative layout whose height can be set to WRAP_CONTENT and ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM for child.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <RelativeLayout

        android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </RelativeLayout>

FrameLayout

• Frame Layout is designed to use block out an area on the screen for displaying a single item.

• Frame Layout is mainly used for holding a single child view.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <FrameLayout

        android:id="@+id/frameLayout1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </FrameLayout>

Fragments

• Fragments in layout represents portion or behaviour of user interface in an Activity.

• We can combine multiple fragments in a single activity to build a multi pane user interface.

• Fragments can reuse in multiple activity.

Table Layout

• Table layout arranges its chidren elements into columns and rows.

• A Table Layout consist of number of rows and columns.
• It does not show the table border.

• The default code is given bellow.

    <TableLayout

        android:id="@+id/tableLayout1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <TableRow

            android:id="@+id/tableRow1"

            android:layout_width="wrap_content"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        </TableRow>

        <TableRow

            android:id="@+id/tableRow2"

            android:layout_width="wrap_content"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        </TableRow>

        <TableRow

            android:id="@+id/tableRow3"

            android:layout_width="wrap_content"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        </TableRow>

        <TableRow

            android:id="@+id/tableRow4"

            android:layout_width="wrap_content"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        </TableRow>

    </TableLayout>

  
Table Row

• Table Row arranges its children elements horizontally.

• It is always used as a child of Table Layout.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <TableRow

        android:id="@+id/tableRow1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </TableRow>

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Drag & drop elements in Composite

Drag & drop elements in Composite

Today we are discussing about the drag & drop elements in COMPOSITE.The composite elements in ANDROID are given bellow.

ListView

• A list view is a list of scrollable items in a group

• The List view items are automatically inserting the elements into the list using an adapter that enter the source content from database or array.

• The default code is given bellow.

    <ListView

        android:id="@+id/listView1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </ListView>

Expandable List

• The Expandable List view which shows items in vertically scrolling 2 level list view manner.

• It allows users to expand individually each list into another list.

• Expandable List shows an indicator besides each item having child elements.

• The default code is given bellow.

       <ExpandableListView

        android:id="@+id/expandableListView1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </ExpandableListView>

Grid View

• Grid view shows items in two dimensional scrolling format.

• Items in the Grid View are comes from ListAdapter which is associated with the view.

• Grid view is mainly used for displaying items in a thumbnails format.

• The default code is given bellow.

ScrollView

• The scroll view helps to scroll and view the content fronm top to bottom or bottom to top 

• Scroll View is a frame layout which having the ability to scroll entire contents.

• ScrollView only support for vertical scrolling.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <ScrollView

        android:id="@+id/scrollView1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <LinearLayout

            android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"

            android:layout_width="match_parent"

            android:layout_height="match_parent" >

        </LinearLayout>

    </ScrollView>

   

Horizontal ScrollView

• HorizontalScrollView is only support for horizontal scrolling.
• The default code is given bellow.

      <HorizontalScrollView

        android:id="@+id/horizontalScrollView1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <LinearLayout

            android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"

            android:layout_width="match_parent"

            android:layout_height="match_parent"

            android:orientation="horizontal" >

        </LinearLayout>

    </HorizontalScrollView>

Sliding Drawer

• Sliding drawer allows users to drag contents horizontally or vertically and user to drag by a handle to bring contents in the screen.
• Sliding Drawer should only used inside of Frame Layout.
• The default code is given bellow.

    <SlidingDrawer

        android:id="@+id/slidingDrawer1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="match_parent"

        android:content="@+id/content"

        android:handle="@+id/handle" >

        <Button

            android:id="@+id/handle"

            android:layout_width="wrap_content"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:text="Handle" />

        <LinearLayout

            android:id="@+id/content"

            android:layout_width="match_parent"

            android:layout_height="match_parent" >

        </LinearLayout>

    </SlidingDrawer>

WebView

• A web view is used for displaying web pages.

• Web View uses Webkit rendering engine to display web pages.

• Web View having the methods to zoom in and zoom out,navigate forward and backward and having text search capability.
• 
  
• The default code is given bellow.

<WebView

        android:id="@+id/webView1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="match_parent"

 />

TabHost

• Container for a tabbed window view. 
• This object holds two children: a set of tab labels that the user clicks to select a specific tab, and a FrameLayout object that displays the contents of that page.
•  The individual elements are typically controlled using this container object, rather than setting values on the child elements themselves.
• The default code is given bellow.

       <TabHost

        android:id="@android:id/tabhost"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="match_parent" >

        <LinearLayout

            android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"

            android:layout_width="match_parent"

            android:layout_height="match_parent"

            android:orientation="vertical" >

            <TabWidget

                android:id="@android:id/tabs"

                android:layout_width="match_parent"

                android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

            </TabWidget>

            <FrameLayout

                android:id="@android:id/tabcontent"

                android:layout_width="match_parent"

                android:layout_height="match_parent" >

                <LinearLayout

                    android:id="@+id/tab1"

                    android:layout_width="match_parent"

                    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

                </LinearLayout>

                <LinearLayout

                    android:id="@+id/tab2"

                    android:layout_width="match_parent"

                    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

                </LinearLayout>

                <LinearLayout

                    android:id="@+id/tab3"

                    android:layout_width="match_parent"

                    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

                </LinearLayout>

            </FrameLayout>

        </LinearLayout>

    </TabHost>

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