Create style using Android Resources Tools

- Start Eclipse, create a new Android project.

- Right click /res/values/ in Package Explorer, click New -> Other....


- Expand Android, and select Android XML Values File, click Next.


- Enter file name, mystyle.xml.


- Click Finish.


- The generated file will be opened in Resources mode. Click the tab with file name, mystyle.xml, to view in edit mode. The wizard should have create a root of <resources> for you.


- Switch back to Resources mode by clicking on Resources tab.

- Click on the Add button.


- Select Style/Theme, and click OK.


- Enter "MyStyle" in the name field.


- Click on Add button.

- Select Item and click OK.


- Enter "android:layout_width" in Name field, and "wrap_content" in Value field.


- Click on mystyle.xml tab to view in edit mode. The wizard have already filled in the item.


- Repeat to fill in others.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
   <style name="MyStyle">
       <item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>
       <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
       <item name="android:textColor">#AAA</item>
       <item name="android:textSize">18dip</item>
       <item name="android:background">#222</item>
       <item name="android:padding">5dip</item>
   </style>

</resources>

- Save It.

- Modify main.xml to add a TextView using MyStyle.

<?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="@string/hello" />
   <TextView
       style="@style/MyStyle"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:text="it's text using style" />
  
</LinearLayout>

- Finished!



next:
- Create style inheriting properties from another style
- Apply style on whole application/activity as theme

Create your own London 2012 App

London 2012 Olympic is coming! Official site of the London 2012 Olympic (http://www.london2012.com/) have a very nice designed mobile version. You will be redirected to mobile version if you browse http://www.london2012.com/ using mobile device.

So, you can easily create your own London 2012 App for Android by embedding WebView.



Modify main.xml to embed a WebView.

<?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" >
<RelativeLayout
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:orientation="vertical" >
  <TextView
      android:id="@+id/myblog"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="@string/my_blog"
 android:padding="5dp"
 android:autoLink="web"
 android:gravity="center_horizontal"
      android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
  <WebView
      android:id="@+id/webview"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
      android:layout_above="@id/myblog"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Modify /res/values/strings.xml to add String of "my_blog", to advertise me:)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

 <string name="hello">Hello World, MyLondon2012Activity!</string>
 <string name="app_name">MyLondon2012</string>
<string name="my_blog">http://android-coding.blogspot.com/</string>
</resources>

Modify main activity to handle WebView.

package android.coding.myLondon2012;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Window;
import android.webkit.WebChromeClient;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;

public class MyLondon2012Activity extends Activity {

WebView webView;
final String London2012_URL = "http://www.london2012.com/";

 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_PROGRESS);
     setContentView(R.layout.main);
     webView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
     webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
     webView.setWebViewClient(new MyWebViewClient());
     webView.loadUrl(London2012_URL);
  
     final Activity activity = this;
     webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
    
      public void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int progress) {
       // Activities and WebViews measure progress with different scales.
       // The progress meter will automatically disappear when we reach 100%
       activity.setProgress(progress * 100);
      }});
 }

public class MyWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {

@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
 view.loadUrl(url);
         return true;
}

}
}

Save the icon in /res/drawable/london2012.png


Modify AndroidManifest.xml to enable "android.permission.INTERNET".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 package="android.coding.myLondon2012"
 android:versionCode="1"
 android:versionName="1.0" >

 <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

 <application
     android:icon="@drawable/london2012"
     android:label="@string/app_name" >
     <activity
         android:name=".MyLondon2012Activity"
         android:label="@string/app_name" >
         <intent-filter>
             <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

             <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
         </intent-filter>
     </activity>
 </application>

</manifest>

Download Eclipse project of myLondon2012: http://goo.gl/tg18O
Download Installable APK Android package of myLondon2012: http://goo.gl/28tnz

Related Post:
- android.webkit.WebView
- More on WebView, override url loading
- Enable JavaScript and built-in zoom control of WebView
- Display Progress Bar on WebView when loading
- Handle the Back button in WebView, to back in history

Copy part of Bitmap

Last post Copy bitmap using getPixels() and setPixels() show how to copy a whole Bitmap using getPixels() and setPixels(). It can be used to copy part of a Bitmap.

package com.AndroidCopyBitmap;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidCopyBitmapActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        ImageView image1 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image1);
        ImageView image2 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image2);
        
        Bitmap oldBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        
        int orgWidth = oldBitmap.getWidth();
        int orgHeight = oldBitmap.getHeight();
        
        int firstx, firsty;
        int halfWidth = orgWidth/2;
        int halfHeight = orgHeight/2;
        
        //Create a same size Bitmap
        Bitmap newBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(orgWidth, orgHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        //Create a pixel of 1/4 size, to copy part of the bitmap
        int[] pixels = new int[halfWidth * halfHeight];
        
        //Copy Upper-Left part to Bottom-Right
        oldBitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, 0, 0, halfWidth, halfHeight);
        newBitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, halfWidth, halfHeight, halfWidth, halfHeight);
         
        //Copy Bottom-Right to Upper-Left part
        oldBitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, halfWidth, halfHeight, halfWidth, halfHeight);
        newBitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, 0, 0, halfWidth, halfHeight);
        
        //Copy Bottom-Left part to Upper-Right
        oldBitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, 0, halfHeight, halfWidth, halfHeight);
        newBitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, halfWidth, 0, halfWidth, halfHeight);
         
        //Copy Upper-Right to Bottom-Left part
        oldBitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, halfWidth, 0, halfWidth, halfHeight);
        newBitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, halfWidth, 0, halfHeight, halfWidth, halfHeight);
         
        image1.setImageBitmap(oldBitmap);
        image2.setImageBitmap(newBitmap);
    }
}

Copy bitmap using getPixels() and setPixels()

Example of copy bitmap using Bitmap.getPixels() and Bitmap.setPixels().

package com.AndroidCopyBitmap;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidCopyBitmapActivity extends Activity {
   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.main);
       ImageView image1 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image1);
       ImageView image2 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image2);
      
       Bitmap oldBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.ic_launcher);
      
       int orgWidth = oldBitmap.getWidth();
       int orgHeight = oldBitmap.getHeight();
       
       Bitmap newBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(orgWidth, orgHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
       int[] pixels = new int[orgWidth * orgHeight];
       oldBitmap.getPixels(pixels, 0, orgWidth, 0, 0, orgWidth, orgHeight);
       newBitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, orgWidth, 0, 0, orgWidth, orgHeight);
       
       image1.setImageBitmap(oldBitmap);
       image2.setImageBitmap(newBitmap);
   }
}

<?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="@string/hello" />
   <ImageView
       android:id="@+id/image1"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
   <ImageView
       android:id="@+id/image2"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

next:
- Copy part of Bitmap

Scale Bitmap

To scale bitmap, we can use the following code:
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.postScale(xScale, yScale);
Bitmap newBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(oldBitmap, 0, 0, orgWidth, orgHeight, matrix, true);

example:

package com.AndroidScaleBitmap;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class AndroidScaleBitmapActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        
        ImageView image1 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image1);
        ImageView image2 = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.image2);
        
        Bitmap oldBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        
        int orgWidth = oldBitmap.getWidth();
        int orgHeight = oldBitmap.getHeight();
        int newWidth = 300;
        int newHeight = 300;
        float xScale = newWidth/orgWidth;
        float yScale = newHeight/orgHeight;
        
        Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
        matrix.postScale(xScale, yScale);
        Bitmap newBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(oldBitmap, 0, 0, orgWidth, orgHeight, matrix, true);
        
        image1.setImageBitmap(oldBitmap);
        image2.setImageBitmap(newBitmap);
    }
}

<?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="@string/hello" />
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/image1" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/image2" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>