Android Tutorial

By : Ketan Bhimani

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Designing a layout file using Eclipse.

As with most user interface designers, the Android plug-in works

well for your basic layout needs, enables you to create user

interface controls such as TextView and Button controls easily, and

enables setting the controls’ properties in the Properties pane.

Now is a great time to get to know the layout resource designer.

Try creating a new Android project called ParisView (available as a

sample project). Navigate to the /res/layout/main.xml layout file

and double-click it to open it in the resource editor. It’s quite

simple by default, only a black (empty) rectangle and string of text.

Below in the Resource pane of the Eclipse perspective, you notice

the Outline tab. This outline is the XML hierarchy of this layout file.

By default, you see a LinearLayout.