Android Development Essential Training: Design a User Interface with Java

Learn how to create a user interface for an Android app. Learn about working with the essential UI components including layouts, views, alignment constraints, styles, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• How to use the exercise files
• What's new in this update: Late 2017

1. Define Screens with Layout Files

• Load an XML layout file at runtime
• View and ViewGroup components
• Explore available View components
• Units of measurement in Android
• Use the design repository

2. Using ViewGroup Components

• Apply parent and position constraints
• Apply alignment constraints
• Use constraint bias and ratio settings
• Position views with constraint chains
• Lay out views with LinearLayout
• Lay out views with RelativeLayout
• Add views to a ViewGroup with Java

3. Display Text Values

• Manage string values as resources
• Display strings with TextView
• Manage text entry with EditText
• Manage data entry with TextInputLayout
• Display toast messages
• Localize UI text

4. Create Themes and Styles

• Define and apply a style
• Understanding material design
• Configure material design theme colors
• Use material design View components

5. Display Images

• Display image resources
• Display images from the assets directory
• Manage image display with Picasso
• Use XML files as graphical resources

6. Build Advanced UI Components

• Extend View components
• Create and deploy an Android widget
• Update an active home screen widget
• Manage widget updates with AlarmManager

Conclusion

• Next steps