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subho das
subho das

Reputation: 391

Trying to 'design' First native app for android

I am Trying to 'design' First native app for android. To start with this I have followed http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/starting-activity.html this page line by line. But at the end of the tutorial, couldnt understand where should I start UI/html. Since I am an UI designer, I was expecting HTML5/CSS3 custom designed UI to be deployed in android app.

How to deploy HTML5/CSS3 custom UI in android sdk/eclipse environment? If I am conceptually wrong, what are the correct procedures for android UI design?

Thanks-

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1019

Answers (2)

Budius
Budius

Reputation: 39846

Native Android IS NOT HTML5/CSS3 !

Native Android development is done with Java, which is a Object-Orientated language. The Android framework parses a lot of stuff from XML to build UIs and create resources, but still is all Java.

If you want to use HTML5/CSS3 what u want to do is a web-app. You might disguise it putting inside a webview, but still is a webapp, and will perform just as poorly as any other webapp.

So, the question back to you, what do you want to do?

Upvotes: 2

Henry
Henry

Reputation: 43788

The training you were following is about writing a native android app in Java. In a native app the user interface is not done with HTML/CSS.

If you have a site in HTML5/CSS you can view it in the browser or in a WebView inside a native app.

Upvotes: 0

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