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Daniel Wyatt
Daniel Wyatt

Reputation: 379

Android - how can I replicate the Gmail app's settings screen?

I'm trying to create a settings screen for an app and I like the Gmail app's settings screens. Here is a screenshot:

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It looks/behaves like a custom list of some sort. The left side looks like a TwoLineListItem (or just a large TextView and small TextView). The right side is either a checkbox, a blank, or a downward arrow (like ExpandableListView) to indicate you should press it. (ex: when you press the Signature item, a dialog appears so you can input a signature).

I think one tricky part of this is that the entire list item is a "button", meaning you don't have to press directly on the checkbox to check it, you can press anywhere on the list item.

For example, section 5.2 of this tutorial http://www.vogella.de/articles/AndroidListView/article.html requires you tap exactly on the checkbox rather than on the entire list item.

Anyone have any ideas on how this is done?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 321

Answers (2)

Franziskus Karsunke
Franziskus Karsunke

Reputation: 5208

Hi you can easily define an OnItemClickListener with the setOnitemClickListener() method of the ListView. The Listener is called whenever a list item is touched. In the Listener you can either show the dropdown menu or set the Checkbox to 'checked' with the setChecked(boolean checked) method of the Checkbox.

Upvotes: 0

Bosah Chude
Bosah Chude

Reputation: 3800

This is not the 'normal' listView.

That UI was built with the PreferenceActivity

Always use the PreferenceActivity to display settings for your application.

Upvotes: 2

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