Android Programming for Beginners

Displaying a photo from the database

Let's start by building a simple layout that our soon-to-be-built fragment can use.

Preparing the View layout

Create a new layout by right-clicking on the layout folder and choosing New | Resource layout file, naming it fragment_view, and left-clicking OK.

This image is what we are aiming for, but there is also an unseen ImageView covering the entire layout:

To achieve this layout, add the following XML code to the fragment_view.xml file. I have highlighted a few points worth noting that we will discuss:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" ...