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Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Third Edition
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Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Third Edition

by Bill Phillips, Chris Stewart, Kristin Marsicano
January 2017
Beginner to intermediate
624 pages
22h 42m
English
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Controlling Your Alarm

Now that you can turn your alarm on and off (as well as tell whether it is on or off), let’s add an interface to turn this thing on and off. Add another menu item to menu/fragment_photo_gallery.xml.

Listing 28.11  Adding service toggle (menu/fragment_photo_gallery.xml)

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item android:id="@+id/menu_item_search"
          ... />

    <item android:id="@+id/menu_item_clear"
          ... />

    <item android:id="@+id/menu_item_toggle_polling"
          android:title="@string/start_polling"
          app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
</menu>

Now you need to add a few strings – one to start polling and one to stop polling. (You will need a couple ...

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