Chapter 2. Understanding Views—The UI Building Blocks
Sometimes it is best to start with the building blocks before diving into much more complex topics, and that is the goal here. This chapter is all about views, which allow your apps to display their content to your users. You will learn all the major view subclasses and gain a fundamental understanding of key attributes such as view IDs, padding, and margins. If you have already built any apps, most of this will be review for you, so feel free to skim through the chapter as you move toward the heart of the book.
What Is a View?
Views are the most basic component of the user interface, and they extend the View class. They always occupy a rectangular area (although they can display content ...
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