Learn Android Studio 4: Efficient Java-Based Android Apps Development

© Ted Hagos 2020

T. HagosLearn Android Studio 4https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5937-5_6

6. Activities and Layouts

Ted Hagos¹ 

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Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

 

What we’ll cover:

• Overview of Android activities

• Layout files

• View objects

Most of the apps you will build will have a UI. In the previous chapter, we learned that to create a simple app with UI, we need (1) an Activity class, (2) a layout file for that Activity class, and (3) a manifest file. Thankfully, we get these three things from the project creation wizard.

In this chapter, we will examine the Activity component a lot closer. We will learn more about the constituent parts of an Activity, the Java class, and its related layout file.

Activity

The Activity component is responsible ...