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

6. Activities and Layouts

Ted Hagos1 
(1)
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 ...

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