Chapter     2

Android UI Layouts: Layout Containers and the ViewGroup Class

In this second chapter, we will set-up our Android Application Development Project. Now that we have Eclipse ADT installed, along with Java SE 6, and a plethora of impressive open source new media design and content creation software packages, which would make anyone envious, we’re ready to code!

One of the things that Eclipse sets up for us when we create a new Android project, using the Eclipse New Android Project creation series of dialogs, which we will master during this chapter, is an Android layout container.

Android layout containers are a central and key concept for UI Design within Android. The foundation for every layout container class that is in Android, ...

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