How to create a guided tour for an android application

Question

A couple of months ago I bought myself an HTC ONE X. I admired they way they guide the user in taking his first steps in the phone with interactive widgets and help functions.

I would like to add this kind of functionality to Rogerthat, the app we are building, but I wonder if there are tools / libraries that can help me achieve this?

Answer 1

Roman Nurik put together a library called "Wizard Pager" to do this sort of thing. It could likely be used to do what you're asking.

https://plus.google.com/113735310430199015092/posts/6cVymZvn3f4

http://code.google.com/p/romannurik-code/source/browse/misc/wizardpager

Update:

I think this might also be helpful to you. It's similar to the tour shown when first running a stock Android rom in ICS+.

The library can be used in any version of Android:

https://github.com/Espiandev/ShowcaseView

If you want consecutive showcases you can look at this expansio:

https://github.com/blundell/ShowcaseViewExample