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How to create a helpful tooltip in Android [closed]

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java

android

user-interface

tooltip

I would like to create a tooltip like thing in Android to help show my users what something is, as people have told me they don't know what it is. For an idea of what i'm after here is a drawing:

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Joe Simpson Avatar asked Apr 04 '11 18:04

Joe Simpson

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What is a hover tooltip?

Alternatively known as a balloon, help balloon, flyover help, or ScreenTip, a Tooltip is a text description near an object. The tooltip is displayed when the user hovers the mouse cursor over the object.

How do you write tooltip in text?

Basic Tooltip HTML: Use a container element (like <div>) and add the "tooltip" class to it. When the user mouse over this <div>, it will show the tooltip text. The tooltip text is placed inside an inline element (like <span>) with class="tooltiptext" .

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This is the QuickAction UI pattern. Take a look at:

  1. GreenDroid, a collection of Android widgets - namely the QuickAction... widgets such as QuickActionBar, QuickActionGrid etc
  2. How to create a QuickAction dialog in Android
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Joseph Earl Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 12:09

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