How to create a sidebar in android

Question

I developing a android application which required a sidebar as like as samsung sidebar. The sidebar contains multiple controls respectively.

For reference: http://www.thinkdigit.com/FCKeditor/uploads/samsung-corby-s3650-2.jpg

Answer 1

Please take a look at the Sliding Drawer concept in android. You can make use of it to develop the sidebar.

Sliding Drawer.

How to make an Android SlidingDrawer slide out from the left?

http://androidblogger.blogspot.com/2009/01/sliding-drawer-again.html

Answer 2

Seems that the Sliding Drawer is now deprecated since API Level 17.

The current way to do this seems to be using Drawer Layout to create a Navigation Drawer, which can be used by interacting with the Top Navigation button (the hamburger) or well by swiping from the left of the screen.

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