I was wondering if there is an "official" way to create apps for Android that will have the same design as the new Android market or Google+ app. By that I mean having the possibility to slide to the left/right to change the view, have the list on the top, etc.. (any Android user probably get what I mean)
If there is no official way, do you have any tips on how to reproduce these effets ?
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I believe this is what your referring to ' Android Compatibility Package '
http://developer.android.com/sdk/compatibility-library.html
This allows the following:
ViewPager: A ViewGroup that manages the layout for the child views, which the user can swipe between.
PagerAdapter: An adapter that populates the ViewPager with the views that represent each page.
These are used in the G+ app
ListFragment
is used in the Market app.
Your best reading the URL I posted at the top for full description and use.
Another way to get best practive UI is to read the source of the Google Official Apps:
Google IO Sched Source
You might also want to check out some of the Google IO Presentations:
On the web: Implementing UIs IO 2011
On your phone: All IO 2011 & 2010 Videos ( Shameless Plug :p )
https://github.com/pakerfeldt/android-viewflow
This is the best implementation of such a view. It's really great. Just like Google+ and Google Docs. with the title slides and everything.
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