How to use Android Design Pack provided by Google with Eclipse

Question

I am trying to use these cool set of add-ins that Google provides in the link below

http://developer.android.com/design/downloads/index.html

But I cannot understand how to integrate it with eclipse so that they are available directly as a drag and drop. Do you have any idea how to use it?

Answer 1

You cannot integrate into eclipse, because it only allows valid Views "linked" to your project (directly or from a library). These are just sources to make drawables. You have to create your own drawables from it. But if you're interested in holo theme, you should check the sources of android (API 11+). If you've installed, you can find it at /platforms/android-11/data/res/ . Maybe you find useful the HoloEverywhere project. But you can use the Action Bar Icon Pack, you have to copy the appropriate drawables to your project and when you drag an ImageView into the layout editor, you can choose the source from a dialog or you can enter path in xml.

EDIT Forgot to mention, there is a very great online tool which will generate holo drawables with custom colors here.