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Overlay image to make tutorial in Android app

In many applications, I have seen that there is a welcome screen or tutorial that explains how the application works by overlaying explanations on top of the activity. For instance, in Android itself, the welcome screen with "Make yourself home".

I would like to know what techniques can be used for that.

Edit: screenshot of "make yourself home enter image description hereenter image description here

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rds Avatar asked Aug 27 '12 19:08

rds


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There are now 3 alternatives for displaying some tutorial of an activity :

  • amlcurran / ShowcaseView
  • EspianDev / ShowcaseView
  • stephanenicolas / RoboDemo

The first one being the best of the 3.

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Snicolas Avatar answered Sep 26 '22 10:09

Snicolas