What View Component does the Google Plus App (Stream) use?

Question

if you use the Google Plus App on Android and switch to the Stream, you get a view where you can swipe to the left and right between the All circles/Incoming/Nearby-Stream. What view component is used for this? Is this a standard Android component? Or where can I find democode how i can build such a view component?

Answer 1

You should take a look at the ViewPager from Android Compatibility Package for the desired widget/swipe navigation. Find more about it here http://developer.android.com/sdk/compatibility-library.html

Also, checkout this recently posted tutorial and some sample code on ViewPager by Richard: http://geekyouup.blogspot.com/2011/07/viewpager-example-from-paug.html

Answer 2

It is a combination of a ViewPager together with an indicator for where you are currently and where you can go swiping left and right.

A sample of how this can be done along with code you can use in your own apps may for example be found here. I've played with this code a little and it works pretty well.