Custom View Android Basic Example

Import a new Android project for example downloaded from internet via Eclipse into project folder.

1. Right click into projects explorer in Eclipse and select Import


2. Android


3. Existing Android Code Into Workspace


4. Root Directory (select folder of downloaded project)


5. Check your downloaded project


6. Check Copy project into Workspace


7. Finish (press)

ScrollTo(), getTop(), getBottom(), getLeft(), getRight(), ScrollView, LinearLayout Android Java xml example.
How get position of a View.
MainClass.java

/*
public void scrollTo (int x, int y) 
Since: API Level 1 
Set the scrolled position of your view. This will cause a call to onScrollChanged(int, int, int, int) and the view will be invalidated. 

This version also clamps the scrolling to the bounds of our child.

Parameters
x  the x position to scroll to 
y  the y position to scroll to  
  */

// sroll to top of hscrollViewMain
ScrollView hscrollViewMain = (ScrollView)findViewById(R.id.scrollViewMain);
hscrollViewMain.scrollTo(0, 0); // scroll to application top

// get position of a View
EditText hEdit = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.username_edit);
int nY_Pos = hEdit.getTop(); // getBottom(); X_pos  getLeft(); getRight();
// scroll to top of hEdit
hscrollViewMain.scrollTo(0,nY_Pos); 

main.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="//schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <ScrollView
        android:id="@*id/scrollViewMain"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1">
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:paddingTop="5dip"
            android:paddingBottom="13dip"
            android:paddingLeft="20dip"
            android:paddingRight="20dip">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/message"
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginBottom="5dip" />
            <TextView
                android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/login_activity_username_label" />
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/username_edit"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:minWidth="250dip"
                android:scrollHorizontally="true"
                android:capitalize="none"
                android:autoText="false"
                android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />
        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>

</LinearLayout>

Show keyboard Android phone apps development example source code.

// ActivityClass.java
InputMethodManager showSoftInput;
Button hBtnKeyboardShow ;
//onCreate
showSoftInput = (InputMethodManager)this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

hBtnKeyboardShow = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnKeyboardShow);
hBtnKeyboardShow.setOnClickListener(myButtonListener);
// END onCreate

//button listener
private OnClickListener myButtonListener = new OnClickListener() {
     public void onClick(View v) {
     	 try {
     		 showSoftInput.getInputMethodList();
                 showSoftInput.toggleSoftInput(showSoftInput.SHOW_FORCED, 0);	
		} catch (Exception e) {
			Log.e("Keyboard show ", e.getMessage());
			
		}
     }
};

Hide module - open dialog: File > Project Structure Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S


Hide module: in opened Dialog select module which will hidden and click on minus (left upper corner)



If module is hidden, you can permanetly delete module from disk. But if you want using module in future,  copy module into other folder (not into AndroidProjects folder and his subbfolders) and delete module permanetly from project and disc. Right mouse click on module and select from menu Delete.


If you want import the backup copy to project, use: File>New>Import mudule

Select file in project explorer
Menu:
File - Make File Read-only - to lock
File - Make File Writable - to unlock