Question

How do i create this kind of views in my application?
(The screenshot is actually of an android application available in android market).

I am confused as i assume that we can create the same kind of layout either by using Gridview or by using ListView.

Problems:

• In Gridview, can we give separator between two rows? can we give background to each row in gridview?
• In Listview, i think we can customize the listview with 3 books in a row with background, and we can give a separator as well.

From your expert side, please suggest me a possible solution to design and create the same kind of layouts for the android application.

Answer 1

Look at the code of Shelves, written by Romain Guy (one of the ListView’s creator).

He used a GridView:

• no separator

• background is a bitmap drawable

  < bitmap
  xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
  android:src=”@drawable/shelf_panel”
  android:tileMode=”repeat” />

• background image is like this:

  

The code is worth a look because it contains other interesting solutions, too.