I wish to create a tab application in Android.
I wish to basically have four tabs in my application.
Namely, Home, Compose, Inbox, Sent.
I started with a TabContainer extending TabActivity, is this a correct approach.
Since i will be having MenuItem, which i used be having multiple views for Inbox, as such List of inbox, i sud be able to read, and then delete and all.
I wish to know how do I approach?
Basically i wish to make an application similar to gmail.
Any ideas, or direction might help me
public class Inbox extends ListActivity{
private ProgressDialog progressDialog = null;
private ArrayList<EmailElement> emailElement = null;
private InboxAdapter inboxAdapter;
private CheckBoxWithInboxList newInboxAdapter;
private Runnable beforeFetchingEmail;
private TextView emailFromTextView = null;
private TextView emailSubjectTextView = null;
ListView listView;
private static int mode = 0;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.inbox);
mode = this.getIntent().getIntExtra("EDIT_MODE", -1);
Log.i("EDITMODE", String.valueOf(mode));
emailElement = new ArrayList<EmailElement>();
if(mode ==0 || mode==-1){
this.inboxAdapter = new InboxAdapter(this, R.layout.inbox_row, emailElement);
setListAdapter(inboxAdapter);
}else{
this.newInboxAdapter = new CheckBoxWithInboxList(this, R.layout.inbox_row, emailElement);
setListAdapter(newInboxAdapter);
}
beforeFetchingEmail = new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
getEmails();
}
};
Thread thread = new Thread(null, beforeFetchingEmail, "MagentoBackground");
thread.start();
progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(Inbox.this,"Please wait...",
"Retrieving Emails ...", true);
listView = getListView();
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parentView, View view,
int position, long id) {
}
});
}
private Runnable returnRes = new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
if(emailElement != null && emailElement.size() > 0){
if(mode==0 || mode==-1){
inboxAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
for(int i=0;i<emailElement.size();i++){
inboxAdapter.add(emailElement.get(i));
}
progressDialog.dismiss();
inboxAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}else{
newInboxAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
for(int i=0;i<emailElement.size();i++){
newInboxAdapter.add(emailElement.get(i));
}
progressDialog.dismiss();
newInboxAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
}
};
private void getEmails(){
try{
emailElement = new ArrayList<EmailElement>();
EmailElement ee0 = new EmailElement();
ee0.setFrom("Robin Thapa");
ee0.setSubject("Urgent Meeting");
emailElement.add(ee0);
EmailElement ee1 = new EmailElement();
ee1.setFrom("Deepak Thapa");
ee1.setSubject("Staff meeting @Sunday");
emailElement.add(ee1);
Thread.sleep(5000);
}catch(Exception ex){
}
runOnUiThread(returnRes);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu){
MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.inbox_menu, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item){
switch(item.getItemId()){
case R.id.inboxEdit:
Intent intent = new Intent(this,EmailClient.class);
intent.putExtra("tabId", 2);
intent.putExtra("EDIT_MODE", 1);
startActivityForResult(intent, Intent.FILL_IN_DATA);
return true;
case R.id.inboxRefresh:
return true;
case R.id.inboxNext:
return true;
case R.id.inboxPrevious:
return true;
}
return false;
}
private class InboxAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<EmailElement>{
private ArrayList<EmailElement> items;
public InboxAdapter(Context context,int textViewResourceId,
ArrayList<EmailElement> items) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, items);
this.items = items;
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View view = convertView;
if (view == null) {
LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
view = vi.inflate(R.layout.inbox_row, null);
}
EmailElement o = items.get(position);
if (o != null) {
CheckBox emailCheckBox = (CheckBox)view.findViewById(R.id.inboxCheckBoxId);
emailCheckBox.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
emailFromTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.inboxEmailFrom);
emailSubjectTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.inboxEmailSubject);
if (emailFromTextView != null){
emailFromTextView.setText("From: "+o.getFrom());
}
if(emailSubjectTextView != null){
emailSubjectTextView.setText("Sub: ["+ o.getSubject()+"]");
}
}
return view;
}
}
private class CheckBoxWithInboxList extends ArrayAdapter<EmailElement>{
private ArrayList<EmailElement> items;
public CheckBoxWithInboxList(Context context,int textViewResourceId,
ArrayList<EmailElement> items) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, items);
this.items = items;
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View view = convertView;
if (view == null) {
LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
view = vi.inflate(R.layout.inbox_row, null);
}
EmailElement o = items.get(position);
if (o != null) {
CheckBox emailCheckBox = (CheckBox)view.findViewById(R.id.inboxCheckBoxId);
emailCheckBox.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
emailFromTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.inboxEmailFrom);
emailSubjectTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.inboxEmailSubject);
if (emailFromTextView != null){
emailFromTextView.setText("From: "+o.getFrom());
}
if(emailSubjectTextView != null){
emailSubjectTextView.setText("Sub: ["+ o.getSubject()+"]");
}
}
return view;
}
}
}
For tablayout I recommend : http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tabwidget.html