Question

I’m thinking about an interface for my application, so i applied a GridView to have a dashboard like, BUT i’m not satisfied of the result, so i browsed some apps and found that this one have a very nice interface:
http://images.frandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/patiner.jpg
I would like to know if this is based on a GridView or simple button images or is there any other tips?
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

This should get you something like what you want. But I used regular buttons, you’ll probably want image buttons. I just happened to have this code opened so i cut and pasted to make it more “example friendly” it might not be perfect.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">
            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                android:layout_weight="1" >

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/btn1"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:text="1"
                    android:layout_width="0dp"/>

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/btn2"
                    android:layout_width="0dp"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:text="2" />
            </LinearLayout>

            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/LinearLayout02"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                android:layout_weight="1" >

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/btn3"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:text="1"
                    android:layout_width="0dp"/>

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/btn4"
                    android:layout_width="0dp"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:text="2" />
            </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>