I’m trying to achieve the effect that is part of the android google talk

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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T21:45:21+00:00 2026-05-20T21:45:21+00:00

I’m trying to achieve the effect that is part of the android google talk

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I’m trying to achieve the effect that is part of the android google talk application on the chat window.
The effect is that there is a static top and bottom, but you can swipe between the various open chats that you have.

in other words, I’m trying to design a screen where there’s a static section on top and on the bottom and a dynamic part in the center, think of a gallery app, where it shows you the title on top, a “show next image” button on the bottom and a picture in the center that gets replaced with the same transition you would see when switching between activities, only difference is that instead of an image, I need a more complex layout to be replaced in the center (a couple of text views and an image)

How should I go about doing that?
I thought about animations but it seems too complicated, and I thought about fragments but i don’t know if it’s supported on all versions or not and I also thought of drawing in runtime using the inflater but that doesnt let me do the “next activity” effect.