CS 436 Lecture 3 – Intents and ListView
Before Class
Blu
- Read Building Layouts with an Adapter (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.html#AdapterViews).
- Watch Google I/O 2010 presentation The World of ListView (http://youtu.be/wDBM6wVEO70). Feel free to skip parts and watch at increased speed. Many of the same ideas are distilled in Performance Tips for Android’s ListView (http://lucasr.org/2012/04/05/performance-tips-for-androids-listview).
- Watch http://youtu.be/dGRGRrMzaok.
- Be prepared to discuss and start designing your first app.
Gold
- Read Intents and Intent Filters (http://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-filters.html).
- Read Common Intents (http://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html).
- Watch http://youtu.be/HjrpIWB2xT4.
- Be prepared to discuss and start designing your first app.
In Class
- Let’s start thinking about your first app. Start a premortem.
Haiku
on listviews as a metaphor:
First is first to go
Last doesn’t last very long
The middle is safe
First is first to go
Last doesn’t last very long
The middle is safe