Tag: Employee Directory Example
Building a Mobile Employee Directory – Step 7: Create an App Widget with it’s own ContentProvider & Service.
Continuing with the mobile employee directory example, I’ve added three App Widgets to embed information on the phone’s main screen. Create EmployeeWidgetProvider (Changes every 30 minutes, with a random selection. Click to view Employee in DetailActivity.) Create EmployeeWidgetProvider2 & EmployeeWidgetService2 (Changes when clicked, with a random selection) Create EmployeeStackWidgetProvider & EmployeeStackWidgetService (Changes when scrolled. Click [...]
Building a Mobile Employee Directory – Step 6: Create a Search Interface using Android’s search dialog
Continuing with the mobile employee directory example, I’ve added a Search Interface using Android’s search dialog. MainActivity.java package com.himebaugh.employeedirectory; import java.util.List; import android.annotation.TargetApi; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.app.SearchManager; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.AsyncTask; import android.os.Build; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.SearchView; import android.widget.TextView; [...]
Building a Mobile Employee Directory – Step 5: Create a ContentProvider to access the database.
Continuing with the mobile employee directory example, I’ve added a ContentProvider to access the database. MainActivity.java package com.himebaugh.employeedirectory; import java.util.List; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.AsyncTask; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.TextView; // GOAL: Build a native android Mobile Employee Directory // ** The result [...]
Building a Mobile Employee Directory – Step 4: Pass data to DetailActivity to display more data and provide other functionality (w/ intent.putExtra)
Continuing with the mobile employee directory example, I’ve added the detail activity. MainActivity.java package com.himebaugh.employeedirectory; import java.util.List; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.os.AsyncTask; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.TextView; // GOAL: Build a native android Mobile Employee Directory // ** The result is similar to the sample [...]
Building a Mobile Employee Directory – Step 3: Save (Persist) the data into a SQLite Database & Load a ListView from a SQLite Database
Continuing with the mobile employee directory example, I’ve added persistent storage with an SQLite database. MainActivity.java package com.himebaugh.employeedirectory; import java.util.List; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.database.Cursor; import android.os.AsyncTask; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter; import android.view.Menu; // GOAL: Build a native android Mobile Employee Directory // ** The result is similar to the sample with Flex and Flash Builder [...]
Building a Mobile Employee Directory – Step 2: Load data into the ListActivity from an XML file via XmlParser
Parsing XML data with XmlPullParser into an Android ListView. After reviewing the SAX (Simple API for XML) Parser, the DOM (Document Object Model) Parser and the XmlPullParser. I’ve decided to use the XmlPullParser because it is supposed to be the fastest. I have not tried the JDOM Parser. employee_list.xml (in res/xml) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <employees> <employee> [...]
Building a Mobile Employee Directory – Step 1: Display a ListActivity with some data
A few years ago I came across this tutorial for Building a mobile employee directory sample with Flex and Flash Builder. The following few posts will outline what I have learned by developing a Native Android App with similar functionality. Employee Directory App To start, create a new blank app in eclipse by selecting File, [...]