App activities
The skeleton project consists of two activities, MainActivity
and GridExampleActivity
. The MainActivity
activity contains a header text with Main Activity
and three buttons inside ScrollView
layout.
Let's take a look at the main_activity.xml
file to see how the component layout is structured. One of the biggest advantages to developing Android applications using Android Studio is its layout editor. Although it may not be precisely the same during runtime, it can give a closer idea in terms of how the UI components are rendered during runtime.
After you have opened the main_activity.xml
file, make sure you have the Preview tool window selected on the right side of Android Studio:
The Android Studio layout editor will display the live preview for changes to layout files. It also helps to get an understanding of how the components will be laid out for different form factors. As we know, Android Wear comes in square and circle-shaped form factors, so it will be a good idea to check...