A small collection of Android Studio templates for Android development.

To use these templates you will need Android Studio.

Copy the appropriate folders into <androidStudio-folder>/plugins/android/lib/templates/ and they will appear in the project explorer context menu.

The templates folder contains these templates:

• SwipeRefreshLayout: creates a new blank activity with a SwipeRefreshLayout.
• Custom: contains some useful common templates (check below for more details)

Creates a new blank activity with a SwipeRefreshLayout.

Copy SwipeRefreshLayout folder in your Android Studio installation in this folder: <androidStudio-folder>/plugins/android/lib/templates/activities

Restart Android Studio, and you will find it in: New -> Activity -> SwipeRefreshLayout

Copy the custom folder in your Android Studio installation in this folder: <androidStudio-folder>/plugins/android/lib/templates/

Restart Android Studio, and you will find it in: New -> xxxx

It contains these templates:

• Array Adapter: Creates a new Custom Array Adapter with a ViewHolder pattern.

• Array Adapter + Activity: Creates a new Custom Array Adapter with a ViewHolder pattern, and an Activity with a List.

• FloatingLabelLayout: Creates a Floating Label Layout based on FloatingLabelLayout code by Chris Banes. You can read more info in this post. ( in: New -> Custom View)

• ForegroundLinearLayout: Creates a LinearLayout with foreground functionality where you can draw the stateful drawable on top. This template is base on ForegroundLinearLayout code by Chris Banes. ( in: New -> Custom View)

• Custom RecyclerView Adapter: Creates the skeleton of a RecyclerView adapter.

• Custom RecyclerView Adapter + Actiivty: Creates the skeleton of a RecyclerView Adapter and an Activity with a RecyclerView.

• Changelog: A complete changelog

• Thanks to Chris Banes for FloatingLabelLayout and ForegroundLinearLayout classes.

Author: Gabriele Mariotti ([email protected])

Copyright 2014 Gabriele Mariotti

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