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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.jd b/docs/html/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.jd index 3c9faa8..e229f23 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/topics/ui/declaring-layout.jd @@ -32,12 +32,17 @@ parent.link=index.html <li>{@link android.view.ViewGroup}</li> <li>{@link android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams}</li> </ol> -</div> + + <h2>See also</h2> + <ol> + <li><a href="{@docRoot}training/basics/firstapp/building-ui.html">Building a Simple User +Interface</a></li> </div> </div> -<p>Your layout is the architecture for the user interface in an Activity. -It defines the layout structure and holds all the elements that appear to the user. -You can declare your layout in two ways:</p> +<p>A layout defines the visual structure for a user interface, such as the UI for an <a +href="{@docRoot}guide/components/activities.html">activity</a> or <a +href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html">app widget</a>. +You can declare a layout in two ways:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Declare UI elements in XML</strong>. Android provides a straightforward XML vocabulary that corresponds to the View classes and subclasses, such as those for widgets and layouts.</li> @@ -77,16 +82,6 @@ Layout Objects</a>. There are also a collection of tutorials on building various <h2 id="write">Write the XML</h2> -<div class="sidebox-wrapper"> -<div class="sidebox"> -<p>For your convenience, the API reference documentation for UI related classes -lists the available XML attributes that correspond to the class methods, including inherited -attributes.</p> -<p>To learn more about the available XML elements and attributes, as well as the format of the XML file, see <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/available-resources.html#layoutresources">Layout Resources</a>.</p> -</div> -</div> - <p>Using Android's XML vocabulary, you can quickly design UI layouts and the screen elements they contain, in the same way you create web pages in HTML — with a series of nested elements. </p> <p>Each layout file must contain exactly one root element, which must be a View or ViewGroup object. Once you've defined the root element, you can add additional layout objects or widgets as child elements to gradually build a View hierarchy that defines your layout. For example, here's an XML layout that uses a vertical {@link android.widget.LinearLayout} @@ -111,7 +106,8 @@ to hold a {@link android.widget.TextView} and a {@link android.widget.Button}:</ <p>After you've declared your layout in XML, save the file with the <code>.xml</code> extension, in your Android project's <code>res/layout/</code> directory, so it will properly compile. </p> -<p>We'll discuss each of the attributes shown here a little later.</p> +<p>More information about the syntax for a layout XML file is available in the <a +href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/layout-resource.html">Layout Resources</a> document.</p> <h2 id="load">Load the XML Resource</h2> @@ -406,13 +402,13 @@ into a view that can be added into the {@link android.widget.AdapterView} layout <div class="layout first"> <h4><a href="layout/listview.html">List View</a></h4> - <a href="layout/list.html"><img src="{@docRoot}images/ui/listview-small.png" alt="" /></a> + <a href="layout/listview.html"><img src="{@docRoot}images/ui/listview-small.png" alt="" /></a> <p>Displays a scrolling single column list.</p> </div> <div class="layout"> <h4><a href="layout/gridview.html">Grid View</a></h4> - <a href="layout/grid.html"><img src="{@docRoot}images/ui/gridview-small.png" alt="" /></a> + <a href="layout/gridview.html"><img src="{@docRoot}images/ui/gridview-small.png" alt="" /></a> <p>Displays a scrolling grid of columns and rows.</p> </div> |