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diff --git a/docs/html/training/backward-compatible-ui/index.jd b/docs/html/training/backward-compatible-ui/index.jd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e27e68 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/training/backward-compatible-ui/index.jd @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +page.title=Creating Backward-Compatible UIs + +trainingnavtop=true +startpage=true +next.title=Abstracting the New Implementation +next.link=abstracting.html + +@jd:body + +<div id="tb-wrapper"> +<div id="tb"> + +<h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> + +<ul> + <li>API level 5</li> + <li><a href="{@docRoot}sdk/compatibility-library.html">The Android Support Package</a></li> +</ul> + +<h2>You should also read</h2> + +<ul> + <li><a href="{@docRoot}resources/samples/ActionBarCompat/index.html">ActionBarCompat</a></li> + <li><a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-have-your-cupcake-and-eat-it-too.html">How to have your (Cup)cake and eat it too</a></li> +</ul> + +<h2>Try it out</h2> + +<div class="download-box"> +<a href="http://developer.android.com/shareables/training/TabCompat.zip" + class="button">Download the sample app</a> +<p class="filename">TabCompat.zip</p> +</div> + +</div> +</div> + +<p>This class demonstrates how to use UI components and APIs available in newer versions of Android in a backward-compatible way, ensuring that your application still runs on previous versions of the platform.</p> + +<p>Throughout this class, the new <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#Tabs">Action Bar Tabs</a> feature introduced in Android 3.0 (API level 11) serves as the guiding example, but you can apply these techniques to other UI components and API features.</p> + +<h2 id="lessons">Lessons</h2> + + +<dl> + <dt><strong><a href="abstracting.html">Abstracting the New APIs</a></strong></dt> + <dd>Determine which features and APIs your application needs. Learn how to define application-specific, intermediary Java interfaces that abstract the implementation of the UI component to your application.</dd> + + <dt><strong><a href="new-implementation.html">Proxying to the New APIs</a></strong></dt> + <dd>Learn how to create an implementation of your interface that uses newer APIs.</dd> + + <dt><strong><a href="older-implementation.html">Creating an Implementation with Older APIs</a></strong></dt> + <dd>Learn how to create a custom implementation of your interface that uses older APIs.</dd> + + <dt><strong><a href="using-component.html">Using the Version-Aware Component</a></strong></dt> + <dd>Learn how to choose an implementation to use at runtime, and begin using the interface in your application.</dd> +</dl> |