Recommended View Types for UI

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I am new to Android Dev and I am looking to implement an app which operates similar to the facebook app (i.e. a menu on the left). If a menu item is tapped, a view slides in from the right. From what I have read, it would appear that I need to use:

A horizontal scrollview containing the menu view (master) and the selected view (detail)
The menu view and the selected view should be list views

Would this be the right approach to achieve this UI, or is there a better approach?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '13 at 18:57

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This is called a Navigation Drawer. The Android training site has a guide for Creating a Navigation Drawer using the supplied DrawerLayout, which does all the hard work for you.

answered Jul 21 '13 at 18:57

ianhanniballake

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '13 at 20:40

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you can also use this library: https://github.com/jfeinstein10/SlidingMenu

it supports both sliding menus from the left and right sides (by swiping).

answered Jul 21 '13 at 20:40

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Recommended View Types for UI

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