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I've read the Google TV Design Patterns article and still can't figure out how to change the default "global" zone size/position or how to get more than one item to show up in it.

There are some vague (to me) statements. E.g.: "Because the global zone persists throughout the life of the application, you should not allow it to take up too much screen space.". (OK, how do I change it in the layout?)

It then states that the global zone "[...] holds all of the top-level 'global' items in your application hierarchy [...]". Then goes on to state "It also contains all the categories for your application [...]"

What is considered a global item? An activity with a "LAUNCHER" and "MAIN" <intent-filter> category and action? (Tried that and no joy)

What do "categories" mean? Categories as defined in each activity's <intent-filter> "category" manifest entry? (Tried that too and no joy)

I've run through the SDK's ApiDemos code relating to Fragments and it's not jumping out at me. I have successfully ported part of an existing app to extend Fragment and ListFragment but for the life of me can't figure this one out.

OV_Sparky
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The global zone could be implemented by a fragment that is the size you wish it to be. There are no requirements that you use something else, like an ActionBar.

Les Vogel - Google DevRel
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  • But where in the layout is it the global fragment defined? I experimented with both [Diane Hackborn's example from the Android Developers Blog](http://goo.gl/DQaHT) and the [FragmentLayout.java](http://goo.gl/rzbV8) example from the ApiDemos SDK sample project. I ran the tests on an actual Revue with the beta version of Google TV 2.0. In the first case I only defined two fragments just like the example layout and the global fragment contained my app icon automatically (and nothing else). – OV_Sparky Sep 08 '11 at 20:50