

You can also bring up the right-click menu without selecting any component, both on the canvas or in Structure view. You can also insert a component before, inside, or after the selected component.ĭescription of the illustration insert-component.png Right-clicking a component opens a pop-up menu that lets you perform several actions on the component, such as selecting its parent component, surrounding it with another component or element, or deleting it. On the far right is the Properties pane, which lets you view or edit a component's properties as well as open any Quick Starts that can be used with a selected component.ĭescription of the illustration page-designer-overview.png Once you add components, the Structure view provides a hierarchical view of the components on the canvas.

To design your pages, you'll drag components from the Components palette to the canvas. You have access to a Components palette, a Structure view, a Data palette, and a Properties pane, all of which provide everything you need to design a page's layout. Sw.setOnCheckedChangeListener( new CompoundButton.The Page Designer provides a canvas that serves as your work area when designing a page. Switch sw = (Switch) findViewById(R.id.switch1) Create Switch in XML Layout Fileįollowing is the sample way to define Switch control in XML layout file in the android application.

In android, we can create Switch control in two ways either in the XML layout file or create it in the Activity file programmatically. In case, if we want to change the state of Switch to ON ( Checked), then we need to set android:checked = “true” in our XML layout file. We can change the default state of Switch by using android:checked attribute. We can add a Switch to our application layout by using Switch object.įollowing is the pictorial representation of using Switch in android applications.īy default, the android Switch will be in the OFF ( Unchecked) state. The Switch element is useful for the users to change the settings between two states either ON or OFF. By using thumb, the user may drag back and forth to choose an option either ON or OFF. In android, Switch is a two-state user interface element that is used to display ON ( Checked) or OFF ( Unchecked) states as a button with thumb slider.
