#material-about-library
If there are any icon designers out there that are willing to design a free icon for this libraries' demo app, please contact me!
Makes it easy to create a beautiful about screen for your app.
Idea from here: Heinrich Reimer's open-source-library-request-manager
Design inspired by Phonograph.
| Demo App | Example | |:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:| | Demo App | Monitor | | ExampleMaterialAboutActivity.java | Monitor |
- Material design
- Modular backend
- Easy to implement
- Simple but intuitive API
material-about-library is available on jitpack.io
Gradle dependency:
allprojects { repositories { maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' } } }
dependencies { compile 'com.github.daniel-stoneuk:material-about-library:1.1.1' }
Step 1: Your Activity must extend MaterialAboutActivity and be in your AndroidManifest.java:
public class ExampleMaterialAboutActivity extends MaterialAboutActivity { @Override protected MaterialAboutList getMaterialAboutList() { return new MaterialAboutList.Builder() .build(); } @Override protected CharSequence getActivityTitle() { return getString(R.string.mal_title_about); } }
Ensure that the theme extends 'Theme.Mal', and apply primary & accent colours.
<manifest ...> <application ...> <activity android:name=".ExampleMaterialAboutActivity" android:theme="@style/AppTheme.MaterialAboutActivity"/> </application> </manifest>
<style name="AppTheme.MaterialAboutActivity" parent="Theme.Mal" > <!-- Customize your theme here. --> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item> <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item> <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item> </style>
Step 2: Add Cards:
Start building a "card" using MaterialAboutCard.Builder()
public class ExampleMaterialAboutActivity extends MaterialAboutActivity { @Override protected MaterialAboutList getMaterialAboutList() { MaterialAboutCard.Builder appCardBuilder = new MaterialAboutCard.Builder();
Give the card a title by calling .title on the Builder
authorCardBuilder.title("Author");
Step 3: Add Items:
There are currently two types of item you can add to a card - MaterialAboutTitleItem and MaterialAboutActionItem. Planned items include "person" items which feature buttons to showcase a single person. Feel free to submit a PR or Issue for more item ideas.
MaterialAboutActionItem: Standard item with text, icon and optional subtext.MaterialAboutTitleItem: Larger item with large icon (eg app icon) and larger text.
MaterialAboutTitleItem is created with MaterialAboutTitleItem.Builder() and lets you specify text and an icon.
appCardBuilder.addItem(new MaterialAboutTitleItem.Builder() .text("Material About Library") .icon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher) .build());
MaterialAboutActionItem is created with MaterialAboutActionItem.Builder() and lets you specify text, sub-text, an icon and an OnClickListener.
appCardBuilder.addItem(new MaterialAboutActionItem.Builder() .text("Version") .subText("1.0.0") .icon(R.drawable.ic_about_info) .setOnClickListener(new MaterialAboutActionItem.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick() { Toast.makeText(ExampleMaterialAboutActivity.this, "Version Tapped", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } }) .build());
Step 4: Return the list:
Create a MaterialAboutList using MaterialAboutList.Builder(), passing in the cards you would like to display.
return new MaterialAboutList.Builder() .addCard(supportCardBuilder.build()) .build(); } }
Check out a working example in ExampleMaterialAboutActivity.java.
Tip: You can either use Strings / Drawables or Resources when creating MaterialAboutItem's
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