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diff --git a/src/help/studio_help/src/topics/u_new-activity-template.dita b/src/help/studio_help/src/topics/u_new-activity-template.dita new file mode 100644 index 0000000..780ea4f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/help/studio_help/src/topics/u_new-activity-template.dita @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Reference//EN" "../dtd/reference.dtd"> +<reference id="u_new-activity-template" xml:lang="en-us"> + <title>New Activity Based on Template wizard</title> + <shortdesc>Creates a new Android activity based upon a sample you have chosen.</shortdesc> + <prolog> + <metadata> + <keywords> + <!--<indexterm></indexterm>--> + </keywords> + </metadata> + </prolog> + <refbody> + <section> + <p>When adding a new activity to your Android project, MOTODEV Studio enables you to quickly and easily add either + a basic (mostly empty) activity, or one based upon a sample. MOTODEV Studio includes a number of sample + activities that, with minor modifications, can be incorporated into your applications and will perform various + functions commonly needed by many Android applications.</p> + <p>To create a basic, empty activity you select <menucascade><uicontrol>New</uicontrol><uicontrol>Android + Activity</uicontrol></menucascade> from the <uicontrol>File</uicontrol> menu. If you want to base your + activity on one of the supplied sample activities, either select <menucascade><uicontrol + >New</uicontrol><uicontrol>Android Activity</uicontrol></menucascade> from the <uicontrol>File</uicontrol> + menu and then click <uicontrol>Create New Activity Based On Template</uicontrol> from the dialog that appears, + or select <menucascade><uicontrol>Auto-generated code</uicontrol><uicontrol>Create Activity based on + template</uicontrol></menucascade> from the <uicontrol>MOTODEV</uicontrol> menu. Either method invokes the New + Android Activity Based on Template wizard.</p> + <p>The New Android Activity Based on Template wizard begins by having you select the sample activity on which your + project's new activity is to be based. (Note that one of the samples--Database List--lists the contents of + selected columns within your application's SQLite database; in order to select this sample your application must + already have a database in its <codeph>assets</codeph> folder.) Select the template activity, and click + <uicontrol>Next</uicontrol>. You will then be presented with a dialog containing a number of fields with which + you specify various aspects of the activity to be created.</p> + <simpletable> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Source folder</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>The folder into which the source code for the new activity is to be stored. By default this is the + current project's src folder.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Package</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>The package that is to contain the new activity. By default this is the current project's + package.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Name</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>The name to be used for the class that implements the activity. This should be a simple, + non-qualified name.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Label</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>(optional) The label for the activity. This label is displayed to the user, often along with the + activity's icon, when the activity needs to be identified to the user. Note that if you specify a label, the + wizard creates a string resource to hold this value. If the <uicontrol>Default</uicontrol> option is + selected, a label is not set for this activity (the Label field is not editable); the user sees the + application's label instead.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Superclass</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>The class from which the activity inherits. For activities, this is <codeph + >android.app.Activity</codeph>.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Permission</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>(optional) Permissions that should be added to the project's manifest file due to this activity. + Click <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol> to display a list of possible permissions from which you can + select.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Action</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>(optional) The actions to be performed by an intent filter associated with this activity. Click + <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol> to select from the available actions, or <uicontrol>Input</uicontrol> to simply + enter the full name of the intent filter. Note that you can select multiple intents from the dialog that + appears when you click <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol>. To select a range, select the first item in the set and + then hold down the Shift key while selecting the last item in the set. To select multiple separate intents, + select the first item and then hold down the Control key while selecting the remaining items.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Category</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>(optional) The associated intent filter categories. Click <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol> to select from + the available categories or click <uicontrol>Input</uicontrol> to enter a category manually.</stentry> + </strow> + <strow> + <stentry><uicontrol>Set as the main activity</uicontrol></stentry> + <stentry>Select this option if this new activity is to be the app's main activity. Doing so updates the + application's manifest file to specify that this is the activity that should be started when the application + is first launched.</stentry> + </strow> + </simpletable> + </section> + </refbody> +</reference> |