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Switch for Android™

 

Switch control is a basic two-position UI element such as On/Off , 0/1 and odd/even.

Download UI elements for Android.

 

Creation

 

You need to create a new com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl object and add it to your view or layout.

Full Layout code

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:att="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.att.control"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="@color/white" android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp">
<TextView android:id="@+id/textFieldAndroid"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/switch_control_description"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
/>
<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchCon"
/>
<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchCon"
att:switch_left_label="Off"
att:switch_right_label="On"
/>
<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchConDis1"
att:switch_enabled="false"
att:switch_left_label="no"
att:switch_right_label="yes"
/>
<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchDis2"
att:switch_enabled="false"
att:switch_checked="true"
att:switch_left_label="0"
att:switch_right_label="1"
/>
</LinearLayout>

 

Simple Switch Control

 

<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchCon"
/>

 

Left-Right labeled Switch Control

 

<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchCon"
att:switch_left_label="Off"
att:switch_right_label="On"
/>

 

Left-Right labeled Switch Control unchecked disabled

 

<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchConDis1"
att:switch_enabled="false"
att:switch_left_label="no"
att:switch_right_label="yes"
/>

 

Left-Right labeled Switch Control checked disabled

 

<com.att.widgets.lib.control.SwitchControl
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/switchDis2"
att:switch_enabled="false"
att:switch_checked="true"
att:switch_left_label="0"
att:switch_right_label="1"
/>

 

Configuration

 

AttributeTypeDescription
att:switch_enabled boolean "false" desables control , default is true
att:switch_checked boolean "true" sets switchs into "on" (right) position, default is false
att:switch_left_label String Left label value , default ""
att:switch_right_label String Right label value , default ""

 

In order to be able to use custom attributes, you must declare the namespace xmlns:att

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:att="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.att.control"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="@color/white">
<!-- Your code using att attributes -->
</LinearLayout>

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