Mono for Android UI Blueprint: Listing 1. -- Visual Studio Magazine

Mono for Android UI Blueprint: Listing 1.

A sample Android UI layout.

By Wallace McClure
11/01/2011

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  >
<Button 
  android:id="@+id/myButton"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
  android:text="Load Edit Text"
  />
</LinearLayout>

About the Author

Wallace (Wally) B. McClure has authored books on iPhone programming with Mono/Monotouch, Android programming with Mono for Android, application architecture, ADO.NET, SQL Server and AJAX. He's a Microsoft MVP, an ASPInsider and a partner at Scalable Development Inc. He maintains a blog, and can be followed on Twitter.

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