Mono for Android UI Blueprint: Listing 3.

Designing a TableLayout for Android.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:stretchColumns="1">

  <TableRow>
    <TextView
      android:layout_column="1"
      android:text="Open..."
      android:padding="3dip" />
    <TextView
      android:text="Ctrl-O"
      android:gravity="left"
      android:padding="3dip" />
  </TableRow>
  <View
    android:layout_height="2dip"
    android:background="#FF909090" />
  <TableRow>
    <TextView
      android:layout_column="1"
      android:text="Save..."
      android:padding="3dip" />
    <TextView
      android:text="Save As..."
      android:padding="3dip" />
    <TextView
      android:text="Ctrl-S"
      android:gravity="right"
      android:padding="3dip" />
  </TableRow>
</TableLayout>

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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