Customized navigation menu in Android -
i'd create navigation menu in android app: bar @ bottom of screen, 4 choices home|categories|search|favorites, , current page highlighted. seems options menu can hardly customized, can't use it.
do have add navigation bar in every layout or there better solutions?
thanks
julien
it sounds you're replicating iphone interface. android phones have buttons along bottom of screen (home, back, etc) it's bad idea put navigation there it's easy hit wrong one.
the google-recommended approach use action bar pattern, across top of screen, clear, , means app consistent others (look @ twitter, google maps, facebook - use action bar pattern).
from honeycomb (v3.0) onwards: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/actionbar.html
a simple library create action bar on version of android https://github.com/johannilsson/android-actionbar
to create action bar uses library on versions earlier 3.0, uses official implemention v3.0+, try this: https://github.com/jakewharton/actionbarsherlock
the action bar highly customisable, remember key nice user interface consistency across platform, i.e. app consistent other apps , os.
if need navigation more items or items within specific page, can use tablayout, primary nav, use action bar, that's it's for.


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