Implementation of a segmented control button for Android. A Segmented Control is really a better looking and more touch friendly version of a RadioButton. In fact, this implementation inherits from Android's default RadioButton.
The controls are customizable and themed in the fashion of the stock controls in Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above.
The project contains a sample activity that shows how the buttons are implemented and styled.
You can use this library either with a theme or without a theme. With a theme is much easier but here are examples for both.
You can add the widget styles to your Theme in themes.xml and whenever you use either
SegmentedControlButton or TabControlButton the theme will be automatically set!
values-v11/themes.xml:
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
<item name="segmentedControlButtonStyle">@style/Widget.Holo.SegmentedControl</item>
<item name="tabControlButtonStyle">@style/Widget.Holo.TabControl</item>
</style>
values/themes.xml:
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme">
<item name="segmentedControlButtonStyle">@style/Widget.Holo.SegmentedControl</item>
<item name="tabControlButtonStyle">@style/Widget.Holo.TabControl</item>
</style>
And in your layout:
<RadioGroup
android:id="@+id/buttongroup1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<at.bookworm.widget.TabControlButton
android:id="@+id/option1"
android:text="Button 1" />
<at.bookworm.widget.TabControlButton
android:id="@+id/option2"
android:text="Button 2" />
</RadioGroup>
Instead of RadioButton, use either SegmentedControlButton or TabControlButton and set the widget's
style to either Widget.Holo.SegmentedControlButton or Widget.Holo.TabControlButton. Since you
aren't using a theme, you will have to set the style on every SegmentedControlButton and
TabControlButton.
In your layout:
<RadioGroup
android:id="@+id/buttongroup1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<at.bookworm.widget.TabControlButton
android:id="@+id/option1"
android:text="Button 1"
style="@style/Widget.Holo.TabControlButton" />
<at.bookworm.widget.TabControlButton
android:id="@+id/option2"
android:text="Button 2"
style="@style/Widget.Holo.TabControlButton" />
</RadioGroup>