Converting a Layout view to Image in Android Example

First Add permission for external storage in Manifest.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="org.rajeshvijayakumar.view2imagedemo"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="org.rajeshvijayakumar.view2imagedemo.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

img_view.xml

 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#ffffffff" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="25dp"
        android:text="Android Jelly Bean 4.3"
        android:textColor="@android:color/holo_green_dark"
        android:textSize="21sp" />

</RelativeLayout>

home.xml

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

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:text="Convert" />
  
    <include android:id="@+id/f_view"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        layout="@layout/img_view"
        android:layout_above="@id/button1"/>

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package org.rajeshvijayakumar.view2imagedemo;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.MeasureSpec;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

    private Button mButton;
    private View mView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.home);
        mView = findViewById(R.id.f_view);
        mButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        mButton.setOnClickListener(this);

        mView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
        mView.measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
                MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED));
        mView.layout(0, 0, mView.getMeasuredWidth(), mView.getMeasuredHeight());
        mView.buildDrawingCache(true);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        if (v.getId() == R.id.button1) {
            Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(mView.getDrawingCache());
            mView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
            ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bytes);

            File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "v2i.jpg");
            try {
                f.createNewFile();
                FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(f);
                fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());
                fo.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
            finish();
        }
    }
}

Output :

 

Source Code : Coming Soon to Github..........

Listing Files from SDCard in Android Example

First Add permission for external storage in Manifest.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="org.rajeshvijayakumar.fldemo"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="org.rajeshvijayakumar.fldemo.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

flist.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listView1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

</RelativeLayout>

fl_list_item.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/fname"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Large Text"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package org.rajeshvijayakumar.fldemo;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemLongClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnItemLongClickListener {

    private ListView mListView;
    private List<String> fileNameList;
    private FlAdapter mAdapter;
    private File file;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.flist);
        mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
        file = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
        fileNameList = getFileListfromSDCard();
        mAdapter = new FlAdapter(this, R.layout.fl_list_item, fileNameList);
        mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
    }

    private List<String> getFileListfromSDCard() {
        String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
        List<String> flLst = new ArrayList<String>();
        if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state) && file.isDirectory()) {
            File[] fileArr = file.listFiles();
            int length = fileArr.length;
            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                File f = fileArr[i];
                flLst.add(f.getName());
            }
        }

        return flLst;
    }

    public class FlAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {

        private List<String> fLst;
        private Context adapContext;

        public FlAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId,
                List<String> fLst) {
            super(context, textViewResourceId, fLst);
            this.fLst = fLst;
            adapContext = context;
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

            View view = convertView;
            FHolder fHolder = null;

            if (convertView == null) {
                view = View.inflate(adapContext, R.layout.fl_list_item, null);

                fHolder = new FHolder();
                fHolder.fNameView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.fname);

                view.setTag(fHolder);
            } else {
                fHolder = (FHolder) view.getTag();
            }
            String fileName = fLst.get(position);
            fHolder.fNameView.setText(fileName);

            return view;
        }
    }

    static class FHolder {
        public TextView fNameView;
    }
}

Output :

  

Source : Coming Soon to Github.............

Show Case View Example in Android

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:text="This is Original View" />

</RelativeLayout>

overlay_view.xml

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

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/over_lay_image"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:background="#50220000" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
        android:text="This is Overlay View" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.rajeshvijayakumar.overlay;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private ImageView mOverLayImage;
   
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
       
        final Dialog overlayInfo = new Dialog(MainActivity.this);
        overlayInfo.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        overlayInfo.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
        overlayInfo.getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DIM_BEHIND);
        overlayInfo.setContentView(R.layout.overlay_view);
        overlayInfo.show();
       
        mOverLayImage = (ImageView) overlayInfo.findViewById(R.id.over_lay_image);
        mOverLayImage.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
           
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {               
                overlayInfo.cancel();
            }
        });       
    }
}

Output :

Source Code: Download this Example Here

Confirm Password Validation using Saripaar Example in Android

Download Saripaar Library from gitHub 

 url : https://github.com/ragunathjawahar/android-saripaar

Add Saripaar Library Project to your project, (same method of adding actionbarsherlock to your project)

activity_main.xml

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

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="42dp"
        android:text="Old Password"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/old_passwd"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignTop="@+id/textView1"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView1"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textPassword" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
            android:layout_below="@+id/old_passwd"
            android:layout_marginTop="44dp"
            android:text="New Password"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/new_passwd"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView2"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textPassword" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView3"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_below="@+id/new_passwd"
            android:layout_marginTop="42dp"
            android:text="Confirm"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/confirm_passwd"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignTop="@+id/textView3"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textPassword" >

            <requestFocus />
        </EditText>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/change_password_button"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView3"
            android:layout_below="@+id/confirm_passwd"
            android:layout_marginLeft="39dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="55dp"
            android:text="Change Password" />

</RelativeLayout>

ConfirmPasswordActivity.java

package com.rajeshvijayakumar.confirmpassword;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.Rule;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.Validator;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.Validator.ValidationListener;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.ConfirmPassword;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.Password;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.Required;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.TextRule;

public class ConfirmPasswordActivity extends Activity implements
        ValidationListener {

    @Required(order = 1)
    @TextRule(order = 2, minLength = 6, message = "Enter a New Password Correctly")
    private EditText mOldPasswordEditText;

    @Required(order = 3)
    @Password(order = 4, message = "Enter a Valid Password")
    @TextRule(order = 5, minLength = 6, message = "Enter a New Password Correctly")
    private EditText mNewPasswordEditText;

    @Required(order = 6)
    @ConfirmPassword(order = 7, message = "Repeat a New Password Correctly")
    private EditText mConfirmNewPasswordEditText;

    private Button mChangePasswordButton;
    private Validator mChangePasswordValidator;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        mOldPasswordEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.old_passwd);
        mNewPasswordEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.new_passwd);
        mConfirmNewPasswordEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.confirm_passwd);

        mChangePasswordButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.change_password_button);
        mChangePasswordButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                mChangePasswordValidator.validate();
            }
        });

        mChangePasswordValidator = new Validator(this);
        mChangePasswordValidator.setValidationListener(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(View failedView, Rule<?> failedRule) {

        String message = failedRule.getFailureMessage();
        if (failedView instanceof EditText) {
            failedView.requestFocus();
            ((EditText) failedView).setError(message);
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Password Not Changed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                    .show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onSuccess() {
        Toast.makeText(this, "SuccessFully Password Changed",
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onValidationCancelled() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    @Override
    public void preValidation() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }
}

Output :

 

Source Code : Download this Example Here

Name, Phone Number, Email Validation using Saripaar Example in Android

Download Saripaar Library from gitHub 

 url : https://github.com/ragunathjawahar/android-saripaar

Add Saripaar Library Project to your project, (same method of adding actionbarsherlock to your project)

main.xml

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

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView1"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
            android:text="Name"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/name_add_edit_text"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignTop="@+id/textView1"
            android:ems="10" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
            android:layout_below="@id/name_add_edit_text"
            android:layout_marginTop="60dp"
            android:text="IpAddress"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/ipaddress_edit_text"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView2"
            android:ems="10" />

        <CheckBox
            android:id="@+id/terms_conditions_checkbox"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_below="@id/ipaddress_edit_text"
            android:layout_marginTop="56dp"
            android:text="I accept terms and conditions" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/add_edit_done_button"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/terms_conditions_checkbox"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_marginTop="27dp"
            android:text="SAVE" />

    </RelativeLayout>

PhoneNumberEmailValidationActivity.java

package com.rajeshvijayakumar.saripaar;

import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.Rule;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.Validator;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.Validator.ValidationListener;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.Email;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.NumberRule;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.NumberRule.NumberType;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.Required;
import com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.annotation.TextRule;

public class PhoneNumberEmailValidationActivity extends Activity implements ValidationListener {

    @Required(order = 1)
    @TextRule(order = 2, minLength = 5, maxLength = 35, trim = true, message = "Enter Valid Full Name")
    private EditText mNameEditText;

    @Required(order = 3)
    @Email(order = 4, message = "Please Check and Enter a valid Email Address")
    private EditText mEmailEditText;

    @Required(order = 5)
    @NumberRule(order = 6, message = "Enter Phone Number in Numeric", type = NumberType.LONG)
    @TextRule(order = 7, message = "Enter valid Phone Number", minLength = 10, maxLength = 14)
    private EditText mPhoneNumberEditText;

    private Button mAddEditButton;
    private Validator mAddEditValidator;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        mNameEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.name);
        mEmailEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.email_address);
        mPhoneNumberEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.phone_number);
        mAddEditButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.validate_button);

        mAddEditButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                ((com.mobsandgeeks.saripaar.Validator) mAddEditValidator).validate();
            }
        });
        mAddEditValidator = new Validator(this);
        mAddEditValidator.setValidationListener(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(View failedView, Rule<?> failedRule) {

        String message = failedRule.getFailureMessage();
        if (failedView instanceof EditText) {
            Toast.makeText(this, message,
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }  else {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Record Not Saved", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onSuccess() {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Record Saved Successfully", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onValidationCancelled() {
    }

    @Override
    public void preValidation() {
    }
}

Output: 

Source Code :  Download Example with Library

Alert Dialog : Dialog with Item List Example in Android

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/done_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="DONE" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.example.alertdialogex;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

    private Button mDoneButton;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        mDoneButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.done_button);
        mDoneButton.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        final CharSequence[] items = {
                "Rajesh", "Mahesh", "Vijayakumar"
        };

        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        builder.setTitle("Make your selection");
        builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
                // Do something with the selection
                mDoneButton.setText(items[item]);
            }
        });
        AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
        alert.show();

    }
}

 Output :

 

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Action Bar Sherlock : Action Bar with Custom Title View Example in Android

 

Add ActionBarSherlock Library Project to your Application Project, Here is a Link for this

http://rajeshvijayakumar.blogspot.in/2013/01/how-to-add-actionbarsherlock-library-to.html

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:text="@string/hello_world" />

</RelativeLayout>

custom_action_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#86898a"
    android:gravity="center_vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/title_text"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:text="My Title"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.rajeshvijayakumar.customtitle;

import com.actionbarsherlock.app.ActionBar;
import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockActivity;

public class MainActivity extends SherlockActivity {

    // Action bar
    private ActionBar mActionBar;
    private LayoutInflater mInflater;
    private View mCustomView;
    private TextView mTitleTextView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        initActionBar();
    }

    private void initActionBar() {
        mActionBar = getSupportActionBar();
        mActionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
        mActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
        mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(this);
        mCustomView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_action_layout, null);
        mTitleTextView = (TextView) mCustomView.findViewById(R.id.title_text);
        mTitleTextView.setText("My Own Title");
        mActionBar.setCustomView(mCustomView);
        mActionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
        // mActionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.at_header_bg));
    }
}

Output :

  

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Xml Pull Parser Example in Android

rss_feed_view.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/rss_list_view"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

</RelativeLayout>

rss_list_item.xml

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

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/rss_title_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="17dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
        android:text="NDTV"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black" />

</RelativeLayout>

RSSFeed.java

public class RSSFeed implements Serializable {

    private String title;
    private String link;
    private String description;
    private String category;
    private String pubDate;
    private String guid;
    private String feedburnerOrigLink;

    public RSSFeed() {
    }

    public RSSFeed(String title, String link, String description, String category, String pubDate,
            String guid, String feedburnerOrigLink) {
        this.title = title;
        this.link = link;
        this.description = description;
        this.category = category;
        this.pubDate = pubDate;
        this.guid = guid;
        this.feedburnerOrigLink = feedburnerOrigLink;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

    public String getLink() {
        return link;
    }

    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

    public String getCategory() {
        return category;
    }

    public String getPubDate() {
        return pubDate;
    }

    public String getGuid() {
        return guid;
    }

    public String getFeedburnerOrigLink() {
        return feedburnerOrigLink;
    }


    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }

    public void setLink(String link) {
        this.link = link;
    }

    public void setDescription(String description) {
        this.description = description;
    }

    public void setCategory(String category) {
        this.category = category;
    }

    public void setPubDate(String pubDate) {
        this.pubDate = pubDate;
    }

    public void setGuid(String guid) {
        this.guid = guid;
    }

    public void setFeedburnerOrigLink(String feedburnerOrigLink) {
        this.feedburnerOrigLink = feedburnerOrigLink;
    }
}

NewsFeedParser.java

import com.rajeshvijayakumar.model.RSSFeed;

public class NewsFeedParser {
    private InputStream urlStream;
    private XmlPullParserFactory factory;
    private XmlPullParser parser;

    private List<RSSFeed> rssFeedList;
    private RSSFeed rssFeed;

    private String urlString;
    private String tagName;

    private String title;
    private String link;
    private String description;
    private String category;
    private String pubDate;
    private String guid;
    private String feedburner;

    public static final String ITEM = "item";
    public static final String CHANNEL = "channel";
   
    public static final String TITLE = "title";
    public static final String LINK = "link";
    public static final String DESCRIPTION = "description";
    public static final String CATEGORY = "category";
    public static final String PUBLISHEDDATE = "pubDate";
    public static final String GUID = "guid";
    public static final String FEEDBURNERORIGLINK = "feedburner:origLink";

   
    public NewsFeedParser(String urlString) {
        this.urlString = urlString;
    }

    public static InputStream downloadUrl(String urlString) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL(urlString);
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        conn.setDoInput(true);
        conn.connect();
        InputStream stream = conn.getInputStream();
        return stream;
    }
   
    public List<RSSFeed> parse() {
        try {
            int count = 0;
            factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance();
            parser = factory.newPullParser();
            urlStream = downloadUrl(urlString);
            parser.setInput(urlStream, null);
            int eventType = parser.getEventType();
            boolean done = false;
            rssFeed = new RSSFeed();
            rssFeedList = new ArrayList<RSSFeed>();
            while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT && !done) {
                tagName = parser.getName();

                switch (eventType) {
                    case XmlPullParser.START_DOCUMENT:
                        break;
                    case XmlPullParser.START_TAG:
                        if (tagName.equals(ITEM)) {
                            rssFeed = new RSSFeed();
                        }
                        if (tagName.equals(TITLE)) {
                            title = parser.nextText().toString();
                        }
                        if (tagName.equals(LINK)) {
                            link = parser.nextText().toString();
                        }
                        if (tagName.equals(DESCRIPTION)) {
                            description = parser.nextText().toString();
                        }
                        if (tagName.equals(CATEGORY)) {
                            category = parser.nextText().toString();
                        }
                        if (tagName.equals(PUBLISHEDDATE)) {
                            pubDate = parser.nextText().toString();
                        }
                        if (tagName.equals(GUID)) {
                            guid = parser.nextText().toString();
                        }
                        if (tagName.equals(FEEDBURNERORIGLINK)) {
                            feedburner = parser.nextText().toString();
                        }
                        break;
                    case XmlPullParser.END_TAG:
                        if (tagName.equals(CHANNEL)) {
                            done = true;
                        } else if (tagName.equals(ITEM)) {
                            rssFeed = new RSSFeed(title, link, description, category, pubDate,                               guid,  feedburner);
                            rssFeedList.add(rssFeed);
                        }
                        break;
                }
                eventType = parser.next();
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return rssFeedList;
    }
}

MainActivity.java

package com.rajeshvijayakumar.xmlpullparser;

import com.rajeshvijayakumar.model.RSSFeed;
import com.rajeshvijayakumar.parser.NewsFeedParser;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnItemClickListener {

    private ListView mRssListView;
    private NewsFeedParser mNewsFeeder;
    private List<RSSFeed> mRssFeedList;
    private RssAdapter mRssAdap;

    private static final String TOPSTORIES =
            "http://feeds.feedburner.com/NdtvNews-TopStories?format=xml";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.rss_feed_view);

        mRssListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.rss_list_view);
        mRssFeedList = new ArrayList<RSSFeed>();
        new DoRssFeedTask().execute(TOPSTORIES);
        mRssListView.setOnItemClickListener(this);
    }

    private class RssAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<RSSFeed> {
        private List<RSSFeed> rssFeedLst;

        public RssAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, List<RSSFeed> rssFeedLst) {
            super(context, textViewResourceId, rssFeedLst);
            this.rssFeedLst = rssFeedLst;
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

            View view = convertView;
            RssHolder rssHolder = null;
            if (convertView == null) {
                view = View.inflate(MainActivity.this, R.layout.rss_list_item, null);
                rssHolder = new RssHolder();
                rssHolder.rssTitleView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.rss_title_view);
                view.setTag(rssHolder);
            } else {
                rssHolder = (RssHolder) view.getTag();
            }
            RSSFeed rssFeed = rssFeedLst.get(position);
            rssHolder.rssTitleView.setText(rssFeed.getTitle());
            return view;
        }
    }

    static class RssHolder {
        public TextView rssTitleView;
    }

    public class DoRssFeedTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, List<RSSFeed>> {
        ProgressDialog prog;
        String jsonStr = null;
        Handler innerHandler;

        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute() {
            prog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
            prog.setMessage("Loading....");
            prog.show();
        }

        @Override
        protected List<RSSFeed> doInBackground(String... params) {
            for (String urlVal : params) {
                mNewsFeeder = new NewsFeedParser(urlVal);
            }
            mRssFeedList = mNewsFeeder.parse();
            return mRssFeedList;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(List<RSSFeed> result) {
            prog.dismiss();
            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {

                @Override
                public void run() {
                    mRssAdap = new RssAdapter(MainActivity.this, R.layout.rss_list_item,
                            mRssFeedList);
                    int count = mRssAdap.getCount();
                    if (count != 0 && mRssAdap != null) {
                        mRssListView.setAdapter(mRssAdap);
                    }
                }
            });
        }

        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(Void... values) {
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View v, int position, long id) {
    }
}
 Add this Permission in your Manifest.xml file of your project

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    

 Output :

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