Android material design in Eclipse

Question

Is there any way to create an app with Material design in Eclipse? Hamburger to arrow animation, full screen height navigation drawer...

Answer 1

You can develop apps with Material Design in Eclipse by using the libraries provided by google. You need to follow the below steps to do that.

• Properties> Android> Add...>appcompat_v7
• Add...> Android Design Support Library(You can import it from android-sdk\extras\android\support\)
• Add...> RecycleViewLibrary & CardViewLibrary libraries for RecycleView and cardView, better material look and feel. (You can import it from android-sdk\extras\android\support\v7\)

• Add/Edit values\styles.xml

• Change theme in AndroidManifest.xml file. android:theme="@style/MyMaterialTheme"

• extend your Activity by AppCompatActivity.

Hope you can develop Material Designed apps in Eclipse throgh these steps.

Important: Support for the Android Developer Tools (ADT) in Eclipse is ending. You should migrate your app development projects to Android Studio as soon as possible.