Segmented control in Android

Question

I need to use IPhone like segmented control in Android. Is there a default control for the same? What might be the best and efficient way to do so?

Answer 1

I have achieved it using build in Views.

MySegmentActivity

public class SegmentActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {

    private Context mContext;
    private List buttonList = null;

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

        mContext = SegmentActivity.this;
        initSegmentButtons();
    }

    private void initSegmentButtons() {

        buttonList = new ArrayList<>();

        Button dayBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_day);
        Button weekBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_week);
        Button monthBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_month);

        dayBtn.setOnClickListener(this);
        weekBtn.setOnClickListener(this);
        monthBtn.setOnClickListener(this);

        buttonList.add(dayBtn);
        buttonList.add(weekBtn);
        buttonList.add(monthBtn);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {
        switch (view.getId()) {
            case R.id.btn_day:
                buttonList.get(0).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange_selected);
                buttonList.get(1).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange);
                buttonList.get(2).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange);
                break;
            case R.id.btn_week:
                buttonList.get(0).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange);
                buttonList.get(1).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange_selected);
                buttonList.get(2).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange);
                break;
            case R.id.btn_month:
                buttonList.get(0).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange);
                buttonList.get(1).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange);
                buttonList.get(2).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_bg_orange_selected);
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }
}

layout.

btn_bg_orange.xml

btn_bg_orange_selected