Useful Android system resources

Question

Android comes with lots of system resources (android.R) that can be used to save you time and make your application lighter.

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Answer 1

You can find a full listing of all system resources in the android package.

Every time I want to do something on Android I check to see if there's a system resource that covers what I want to do. It is helpful to import the Android source code (in particular, their /res/ folder) when searching for already-implemented resources that you might want, so you can see their specific implementation.

Personally, I find myself most often using:

• Built-in Android layouts for standard tasks, such as spinner dropdowns.
• Android ids (android.R.id), because you are often required to use these if you want to use some of Android's widgets (for example, TabHost/TabWidget requires you to use "android:id/tabhost", "android:id/tabs" and "android:id/tabcontent" if you want to implement an XML layout).
• Built-in colors, especially android.R.color.transparent.
• Android's built-in fade-in and fade-out animations in android.R.anim.