Coming from
iOS world one thing I really missed when I first started coding in Android was this
fancy picker date of iOS, so I looked around Internet and I ran into this
project:
It seemed pretty cool to me and just exactly what I was looking for, however I had no
idea how to include it into my project; actually is very easy but first I had
to struggle a little bit wandering how to start and that’s why I post this small tutorial
hoping save time to those who are trying to use Android wheel.
If you go
to the Downloads tab in the project Web page the only thing you will get is the apk,
but what we need is the source code, so the key is get it via subversion.
If you are
working on MAC, subversion is already installed, but if you need type this line
on terminal to install it.
To install
subversion on Linux type:
For Debian
For Red Hat
To install
on Windows I choose the following client:
Once you’ve
installed subversion is very straightforward to get the source code, just type
on terminal:
In the path
you made the download, you will find two folders: wheel and wheel_demo, the
important one obviously is wheel, import it as project in eclipse: File->
Import-> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace and choose the
folder “wheel” you just download.
Done this we've finish, we can use now Android Wheel Classes to make look cool our app. In a second part for this post I will show an example.
Once we’ve
imported the source code, we need to add it as library to our project.
Go to
Project-> Properties -> Android, in section Library press the button Add and select
the wheel project
Done this we've finish, we can use now Android Wheel Classes to make look cool our app. In a second part for this post I will show an example.
