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Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

You're reading from  Modern Android 13 Development Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803235578
Pages 322 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Madona S. Wambua Madona S. Wambua
Profile icon Madona S. Wambua

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Modern Android Development Skills 2. Chapter 2: Creating Screens Using a Declarative UI and Exploring Compose Principles 3. Chapter 3: Handling the UI State in Jetpack Compose and Using Hilt 4. Chapter 4: Navigation in Modern Android Development 5. Chapter 5: Using DataStore to Store Data and Testing 6. Chapter 6: Using the Room Database and Testing 7. Chapter 7: Getting Started with WorkManager 8. Chapter 8: Getting Started with Paging 9. Chapter 9: Building for Large Screens 10. Chapter 10: Implementing Your First Wear OS Using Jetpack Compose 11. Chapter 11: GUI Alerts – What’s New in Menus, Dialog, Toast, Snackbars, and More in Modern Android Development 12. Chapter 12: Android Studio Tips and Tricks to Help You during Development 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a FAB/extended FAB

A FAB is a circular button that appears to float above the UI of an Android application. It is often used to represent a primary action in the app and is placed in a visible location for easy access.

An extended FAB is a variation of a FAB in Android that provides users with more options and functionality. The extended FAB is a rectangular button that can display text and an icon and expands into a menu of related actions when pressed.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will continue using the same project, so ensure you have completed previous recipes.

How to do it…

Using the same project, follow these steps to build a FAB and extended FAB:

  1. Let’s start by creating a Kotlin file and calling it ActionComponentsDemo.kt.
  2. Inside ActionComponentsDemo, create a composable function and call it ActionComponentsExample():
    @Composable
    fun RadioButtonExample() {...}
  3. Inside ActionComponentsDemo, create a composable function and...
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