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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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65.3 Designing the User Interface

The user interface will consist of a button to launch coroutines together with a Seekbar to specify how many coroutines are to be launched asynchronously each time the button is clicked. As the coroutines execute, a TextView will update when individual coroutines start and end.

Begin by loading the activity_main.xml layout file and add the Button, TextView and SeekBar objects so that the layout resembles that shown in Figure 65-1:

Figure 65-1

To implement the layout constraints shown above begin by clearing all constraints on the layout using the toolbar button. Shift-click on the four objects so that all are selected, right-click over the top-most TextView and select the Center -> Horizontally menu option. Right-click once again, this time selecting the Chains -> Create Vertical Chain option.

Select the SeekBar and change the layout_width property to 0dp (match_constraints) before adding a 24dp margin on the left and right hand...

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Android Studio 4.1 Development Essentials – Kotlin Edition
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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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