Which features/classes are implemented in android sample projects

Question

Is there a feature/classes implemented list for the android samples that come with the SDK?

http://developer.android.com/samples/index.html

E.g. If I am reading up about AdapterView, and want to find out which sample project(s) use this AdapterView class - how do I find this quickly? I see that in the samples website on developer.android.com , the samples are only described as Name / Description Text , but not with features/classes implemented.

Thanks much

Answer 1

If I am reading up about AdapterView, and want to find out which sample project(s) use this AdapterView class - how do I find this quickly?

If you are using Chrome or Chromium for a Web browser, install the Android SDK Samples Search extension. This will add a "(sample code)" link after the big bold class name at the top of each class' JavaDocs page. That link will then conduct a search on GitHub for references to that class in:

• the Android SDK's samples
• the sample projects from my book

That's the easiest way that I know of to find sample code that specifically references certain classes.

Note, though, that this is a fairly simplistic search. Notably, it does not search up and down class hierarchies. So, the search will find samples that refer to AdapterView, but not ListView -- you would need to go to the ListView JavaDocs page and use its sample-code link to find ListView references.

This extension also works nicely with the Android SDK Search extension, which:

• Adds an ad search to the "omnibox" (a.k.a., address/search bar in Chrome), so ad AdapterView would take you right to the AdapterView documentation

• Adds a "(view source)" link to the JavaDocs for each class, next to the "(sample code)" link, that brings up the source code to that class