Posts tagged android

Okay, after Oracle went after google for patent rights i got interested in android more than ever so decided to jump right in and program something. Following is my first app:

BMI Calculator

Purpose

• Calculates BMI (Body Mass Index).

Features

• Support multiple unit systems
• Bells and Whistles:
  • Changing Unit System automatically changes the units inside Height and Weight field labels
  • Gender Spinner data is read from @arrays/gender_list. This was not needed, just did it to learn how one can read XML and attach an adapter to it.
  • Gender Spinner’s Prompt reads from @strings/select_gender. This was needed and done.
  • Height and Weight EditText allows 6 characters, single line and decimal
  • Hitting Calculate More >