To create a gallery control using android studio to display images or photos.
Latest Version Android Studio
- Create a New Project in Android Studio
- Design the activity_main.xml file, which represents the Image and Gallery View.
- Go to the MainActivity File.
- Create a New Class ImgAdapter extended from BaseAdapter and implements the overridden methods.
/*
Program to print the text “GalleryControl”.
Developed by: vaanmugil vs
Registeration Number : 212221040174
*/
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<Gallery
android:id="@+id/gallery"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.889" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="@+id/gallery"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/gallery"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/gallery"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.849" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="174dp"
android:layout_height="99dp"
android:text="Gallery Control"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="28sp"
android:textStyle="bold|italic"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.498"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.045" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
package com.example.gallery_control;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.Gallery;
import android.widget.ImageView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private Integer[] mImageIds = {
R.drawable.image1,
R.drawable.image2,
R.drawable.image3,
R.drawable.image4,
R.drawable.image5,
R.drawable.image6,
R.drawable.image7,
R.drawable.image8,
R.drawable.image9,
R.drawable.image10,
R.drawable.image11,
R.drawable.image12
};
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Gallery gallery = (Gallery) findViewById(R.id.gallery);
gallery.setAdapter(new ImageAdapter(this));
gallery.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView);
imageView.setImageResource(mImageIds[position]);
}
});
}
public class ImageAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private Context mContext;
public ImageAdapter(Context c) {
mContext = c;
}
public int getCount() {
return mImageIds.length;
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return null;
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return 0;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ImageView imageView = new ImageView(mContext);
imageView.setImageResource(mImageIds[position]);
imageView.setLayoutParams(new Gallery.LayoutParams(150, 100));
imageView.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_XY);
return imageView;
}
Thus a Simple Android Application to create a gallery control using android studio to display images or photos is developed and executed successfully.

