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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/practices/tablets-and-handsets.jd b/docs/html/guide/practices/tablets-and-handsets.jd index 3f4aaa9..8e07a08 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/practices/tablets-and-handsets.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/practices/tablets-and-handsets.jd @@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ side.</p> <p>You can enable items from the options menu to appear directly in the action bar as "action items". You can also add navigation features to the action bar, such as tabs or a drop-down list, -and use the application icon to supplement the system's BACK behavior with the option to navigate to +and use the application icon to supplement the system's <em>Back</em> button behavior with the option to +navigate to your application's "home" activity or "up" the application's structural hierarchy.</p> <p>This guide provides some tips for using the action bar in ways that support both tablets and @@ -458,7 +459,8 @@ attribute.</p> developer guide, you can use the application icon in the action bar to facilitate user navigation when appropriate—either as a method to get back to the "home" activity (similar to clicking the logo on a web site) or as a way to navigate up the application's structural hierarchy. Although -it might seem similar to the standard BACK navigation in some cases, the up navigation option +it might seem similar to the standard <em>Back</em> navigation in some cases, the up navigation +option provides a more predictable navigation method for situations in which the user may have entered from an external location, such as a notification, app widget, or a different application.</p> diff --git a/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/activity_task_design.jd b/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/activity_task_design.jd index 5faa7ec..9be72ee 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/activity_task_design.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/activity_task_design.jd @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ parent.link=index.html <li><a href=#activities_added_to_task_tip>Allow activities to add to current task</a></li> <li><a href=#notifications_get_back_tip>Notifications and App Widgets should provide consistent back behavior</li> <li><a href=#use_notification_tip>Use the notification system</a></li> - <li><a href=#taking_over_back_key>Don't take over BACK key unless you absolutely need to</a></li> + <li><a href=#taking_over_back_key>Don't take over <em>Back</em> button unless you absolutely +need to</a></li> </ol> </li> </ol> @@ -241,8 +242,8 @@ independent of the other Android system keeps a linear navigation history of activities the user has visited. This is the <em>activity stack</em>, also known as the back stack. In general, when a user starts a new activity, it is added - to the activity stack, so that pressing BACK displays the previous - activity on the stack. However, the user cannot use the BACK key to go + to the activity stack, so that pressing <em>Back</em> displays the previous + activity on the stack. However, the user cannot use the <em>Back</em> button to go back further than the last visit to Home. The adding of an activity to the current stack happens whether or not that activity begins a new <a href=#tasks title=task>task</a> (as long as that task was started @@ -256,10 +257,11 @@ independent of the other Activities are the only things that can be added to the activity stack — views, windows, menus, and dialogs cannot. That is, when designing the navigation, if you have screen A and you want the user - to be able go to a subsequent screen B and then use the BACK key to go + to be able go to a subsequent screen B and then use the <em>Back</em> button to go back to screen A, then the screen A needs to be implemented as an activity. The one exception to this rule is if your application - <a href="#taking_over_back_key">takes control of the BACK key</a> and manages the navigation + <a href="#taking_over_back_key">takes control of the <em>Back</em> button</a> and manages the +navigation itself. </p> @@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ itself. launcher, Home screen shortcut or "Recent tasks" switcher (a long press on Home on some devices). The user can return to a task by choosing the icon for its root activity the same way they started the - task. Once inside a task, the BACK key goes to previous activities in + task. Once inside a task, the <em>Back</em> button goes to previous activities in that task. The activity stack is made up of one or more tasks. </p> @@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ itself. Browser are two applications that do this. For example, choosing an address in an email starts the Maps activity as a new task, and choosing a link in an email starts the Browser activity as a new - task. In these cases, the BACK key will return to the previous + task. In these cases, the <em>Back</em> button will return to the previous activity in a different task (Email), because it was not started from Home. </p> @@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ itself. <p> The following examples illustrate basic principles for applications, - activities, the activity stack, the BACK key, tasks and intents. It + activities, the activity stack, the <em>Back</em> button, tasks and intents. It shows how the system responds to user actions such as starting activities and switching between tasks. With most of these examples you can follow along, launching activities on your device as @@ -367,19 +369,20 @@ itself. <img src={@docRoot}images/activity_task_design/HomeTaskBasics1a.png> </p> -<h3 id=navigating_away_from_an_activity>Navigating Away from an Activity with BACK and HOME keys</h3> +<h3 id=navigating_away_from_an_activity>Navigating Away from an Activity with <em>Back</em> and +<em>Home</em> buttons</h3> <p> An activity can keep or lose its state depending on how the user - leaves the activity — by the HOME or BACK key. + leaves the activity — by the <em>Home</em> or <em>Back</em> button. </p> <p> - By default, pressing the BACK key finishes (destroys) the current + By default, pressing the <em>Back</em> button finishes (destroys) the current activity and displays the previous activity to the user. In the following figure, the user starts email by touching the Email icon in the Home screen, which displays a list of email messages. The user - scrolls down the list (changing its initial state). Pressing BACK + scrolls down the list (changing its initial state). Pressing <em>Back</em> destroys the List Messages activity and returns to the previous activity, which is Home. If the user re-launches Email, it would re-load the messages and display its initial, non-scrolled state. @@ -390,15 +393,15 @@ itself. </p> <p> - In the above example, pressing BACK goes to Home because it was the + In the above example, pressing <em>Back</em> goes to Home because it was the last activity the user was viewing. But if the user had gotten to List - Message from some other activity, then pressing BACK would have + Message from some other activity, then pressing <em>Back</em> would have returned there. </p> <p> By contrast, the next figure shows the user leaving List Messages by - pressing HOME instead of BACK — the List Messages activity is + pressing <em>Home</em> instead of <em>Back</em> — the List Messages activity is stopped and moved to the background rather than being destroyed. Starting Email again from its icon would simply bring the List Messages activity to the foreground (changing it from stopped to @@ -423,8 +426,8 @@ itself. <p> In addition, not all activities have the behavior that they are - destroyed when BACK is pressed. When the user starts playing music in - the Music application and then presses BACK, the application overrides + destroyed when <em>Back</em> is pressed. When the user starts playing music in + the Music application and then presses <em>Back</em>, the application overrides the normal back behavior, preventing the player activity from being destroyed, and continues playing music, even though its activity is no longer visible — as a visual substitute, the Music application @@ -451,7 +454,7 @@ itself. activity to get a picture. This is a good example of re-use of the Gallery activity. The following figure illustrates the sequence of activities to do this (up to crop). This is how it's done: The user - chooses Contacts, selects the contact for viewing, chooses MENU > + chooses Contacts, selects the contact for viewing, chooses <em>Menu</em> > Edit contact and touches the picture field, which launches the Gallery activity. The user then chooses the picture they want, crops and saves it. Saving it causes the picture to be inserted into the picture field @@ -484,12 +487,12 @@ itself. <b>Gallery Re-Uses Messaging for Sharing a Picture</b> - Sharing is another good example of one application re-using an activity from a different application. As shown in the following figure, the user - starts Gallery, picks a picture to view, chooses MENU > Share, and + starts Gallery, picks a picture to view, chooses <em>Menu</em> > Share, and picks "Messaging". This starts the Messaging activity, creates a new message and attaches the original picture to it. The user then fills in the "To" field, writes a short message and sends it. User focus remains in the Messaging program. If the user wants to go back to the - Gallery, they must press the BACK key. (The user can back up through + Gallery, they must press the <em>Back</em> button. (The user can back up through each activity all the way to Home.) </p> @@ -552,7 +555,7 @@ itself. <ul> <li> State 2 - The user wants to do something else while they're - waiting, so they press HOME, which does not interrupt the map's + waiting, so they press <em>Home</em>, which does not interrupt the map's network connection and allows the map to continue loading in the background. @@ -729,7 +732,7 @@ href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html">Intents and Intent Fi <b>Start first task.</b> You want to send a text message and attach a photo. You would choose: <p> - Home > Messaging > New message > MENU > Attach + Home > Messaging > New message > <em>Menu</em> > Attach > Pictures. This last step launches the picture gallery for picking a photo. Notice that picture gallery is an activity in a separate application. @@ -961,7 +964,7 @@ MAIN and address in an email message (or web page), where the Maps activity is started to map the location. No result from maps is expected to be returned to the email message; the user - can return by pressing the BACK key. (Such an activity is + can return by pressing the <em>Back</em> button. (Such an activity is started with {@link android.content.Context#startActivity(android.content.Intent) startActivity()}.) @@ -1102,20 +1105,21 @@ MAIN and convenience to respond to your message. </p> -<h3 id=taking_over_back_key>Don't take over the BACK key unless you absolutely need to</h3> +<h3 id=taking_over_back_key>Don't take over the <em>Back</em> button unless you absolutely need +to</h3> <p> As a user navigates from one activity to the next, the system adds them to the activity stack. This forms a navigation history that is - accessible with the BACK key. Most activities are relatively limited + accessible with the <em>Back</em> button. Most activities are relatively limited in scope, with just one set of data, such as viewing a list of contacts, composing an email, or taking a photo. But what if your application is one big activity with several pages of content and - needs finer-grained control of the BACK key? Examples of such Google + needs finer-grained control of the <em>Back</em> button? Examples of such Google applications are the Browser, which can have several web pages open at once, and Maps, which can have several layers of geographic data to switch between. Both of these applications take control of the - BACK key and maintain their own internal back stacks that operate + <em>Back</em> button and maintain their own internal back stacks that operate only when these applications have focus. </p> @@ -1124,7 +1128,7 @@ MAIN and information on a map to the user: displaying the location of a search result, displaying locations of friends, and displaying a line for a street path providing direction between points. Maps - stores these layers in its own history so the BACK key can return to + stores these layers in its own history so the <em>Back</em> button can return to a previous layer. </p> @@ -1135,8 +1139,8 @@ MAIN and as Windows, Macintosh or Linux). For example, if you did a Google web search in one window of the Android Browser, clicking on a link in the search results displays a web page in that same window, and - then pressing BACK would to the search results page. Pressing - BACK goes to a previous window only if the current window was + then pressing <em>Back</em> would to the search results page. Pressing + <em>Back</em> goes to a previous window only if the current window was launched from that previous window. If the user keeps pressing back, they will eventually leave the browser activity and return Home. diff --git a/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/menu_design.jd b/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/menu_design.jd index 3edf33f..7576b6c 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/menu_design.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/menu_design.jd @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ parent.link=index.html <ul> <li>The <em>Options menu</em> contains primary functionality that applies globally to the current activity or starts a related activity. - It is typically invoked by a user pressing a hard button, often labeled MENU.</li> + It is typically invoked by a user pressing a hard button, often labeled <em>Menu</em>.</li> <li>The <em>Context menu</em> contains secondary functionality for the currently selected item. It is typically invoked by a user's touch & hold on an item. Like on the Options menu, the operation can run either @@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ or device to another. </p> <p> - On most devices, a user presses the MENU button to access the Options menu, + On most devices, a user presses the <em>Menu</em> button to access the Options menu, as shown in the screenshot below. To close the menu, the user presses - MENU again, or presses the BACK button. - In fact, to cancel out of any menu, press the BACK button. (Pressing the MENU + <em>Menu</em> again, or presses the <em>Back</em> button. + In fact, to cancel out of any menu, press the <em>Back</em> button. (Pressing the <em>Menu</em> button or touching outside the menu also works.) Note that how to invoke this menu may be different on different devices. </p> @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ or device to another. <ul> <li> - <b>Options icon menu</b> - The first press of the MENU button displays a + <b>Options icon menu</b> - The first press of the <em>Menu</em> button displays a non-scrollable grid of icons at the bottom of the screen. (On the G1 phone, up to 6 buttons typically appear.) </li> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ or device to another. <p> On some versions of Android, the user can display keyboard shortcuts in the - icon menu by long pressing the MENU button — the text in the icon menu + icon menu by long pressing the <em>Menu</em> button — the text in the icon menu alternates between the command names and their keyboard shortcuts (if any). </p> @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ or device to another. <a href="#location">location</a>) on the screen, put the command in the Context menu for that content. If the command acts on no specific content or location, put it in the Options menu. This separation of commands - is enforced by the system in the following way. When you press the MENU + is enforced by the system in the following way. When you press the <em>Menu</em> button to display the Options menu, the selected content becomes unselected, and so cannot be operated on. For an explanation of why the content becomes unselected, see the article on @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ or device to another. <p> Before opening a Context menu, it has no visual representation that identifies - its presence (whereas the Options menu has the MENU button), and so is not + its presence (whereas the Options menu has the <em>Menu</em> button), and so is not particularly discoverable. Therefore, in general, a Context menu should <em>duplicate</em> commands found in the corresponding activity screen. For example, while it's useful to @@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ or device to another. <h3 id="a_dialog_should_not_have_an_options_menu">A dialog should not have an Options menu</h3> <p> - When a dialog is displayed, pressing the MENU button should do nothing. This also holds true + When a dialog is displayed, pressing the <em>Menu</em> button should do nothing. This also holds +true for activities that look like dialogs. A dialog box is recognizable by being smaller than full-screen, having zero to three buttons, is non-scrollable, and possibly a list of selectable items that can include checkboxes or radio buttons. @@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ or device to another. <h3 id="do_not_substitute_message">If an activity has no Options menu, do not display a message</h3> <p> - When the user presses the MENU button, if there is no Options menu, the system + When the user presses the <em>Menu</em> button, if there is no Options menu, the system currently does nothing. We recommend you do not perform any action (such as displaying a message). It's a better user experience for this behavior to be consistent across applications. |