Balloon in Chatting Android Application

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I've to develop an android application that allows users to chat I want to make textView that handle their conversations in Balloon as shown in the picture below ,,

can anyone inform me how can I do that ????

thanks in advance

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Hi for this you need to create Custom Adapter.using View holder you can add and change balloon inside of bubble,I did this same this in my application it working great . . — aftab, Aug 25 '12 at 09:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 10 '12 at 05:00

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create two balloon images (for sent and received messages), make them 9 patch and set them as background to a layout which contains conversation.

edited Apr 10 '12 at 05:00

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answered Apr 09 '12 at 09:09

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first thanks for answering me, second: create two balloon images (for sent and received messages), I did that , make them 9 patch: can u explain more I'm biginner, and set them as background to an layout which contains conversation : what's the type of the containers should I use ?? – Samiah Apr 09 '12 at 09:12
check http://android10.org/index.php/articlesother/279-draw-9-patch-tutorial and http://radleymarx.com/blog/simple-guide-to-9-patch/ tutorials for nine patch. As for containers, use a listView which contains two textViews (for send and received messages) if you want a simple look and put your textViews in a linearLayout. Set your images as background to your linearLayout – Buda Gavril Apr 09 '12 at 09:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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You will use 9 Patch images for this.

for showing them, you will use ListView and each row item will contain text and that 9 patch chat bubble background.

Lot of discussion are available:

I've written a blog post about android chat bubbles, you can find the open-source code there too.
For example this stackoverflow post.
Speech bubble popups containing a View post will also help you.

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Balloon in Chatting Android Application

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