android tutorials screen

Question

I was really confused about this topic, so I had to ask. Being new on Android, I was thinking of creating an introductory sort of tutorial like page for the app I am working on, like the one's you see on various apps that is used for the first time in which they point out various features of the app, what functionality does this button perform when pressed, what does the menu item do, in a sort of a dynamic way.

What are these actually ?? Are they splash screens? Or are they something really different?

Take a look at [this question][1] on the subject [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10216937/how-do-i-create-a-help-overlay-like-you-see-in-a-few-android-apps-and-ics — Gabe Sechan, Apr 09 '13 at 02:13

Abhishek Sabbarwal · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09T03:04:07.473

I just made a tutorial screen for my app. What I did in my case was to :

1) Create snapshots of all the activities and their functions.

2) Then I used photoshop to put different markers defining the different areas in the snapshot and what they do. (which look similar to the link posted in the above comments)

3) Then I used an Imageswitcher with a next button at its bottom. At the start of the app if the user wants to view the tutorial I just start an activity with the Imageswitcher.

4) I then cycle through all the snapshots with the help of the next button below the ImageSwitcher.

5) On the last image of the ImageSwitcher I just launch an Intent to open the main screen of the actual app.

Hope this helps!!!

android tutorials screen

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