hover

Hover

Hover is a floating menu implementation for Android.

Goals

The goals of Hover are to:

1. Provide an easy-to-use, out-of-the-box floating menu implementation for Android developers, and

2. Provide common tools for Android developers to create their own floating menu.

Beta Notice

Hover is still under heavy development. There is still a lot of code cleanup to do, so expect breaking API changes over time.

That said, Hover should be in a usable state at this time.

0.9.8 Major Breaking Changes

Version 0.9.8 introduces major breaking changes to Hover. This refactor was done to simplify the code structure to make it easier to fix existing bugs and further extend behavior.

0.9.8 also introduces a number of bug fixes, behavior improvements, and Android O alterations:

Feature Updates:

• Added Android O support for application overlay.
• Added support for HoverMenuService as foreground Service (important for Android O).
• Added acceptance criteria as hover.feature file.
• Added Checkstyle support (no git hooks yet).
• Added many Hello World demos to show Hover versatility.
• Added ability to switch out HoverMenus at any time.
• Much more robust support for adding/removing/changing menu content in HoverView.

Hover Code Alterations:

• Moved Hover implementation from 'defaultmenu' package to 'hover' package.
• Can now instantiate a HoverView directly (no Builder required).
• Replaced HoverMenuAdapter interface with HoverMenu base class.
• Added HoverMenuView XML attributes for initial dock position.
• Added 'Closed' menu state (in addition to 'Collapsed' and 'Expanded')
• Clients can now provide initial dock when constructing HoverMenuView.
• Hover collapsed position now saved with menu ID to avoid clobbering multiple menus saved state.
• HoverView is now based on state pattern.

There is still code to clean, but hopefully no further refactor of this scale will be necessary.

Demo Hover Menu

A demo app (called Kitchen Sink) is included with the Hover repo. Here are some screenshots of the demo in action.

Getting Started

Subclass HoverMenuService

To get started with Hover, create a subclass of HoverMenuService to host your Hover menu. Implement onHoverMenuLaunched(Intent, HoverView) to take control of your HoverView. You'll want to set it's HoverMenu, and also start it in the collapsed or expanded state:

public class MyHoverMenuService extends HoverMenuService {

    @Override
    protected void onHoverMenuLaunched(@NonNull Intent intent, @NonNull HoverView hoverView) {
        // Configure and start your HoverView.
        HoverMenu menu = ...;
        hoverView.setMenu(menu);
        hoverView.collapse();
    }
    
}

Implement A HoverMenu

A HoverMenu is the content that appears within a HoverView. A HoverMenu is divided into an ordered list of Sections. Each Section has a tab as well as Content that appear in your HoverView.

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Working Directly With A HoverView

If you want to create your own Hover Service from scratch, or if you want to experiment with a HoverView directly, you can instantiate one yourself.

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Download

Hover is available through jCenter:

implementation 'io.mattcarroll.hover:hover:0.9.8'

Issues

When Hover is used within a Window, there is always a fullscreen View - even when nothing is visible. This is done to dramatically simplify the layout logic. However, this causes problems when apps request runtime permissions because the Android OS complains that an overlay is visible.

There is no built-in solution for this problem at this time. You should take care to destroy your Hover Service when the HoverView is closed. You may also want to inform the users of your app that issues with runtime permission dialogs might occur, and that those users should exit your Hover menu if problems occur.

Disclaimer

This is not an official Google product.

License

Copyright (C) 2016 Nest Labs

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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