Wave View In Android Using Android Studio

Introduction

In this article, we are going to create a Wave View in Android using Android Studio. It is a type of library which makes a wave in the UI. By using this, we can show the progress status in percentage. This view is widely used in mobile apps.

Step 1

Create a new project in Android Studio.

Give a name to the project and click "Next".

Select the "Phone and Tablet" option and click "Next".

Select an empty activity and click "Next".

At last, give the activity a name and click on "Finish".

Step 2

Locate the Gradle Scripts>>Build. Gradle 1.

And, type the following dependency in your app's build.gradle.

Then, Click the sync button in the top right corner and repeat this for step 3.

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maven{
url 'https://jitpack.io'
}

Step 3

Locate the Gradle Scripts>>Build. Gradle 2.

Type the following dependency in your app's build.gradle.

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compile 'com.github.john990:WaveView:v0.9'

Step 4

Next, go to app >> res >> layout >> activity_main.xml. Select activity page.

Just type the code as following.

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<SeekBar
android:id="@+id/seekBar"
android:max="100"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<com.john.waveview.Wave
android:id="@+id/waveView"
android:layout_above="@id/seekBar"
android:background="#FF702E8C"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:above_wave_color="@android:color/white"
app:blow_wave_color="@android:color/white"
app:wave_height="large"
app:wave_length="large"
app:wave_hz="fast"
/>

Step 5

Next, go to app >> java>>Mainactivity.java. Select Mainactivity page.

And just type the code as follows

import com.john.waveview.WaveView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final WaveView waveView =(WaveView)findViewById(R.id.waveView);
SeekBar seekBar =(SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.seekBar);
waveView.setProgress(seekBar.getProgress());
seekBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress, boolean b) {
waveView.setProgress(progress);
}
@Override
public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
}
@Override
public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
}
});

Step 6

Verify the preview.

After the code is applied, the preview will appear like this.

Step 7

Next, go to Android Studio and deploy the application. Select an Emulator or your mobile with USB debugging enabled. Give it a few seconds to make installations and set permissions.

Run the application in your desired emulator (Shift + F10).

Explanation of source code

The source code used in the activitymain.xml file will insert the Wave View into the app and render the animation with attributes given.

Summary

We have just created the app to see how the Wave View works and learned where to use it.

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