Robospeeder Android 101

Robospeeder's Basic User Guide to Android

Contents gestures, menus and basic navigation Apps, widgets, shortcuts and folders Multitasking What is running How to switch to another app How do I stop something that is running User Interface Customization Adding widgets Removing widgets Cut, Copy and Paste Other Handy stuff

Gestures, menus and basic navigation Touch, Tap The general way to select items on the screen, such as application and settings icons. Tap to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons. Long Press, Touch & hold Hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs. For example, to open a menu for customizing the Home screen, you touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu opens. Drag Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them Swipe, slide To swipe or slide, you quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it (so you don’t drag an item instead). For example, you slide the screen up or down to scroll a list. When viewing pictures in an album, you swipe across the screen to go to the next picture. Pinch together, Pinch apart Pinch In some applications (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in). Double-tap Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other screen to zoom. For example, you double-tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen. You can also double-tap to control the Camera zoom, in Maps, and in other applications. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some applications, such as Browser, reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen.     Apps, widgets, shortcuts and folders A long press on an empty space brings up the following menu, By tapping one of the items in the menu, you can add a new tool in that space on your desktop. Programs Programs are the most basic items to add. When you put a program icon on your desktop, you tap the icon to open the program. Programs normally take up the whole screen but may also keep running even if you go back to the home screen or start up another program. For example, when you make a phone call or start your music player, you can start another program which will take over the screen but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change. widgets Widgets may look and work like program icons with the exception that they do not stay the same. A common widget is a clock or the local weather. A battery widget would change to show you how much power is currently left in the battery. Some widgets don't change but you need to give them some initial information. For example with a picture widget, you might have to select the frame style and the picture to be displayed. shortcuts A Shortcut is like a program icon except that you specifiy a particular action for the program to do when it starts. A typical shortcut would be a particular playlist to to paly when the prams starts up. folders Folders are handy places to put program icons in groups where you can easily find them. Tap the folder icon to open the folder. Tap anywhere on the folder name to close the folder. I have a folder for games. To start a game, I open the Games folder and tap the icon to start the game. You can only put program icons in folders, no widgets or other folders.     Multitasking What is running? Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change. How to switch to another app Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change. How do I stop something that is running Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change.     User Interface Customization Adding icons on the screen Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change. Moving or Removing items on the screen Touch and hold an icon until it vibrates. Then drag it to the new location or the Remove icon at the botton of the home screen. Changing wallpapers or themes Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change.     Cut, Copy and Paste What is running? Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change. How to switch to another app Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change. How do I stop something that is running Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change.     Other Handy stuff Settings, Preferences, Options There are a great many Settings, Preferences, Options which apply to the whole device which can be accessed by pressing the Menu button and then Settings on the home screen. Among the most useful settings are: the default ringtone, edit thr user dictionary, add a WiFi or a bluetooth connection Alert Notification area The line of icons at the top of the screen provides information about the current status of the device. The right hand side iconcs indicate the status of the battery, wireless and cell signal strength. Items on the left tell you about messages and eMail which is waiting to be read, missed calls and installed software. These alerts can be dismissed by pressing the clear button or by pressing on the item and reading the message details. How do I ??? Pro een but not stop the music or phone call. Program icons don't change.     Touch & on page 58, and you drag to open the Notifications panel, as described in Managing notifications on page 52.                     Switch to another running app by holding down the Home button until a widow open that shows you the running apps. Tap the desired icon to select the app.

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