##FlatUI - Xamarin.Android##

FlatUI Port for Xamarin.Android of CengaLabs FlatUI Kit by @eluleci

###Features###

• Very easy to use
• Many themes built in
• Create custom themes in only a few lines of code
• Change themes on the fly
• ActionBar gets themed too

###Getting Started###

To use FlatUI, all you need to do is replace some of your normal widgets with the FlatUI version

Your normal button:

<Button
  android:id="@+id/buttonBlock"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Now becomes:

<FlatUI.FlatButton
  android:id="@+id/buttonBlock"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

NOTE: FlatUI only works on Android 4.x+!

###Changing Themes###

You can set the theme a number of ways:

• Call FlatUI.SetActivityTheme(FlatTheme.Sky()); to theme all controls the same in the activity
• Set the attribute on the widget in the layout file: flatui:theme="sky"
• Programmatically set each widget's theme: myFlatButton.Theme = FlatTheme.Sky();

###FlatUI Widgets###

There are a number of 'flat' versions of android widgets available that inherit from their normal counterparts:

• FlatEditText
• FlatTextView
• FlatToggleButton
• FlatRadioButton
• FlatCheckBox
• FlatSeekBar
• FlatButton

###Custom Themes### It's very easy to make custom themes:

//Create a custom theme very easily!
var customJabbrTheme = new FlatUI.FlatTheme () {
    DarkAccentColor = Android.Graphics.Color.ParseColor("#00103f"),
    BackgroundColor = Android.Graphics.Color.ParseColor("#003259"),
    LightAccentColor = Android.Graphics.Color.ParseColor("#005191"),
    VeryLightAccentColor = Android.Graphics.Color.ParseColor("#719fc3")
};

//Set your theme programmatically
FlatUI.SetActivityTheme(this, customJabbrTheme);

###ActionBar###

Finally, the ActionBar can also be themed:

FlatUI.FlatUI.SetActionBarTheme (this, FlatUI.FlatUI.DefaultTheme, false);

###Layout File Attributes###

If you want, you can specify some of the attributes for the FlatUI widgets directly in your Android Layout axml files.

First, make sure you add the xmlns:flatui namespace to your root Layout item like this:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:flatui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"> ...

Now, you can set attributes on various FlatUI widgets like this:

    <FlatUI.FlatEditText
        android:id="@+id/edittextFlat"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        flatui:fieldStyle="flat"
        flatui:cornerRadius="3dip"
        flatui:fontWeight="bold" />

Here's a list of all the attributes you can set in your layout file for the various FlatUI widgets:

• FlatEditText: fieldStyle, cornerRadius,textPadding, fontFamily, fontWeight, textApperance
• FlatSeekBar: none
• FlatButton: textAppearance, textPadding, cornerRadius, isFullFlat
• FlatCheckBox: cornerRadius, size, fontFamily, fontWeight
• FlatRadioButton: size, fontFamily, fontWeight
• FlatToggleButton: size

###Changes###

• Nov. 30, 2013 - Initial Release

###Thanks###

Big thanks goes to @eluleci for his initial work on the original Java version of FlatUI: https://github.com/eluleci/FlatUI