SelectorChapek for Android
This Android Studio plugin automatically generates drawable selectors from appropriately named Android resources.
How to install it:
- in Android Studio: go to
Preferences→Plugins→Browse repositoriesand search forSelectorChapek
or
- download it and install via
Preferences→Plugins→Install plugin from disk
How to use it:
- Right-click folder with your resources e.g 'drawable-xhdpi'
- Select 'Generate Android Selectors'
- All selectors automagically appear in the 'drawable' folder!
Naming convention:
In order of plugin to work, resources need to be appropriately named. The plugin supports png or nine-patch files with certain suffices anywhere in the file name. You can also combine any suffixes together.
Mapping
| File name suffix | Drawable state |
|---|---|
| _normal | (default state) |
| _pressed | state_pressed |
| _focused | state_focused |
| _disabled | state_enabled (false) |
| _checked | state_checked |
| _selected | state_selected |
| _hovered | state_hovered |
| _checkable | state_checkable |
| _activated | state_activated |
| _windowfocused | state_window_focused |
Wishlist
- UI which will tell you which selectors will be generated
- possibility to change naming mapping
Pull requests are welcomed!
Why 'Chapek'?
Karel ÄŒapek was a famous Czech writer, inventor of the word 'robot'. The word comes from Czech word 'robota', which means 'hard manual labor'. As with ÄŒapek's robots, this plugin will remove your unnecessary manual labor.
See our other Czech personalities who help with #AndroidDev.