Views and widgets

The class android.view.View is the base class for UI objects in Android.

 

There are three major types of views:

SurfaceView

ViewGroup

Widget

 

SurfaceView: provides a direct drawing surface.

ViewGroup: are an abstraction of layouts and other view containers.

Widget: are the classic UI components you'll use most often.

 

the next thing we need to do is link to these components in code and bring them to life with activities.