get a view by resource ID

context.findViewById(R.id.my_view);

or:

myParentView.findViewById(R.id.my_child_view);

add a resource ID to a view in XML

android:id="@+id/my_view"

listview

• binding a ListActivity to a ListView:
  • http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ListActivity.html
  • http://www.vogella.de/articles/AndroidListView/article.html

• don’t use wrap_content for listview layout_height

  https://stackoverflow.com/a/7588931/399105

• if you use a custom adapter, and a custom getView method in that adapter, make use of convertView and a viewHolder to further speed up your listview

  http://dl.google.com/googleio/2010/android-world-of-listview-android.pdf

  • page 16

create a webview

http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-webview.html