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WassimBenltaief / FlowLayout

A custom Layout packed with a content view, an empty view, a progress bar and network connectivity status
MIT License
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Why the name... #1

Closed consp1racy closed 8 years ago

consp1racy commented 8 years ago

Here's what everybody thinks when FlowLayout is mentioned: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/flow.html https://github.com/ApmeM/android-flowlayout https://github.com/blazsolar/FlowLayout

WassimBenltaief commented 8 years ago

I refered to an android content view flow

Why this layout ?

  • A very common flow of an android view is :
  • show a progress bar while fetching data from a remote service.
  • if the resut is empty : show an empty view with a custom message and hide the progressbar.
  • If not : show the content and hide the progressbar.
  • showing a notification when phone is not connected or when action requires internet connection.

any other better name is welcome :)

consp1racy commented 8 years ago

You picked a name of an over a decade old standard Swing widget. That's not going to help anyone finding your library. It's also going to hinder anyone looking for a widget with the original functionality. Your choice of name was unfortunate.

Your widget does not "flow" or "represent flow". It represents state of a data set presented to user. In any case please pick another name and verify it's unique or it does not clash with industry standards and it adequately represents the job at hand. Thank you.