@ guido-granobles: thanks, that helped

I know this thread is old but felt no need to create a new topic.

I have been recently going through some android tutorials and just in case anyone wants to get this example using xml for the layout, here's the code below:

The Java activity file:

package org.pg;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class PlaygroundActivity extends Activity {

  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
  }

  public void addName(View view) {
    String name = ((EditText) this.findViewById(R.id.txt_name)).getText().toString();
    
    TextView tv = new TextView(this);
    tv.setText(name);
    
    LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout) this.findViewById(R.id.linear_main);
    ll.addView(tv);
  }

}

The xml layout file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >
	
	<LinearLayout 
	    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
	    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
	    android:orientation="vertical"
	    android:id="@+id/linear_main" >
	
	    <TextView  
	  		android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
	  		android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
	  		android:text="Enter a name:" />
	
	    <EditText
		  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
		  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		  android:id="@+id/txt_name" />
	    
	
	    <Button
		  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
		  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
		  android:id="@+id/btn_confirm"
		  android:text="Add Name"
		  android:onclick="addName" />
		    	
	</LinearLayout>
	
</ScrollView>

Yeah, I had to go through the the awful ICT system. Fortunately I was able to take Computing at A-levels. You really do not learn nothing and in quite a lot of the cases, the students probably know more than the teachers

A tutorial on how to create a client application which uses authentication (securely if possible) to connect to a web server running on a PC.

This will be to - get data, update data on client, and write data back to the server.

A sample server implementation would be a bonus

Thanks

To be honest I'm all for it. For some people, it may surprise them when they try to take on a complex project and might open people's eyes that programming is not as easy and may actually make people value those who can hack it in industry more.

You can never gain a true appreciation of something unless you try it for yourself.