Making a complete Android Quiz Game

In this post I will be posting the code of making a simple android quiz game complete with splash screen and menus. One thing I want to say to you guys is, if you find my work useful please share it on google plus, facebook or twitter and any other site you wish, as you will be helping me and my site grow and I would really appreciate that. Ok, lets get started. Make a new Android project. You can use Eclispe Adt or Android Studio, I’m using Android Studio.

Designing the Interface

Make these layout files in your android project (res>layout):

• activity_main.xml
• activity_result.xml
• options_menu.xml
• splash.xml

Open the activity_main.xml file and edit it has following:

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
 android:id="@+id/relatively"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:background="#d15400"
 android:orientation="vertical"
 android:weightSum="1" >
 <LinearLayout
 android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_weight="0.90"
 android:orientation="vertical"
 android:weightSum="1" >
 <LinearLayout
 android:id="@+id/linearLayout11"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_weight="0.20"
 android:orientation="vertical"
 android:weightSum="1" >
 <LinearLayout
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_weight="1"
 android:orientation="horizontal" >
 <TextView
 android:id="@+id/score"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
 android:layout_weight="1"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="Score : 1"
 android:textColor="#ffffff"
 android:textSize="25.0sp"
 android:textStyle="bold" />
 <TextView
 android:id="@+id/timers"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
 android:layout_weight="1"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="00:00:49"
 android:textColor="#ffffff"
 android:textSize="25.0sp"
 android:textStyle="bold" />
 </LinearLayout>
 </LinearLayout>
 <LinearLayout
 android:id="@+id/linearLayout12"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_weight="0.60"
 android:orientation="vertical"
 android:weightSum="1" >
 <LinearLayout
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_weight="0.40" >
 <TextView
 android:id="@+id/txtQuestion"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="15*2*1-1"
 android:textColor="#ffffff"
 android:textSize="35.0sp"
 android:textStyle="bold" />
 </LinearLayout>
 <LinearLayout
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_weight="0.20"
 android:orientation="vertical"
 android:weightSum="1" >
 <Button
 android:id="@+id/button1"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="30"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />
 <Button
 android:id="@+id/button2"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="29"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />
 <Button
 android:id="@+id/button3"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="32"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />
 </LinearLayout>
 </LinearLayout>
 </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Update the activity_result.xml file as following :

activity_result.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#2a3f4c"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textResult"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Large Text"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#000000"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:padding="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:onClick="playagain"
android:text="PLAY AGAIN"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textSize="20sp"/>
</LinearLayout>

Edit the optionsmenu.xml file as following :
optionsmenu.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:background="#0080ff"
 android:orientation="vertical">

 <TextView
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:inputType="textMultiLine"
 android:text="Choose your Game type"
 android:textColor="#ffffff"
 android:textSize="25.0sp"
 android:textStyle="bold" />

 <Button
 android:id="@+id/btnsimple"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="Simple"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />

 <Button
 android:id="@+id/btnintermediate"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="Intermediate"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />

 <Button
 android:id="@+id/btnhard"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="Hard"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />

 <Button
 android:id="@+id/btntime"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="Time based"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />
 <Button
 android:id="@+id/btnuntime"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
 android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
 android:background="#fff"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:text="Free Run"
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="25.0sp" />
</LinearLayout>

Make changes in splash.xml file as following :

splash.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
 android:id="@+id/relatively"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:background="#ffff80"
 android:orientation="vertical"
 android:weightSum="1" >
 <TextView
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:text="Simple Maths Brainer"
 android:layout_weight="1"
 android:textColor="#000"
 android:textSize="34sp"
 android:textStyle="bold"
 android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
 />
</LinearLayout>

These four files will make up the design of the game. In the next page I will be posting the code to make up this entire game.