About Activity

The About activity is used to display information about yourself, your company and/or your app. You can show information such as your name, title, description, and links to various sites where your users can find out more!

About App

Settings

The About activity contains the following settings.

Activity Name

The name that you want to give your activity. This will appear on the dashboard and on the Action bar. It can be whatever you want but should probably describe what it is used for. For example "About Us".

Description

A few words describing this activity. This text may be displayed on the dashboard as a subtitle when it's Show Subtitle Text setting is enabled.

Icon

This is where you can select the icon that will be used to represent this activity on the dashboard.

Details

Heading

This is the main heading. It can be your name, a company name, or the name of your app. The text color used for this text is the 'Headings' color on the 'Styles' tab. This value is optional.

Subheading

This is smaller text displayed below the main heading. It can be your job title, a company slogan, or an app tagline. The text color used for this text is the 'Dates' color on the 'Styles' tab. This value is optional.

Description

The text you'd like to show about yourself, your company, or your app. This text area also supports the addition of the following HTML markup tags, <b>, <i>, <u>. Text containing URLs, email addresses, and telephone numbers will also be automatically converted to hyperlinks. The text color used for this text is the 'Primary Text' color on the 'Styles' tab. This value is optional.

Header Image

The header image you want to show. When viewed in portrait, this image is shown at the top of the activity filling its width, and is cropped if it exceeds a ratio of approximately 2:1. When viewed in landscape, this image is shown in the upper left hand corner with the text to the right of it. While smaller resolution images are supported, for best results on all device sizes, we recommend using an image with a width of at least 800 pixels, however 1200 pixels is optimal.

Facebook URL

The URL of a Facebook page you want to link to. For example, https://www.facebook.com/radiohostingpro. This value is optional. If you'd like to open an activity instead, see the "Select Activities from the Activities Tab"  section in the Android Application Request Form.

Twitter URL

The URL of a Twitter page you want to link to. For example, http://mobile.twitter.com/radiohostingpro. This value is optional. If you'd like to open an activity instead, see the "Select Activities from the Activities Tab"  section in the Android Application Request Form.

LinkedIn URL

The URL of a LinkedIn page you want to link to. For example, http://www.linkedin.com/in/indigorose. This value is optional.

Google+ URL

The URL of a Google+ page you want to link to. For example, https://plus.google.com/b/100724021704647022641/100724021704647022641/posts. This value is optional.

Website URL

The URL of a webpage you want to link to. For example, http://www.webradio-hosting.com. This value is optional. If you'd like to open an activity instead, see the "Select Activities from the Activities Tab"  section in the Android Application Request Form.



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