How to create application framework like Contracts split screen?

Many apple ipad apps use UISplitViewController to create a landscape view with a list and then a detail panel to the right. The Android Contacts app in Android 3.0 on a tablet does the same thing. How can I create a layout that mimics this behaviour s开发者_运维知识库o that I can build my android tablet app around it? I guess I would use ListView in a layout that has a View derived object to the right.

The contacts app is fairly "pretty" as far as Android apps go. Does google supply a code example for this type of program?

Thanks, Gerry

Yes it's called fragments. It's available on Android 3.0 and later. Here is an article on the android developers website on how they work: Fragments