PagerAdapter X of Y. When using a view pager you can simply override the getPageTitle to create a page x of y text as seen in apps like gmail. This was used in a app to swipe through the RSS stories with android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter. Alternatively you could use something like https://github.com/ManuelPeinado/NumericPageIndicator

MyXofYPagerAdapter.java

public class MyXofYPagerAdapter extends FragmentPagerAdapter {
  	private final ArrayList<RssItem> items;

		public MyXofYPagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm,
				ArrayList<RssItem> items) {
			super(fm);
			this.items = items;
		}

		@Override
		public int getCount() {
			return items.size();
		}

		@Override
		public Fragment getItem(int position) {
			RssItem selectedItem = items.get(position);
			return MyFragment.newInstance(selectedItem);
		}

		/**
		* depending on position returns X of Y
		*/
		@Override
		public CharSequence getPageTitle(int position) {
			if (position < currentPos) {
				return getString(R.string.x_of_y_view_pager_prev);
			} else if (position > currentPos) {
				return getString(R.string.x_of_y_view_pager_next);
			} else {
				return getString(R.string.x_of_y_view_pager_title,
						new Object[] { position + 1, items.size() });
			}
		}
	}
	

strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <string name="x_of_y_view_pager_prev">&lt; Newer</string>
  <string name="x_of_y_view_pager_next">Older &gt;</string>
  <string name="x_of_y_view_pager_title">%1$d of %2$d</string>
</<resources>