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1. Hello World application with Android SO

As a developer, you know that the first impression of a development framework is how easy it is to write "Hello, World." Well, on Android, it's pretty easy. It's particularly easy if you're using Eclipse as your IDE, because Google...

Monday, 05 July 2010 | 2312 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

2. Backward Compatibility for Applications

Introduction A variety of Android-powered devices are now available to consumers from carriers in geographies around the world. Across those devices, a range of Android platform versions are in use, some running the latest version of the platform,...

Monday, 19 July 2010 | 1172 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

3. On Android Compatibility

Introduction I have been reading a post by Dan Morrill, Open Source & Compatibility Program Manager . It's a very interesting article about the compatibility between different Android version. He talks about his experiences. I think that it would...

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 | 1331 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

4. Drawable mutations

Introduction Android’s drawables are extremely useful to easily build applications. A Drawable is pluggable drawing container that is usually associated with a View. For instance, a BitmapDrawable is used to display images, a ShapeDrawable to...

Monday, 02 August 2010 | 3032 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

5. Common Android Virtual Device Configurations

Introduction Android developers must target a variety of different Android devices in order to reach the greatest number of users. By properly configuring the Android Emulator to mimic the behavior of different devices, developers can save...

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6. First Steps in Android Development

Introduction In this article we’ll be taking a look at Android development: explaining why people have choosen to work with Android and providing an overview of the Eclipse IDE and its Java, DDMS and debugging perspectives. Finally, you’ll...

Friday, 13 August 2010 | 3149 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

7. Layout Basics - Tutorial

Introduction An Android layout is a class that handles arranging the way its children appear on the screen. Anything that is a View (or inherits from View) can be a child of a layout. All of the layouts inherit from ViewGroup (which inherits from...

Monday, 23 August 2010 | 3094 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

8. NDK - Getting Started - Advanced Android

Introduction In this article you will learn how to install the Android NDK and begin using it. By the end of this tutorial, you will have created your own project that makes a simple call from Java code to native C code. Prerequisite...

Monday, 13 September 2010 | 4212 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

9. Good practice: Using sensors correctly

One Screen Turn Deserves Another Android has an API for accessing a variety of sensor types, such as an accelerometer or light sensor. Two of the most commonly-used sensors are accelerometers and magnetometers (that is, compasses.) Applications...

Wednesday, 15 September 2010 | 2596 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

10. Debugging in Android using Eclipse

Introduction Android is a great platform which makes creating applications for mobile devices much easier than before. But in the progress of creating your applications you are bound to face bugs. For this purpose you need a good understanding of...

Thursday, 16 September 2010 | 1743 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

11. Understanding how work Location and Mapping

Introduction Mobile phones use several related methods, alone and in combination, to determine where they are: Cell ID Triangulation GPS In this Article we will try to understand how them work. 1- Cell ID Regardless of...

Wednesday, 22 September 2010 | 3541 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

12. Learn Java for Android Development: Java Introduction

Introduction In this tutorial series, you’ll become familiar with Java, the programming language used to develop Android applications. Our goal is to prepare those already familiar with one programming language, such as PHP or Objective-C, to...

Monday, 27 September 2010 | 3302 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more