Best Android article of November 2013

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Playing Audio on Android from an HTML5 File

3 Nov 2013Kyle A.B.

Learn how to play Audio in an Android app from an HTML5 page in the Apps Assets folder.

Java

HTML5

Javascript

Android

Mobile

Shake, Rattle and Roll: Dolby Sound on Android Devices

5 Nov 2013Ted Neward

Shake, Rattle and Roll: Dolby Sound on Android Devices

Android

Mobile

product-showcase

Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager

28 Nov 2013Yuriy Loginov

Intel’s HAXM greatly reduces the emulators boot up time and in my tests the Atom x86 based emulators performed twice as fast as their ARM counterparts

Android

Mobile

product-showcase

Finding performance bottlenecks in Android games and apps using Intel GPA

22 Nov 2013ashcairo

This article will cover the process of debugging and evaluating Android based games and apps for performance hotspots using Intel’s Graphics Performance Analyzers.

Android

Mobile

product-showcase

Catalano Framework

27 Aug 2014César de Souza, Diego Catalano

Scientific computing for Java and Android.

So you want to be a Unity3D game developer?

19 Nov 2013Simon Jackson

I’ve compiled an extensive list of resources at your disposable on your Unity3D journey, split up in to sections to allow you to target what you need.

Fragments: Creating a Tabbed Android User Interface

9 Jan 2014Dev Leader

Creating a tabbed Android User Interface.

Webix Integration with Online Geographical Maps

21 Nov 2013sonic_youth

This tip will tell you how to add popular web maps such as Google, Nokia, OpenStreet and Yandex maps into a Webix app with just several lines of code.

Emoji and web application

27 Nov 2013Tharaka MTR

Emoji; is the Japanese term for the ideograms or smileys used mostly in Japanese electronic messages and webpages.

MonoAndroid: Writing ExpandableListView amd BaseExpandableListAdapter in C#

21 Nov 2013ThatsAlok

Creating ExpandableListView and populating it with BaseExpandableListAdapter derived class

Android

Mobile

Beyond Mobile Gestures

8 Dec 2013Yildirim Kocdag

What is next for Mobile Gestures? Past and Future of Mobile Gestures

An ObjectEditor for Android

13 Dec 2013Serge Desmedt

An ObjectEditor as a custom ExpandableListView

MonoAndroid: Using AlertDialog

21 Nov 2013ThatsAlok

Article demonstrating use of Alert-Dialog in android universe.

Get Photo Albums from Facebook and Twitter in Android

21 Nov 20133PillarLabs

Get photo albums from Facebook and Twitter in Android.

How to Transfer Ownership of the Android Application

29 Nov 2013Tharaka MTR

How to transfer ownership of the Android application

Using MVC to Understand ASP.NET, iOS, Android and Hybrid Development

20 Nov 2013maxchen666

Using MVC to understand ASP.NET, iOS, Android and Hybrid Development

Building Glassware with the Xamarin Android and Google’s GDK

21 Nov 2013Lewis Benge

Building Glassware with the Xamarin Android and Google's GDK

Java

Android

Mobile

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

ThatsAlok

Software Developer (Senior)

India

He used to have biography here Smile | :)

, but now he will hire someone (for free offcourse Big Grin | :-D

), Who writes his biography on his behalf Smile | :)

He is Great Fan of Mr. Johan Rosengren (his idol),Lim Bio Liong, Nishant S and DavidCrow and Believes that, he will EXCEL in his life by following there steps!!!

He started with Visual C++ then moved to C# then he become language agnostic, you give him task,tell him the language or platform, he we start immediately, if he knows the language otherwise he quickly learn it and start contributing productively

Last but not the least, For good 8 years he was Visual CPP MSMVP!

3PillarLabs

India

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

ashcairo

Software Developer (Junior) PLAYIR.com

United Kingdom

7 years console games dev.
3 years mobile r&d.
Now working on a real-time design and development tools for the creation of 3D games and apps across mobile and web platforms. (http://playir.com)

Development history
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 (Codemasters) - PS2/XBox
World Championship Rugby 2005 (Acclaim) - PS2/XBox/PC
50 Cent Blood on the Sand (Activision) - PS3/Xbox 360
F1 2010 (Codemasters) - PS3/Xbox 360/PC
iGrapher (Software is Poetry) - Web/iOS/Android
Stock Market Hero (Software is Poetry) - iOS
Nah Bruv Shisha Sim (Software is Poetry) - iOS
Lambi Islands (France Telecom) - iOS
Female Mosque Finder (Faith Matters) - iOS
Music Gym (Software is Poetry) - iOS
Freedom Square (Software is Poetry) - iOS
FacePlayer (Software is Poetry) - iOS/Android/PC
MyndPlayer (MyndPlay) - iOS
Quran Project (QuranProject.org) - Android
Phone Wars (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8/PC
Food Fighters (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8/PC
Tank Legends (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8
World of Fighters (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8

César de Souza

Engineer NAVER LABS Europe

France

Computer and technology enthusiast, interested in artificial intelligence and image processing. Has a Master's degree on Computer Science specialized on Image and Signal Processing, with expertise on Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Data Mining systems. Author of the Accord.NET Framework for developing scientific computing applications.

If you would like to hire good developers to build your dream application, please check out DaitanGroup, one of the top outsourcing companies in Brazil. This company, located in Brazil's Sillicon Valley but with US-based offices, has huge experience developing telecommunications software for large and small companies worldwide.

Dev Leader

Team Leader Microsoft

United States

I'm a software engineering professional with a decade of hands-on experience creating software and managing engineering teams. I graduated from the University of Waterloo in Honours Computer Engineering in 2012.

I started blogging at http://www.devleader.ca in order to share my experiences about leadership (especially in a startup environment) and development experience. Since then, I have been trying to create content on various platforms to be able to share information about programming and engineering leadership.

My Social:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@DevLeader
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@devleader
Blog: http://www.devleader.ca/
GitHub: https://github.com/ncosentino/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ncosentino
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevLeaderCa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DevLeaderCa
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dev.leader
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickcosentino

Kyle A.B.

Software Developer

United States

I am primarily a C# and ASP.NET Developer but I am beginning to drift towards app development with Apache Cordova (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Lewis Benge

Software Developer (Senior)

Australia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

maxchen666

Software Developer

Australia

an ASP.NET, iOS, Android and Hybrid Developer

Serge Desmedt

Software Developer (Senior)

Belgium

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Simon Jackson

Architect ZenithMoon Studios

United Kingdom

Long-time game developer / IT maniac.
By day I architect, design, build and deliver enriching Mixed Reality solutions to clients, bringing the work of AR/VR to light in new and interesting ways, by night I Masquerade as the Master Chief of ZenithMoon Studios, my own game development studio.

At heart, I am a community developer breaking down lots of fun and curious technologies and bringing them to the masses.

I'm also a contributor to several open-source projects, most notably, the Reality Toolkit and all the services provided by the Reality Collective, The Unity-UI-Extensions project, as well as in the past the AdRotator advertising rotator project for Windows and Windows Phone.

Currently, I spend my time fulfilling contracts in the Mixed Reality space (primarily for an XR experience firm called Ethar), writing books, technically reviewing tons of material and continuing my long tradition of contributing to open-source development, as well as delivering talks, but that goes without saying Big Grin | :-D

Mixed Reality MVP, Xbox Ambassador, MS GameDevelopment Ambassador & Best selling author:

[Accelerating Unity Through Automation](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Accelerating-Unity-Through-Automation-Offloading/dp/1484295072/ref=rvi_sccl_3/262-0817396-1418043)
[Mastering Unity 2D Game Development] (https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/mastering-unity-2d-game-development)
[Unity 3D UI Essentials] (https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/unity-3d-gui-essentials)

sonic_youth

United States

I am JavaScript developer that has a profound experience in developing web apps with jQuery, DHTMLX, Webix and NodeJs. I am glad to share the js news which I learn about.

Ted Neward

Web Developer

United States

Ted Neward is an independent consultant specializing in high-scale enterprise systems, working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services), back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing.

He is the author or co-author of several books, including Effective Enterprise Java, C# In a Nutshell, SSCLI Essentials, Server-Based Java Programming, and a contributor to several technology journals. Ted is also a Microsoft MVP Architect, BEA Technical Director, INETA speaker, former DevelopMentor instructor, frequent worldwide conference speaker, and a member of various Java JSRs. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, and eight PCs.

Tharaka MTR

Technical Lead Eyepax IT Consulting (Pvt) Ltd.

Sri Lanka

Having more than 9 year hands-on industry experience in software development
Responsible for designing, implementing and managing complex software systems with stringent up-time requirement.

Visit my blog

Yildirim Kocdag

Architect

Turkey

Phd. Yildirim Kocdag is a Computer Engineer.

Programming Languages
Android, Objective-c, c#, vb.net, asp.net, javascript, TSQL.

Computer Science
DataMining, Compilers, Expert Systems, Digital Image Processing, AI and Extreme Programming.

ykocdag@yahoo.com

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=223886830

Yuriy Loginov

Software Developer Developer Media

Canada

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

	César de Souza, Diego Catalano - Catalano Framework
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