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A Journey to the World of Android Wearable

by ridoy

A brief explanation of application development for Android Wear, helpful for every beginner and intermediate android developer.

Android Services and More

by Safak Tarazan

Usage of services, alarm manager and broadcast receivers

Introducing Calcium for Xamarin.Forms

by Daniel Vaughan

Create best-in-breed cross-platform MVVM apps using Calcium for Xamarin.Forms.

Never Buy A Garage Door Remote Again: Open Your Door With Your Android Phone (via Bluetooth)

by raddevus

Steps for building a device you can add to your existing garage door, which implements an atmega328, bluetooth (hc-05) and relay module which will allow you to open your garage door from any paired Android device.

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Windows / Android (C#/Java) Compatible Data Encryption with Compression

by JudyL_MD

Code sample for passing encrypted compressed data between Windows and Android

Debugging Memory Leaks in Android Applications: Integrating LeakCanary with RxJava

by Ayush Vijaywargi

Enhancing Android app stability by integrating LeakCanary with RxJava for efficient memory leak detection and resolution.

Running Automation Tests At Scale Using Appium

by Suhagkumar Vamja

The article discusses the challenges faced by businesses in releasing mobile applications quickly and the importance of faster time to market (TTM)

Generate Icon Sets for Android and iOS in Native Mobile App Development

by Zijian

Use PowerShell scripts to generate icons of native mobile apps

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Comparison of Android vs iPhone vs Nokia vs BlackBerry vs Windows Mobile 7

22 Apr 2010 by Adrian Vintu

I have previously published an Android vs IPhone comparison and many people requested that I do a comparison of Android vs iPhone vs Nokia vs BlackBerry vs Windows Mobile 7.

Force Locale on Android

29 Sep 2010 by Adrian Vintu

While playing with localization on the Android for my app I came upon an annoying bug.It seems running on Motorola Milestone the fonts were getting smaller on each locale update.I use the following code for locale changing (from http://almondmendoza.com/2009/01/28/force-localize-an-application-

How to Debug on the Samsung Galaxy I7500 Android Phone

24 Jun 2010 by Adrian Vintu

How to Debug on the Samsung Galaxy I7500 Android Phone

Comparison of Android vs iPhone vs Nokia vs BlackBerry vs Windows Mobile 7

15 Jun 2010 by Adrian Vintu

A comparison of Android vs iPhone vs Nokia vs BlackBerry vs Windows Mobile 7

Guideline for your first (Android) mobile application

4 May 2010 by Adrian Vintu

I've had multiple requests on information about developing an (Android) mobile application, so I decided to add my tips in this guideline.

Common Problems in Xamarin.Android and their Solutions

20 Feb 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article, I cover the most widely faced problems in Xamarin installation and setup for Android application development.

My Review of Official Kotlin Shift for Android

21 May 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Here is my review of official Kotlin shift for Android

Fix /dev/kvm is Not Found and Device Permission Denied Errors on Linux/Ubuntu 20.04/19.04

28 Apr 2020 by Ahmed Bouchefra

Solutions to problems you'll encounter when creating new virtual devices

Drupal with Android integration: Make posts and upload photos. Part II - Android

13 Mar 2013 by Andrey Moskvichev

This is part II of the article series on Drupal and Android integration.

Drupal with Android Integration: Make Posts and Upload Photos - Part I - Drupal

13 Mar 2013 by Andrey Moskvichev

Make posts and upload photos

Detecting Incoming and Outgoing Phone Calls on Android

13 Mar 2013 by Andrey Moskvichev

In this article, I'll show you how to detect incoming and outgoing phone calls on the Android platform.

How to Add Banners into Android App and Not Overlap other UI Elements

30 Jun 2015 by Andrey Moskvichev

How to add banners into Android app and not overlap other UI elements

An Efficient Way to Make Button Color Change on Android

5 Jul 2015 by Andrey Moskvichev

This is an efficient way to make button color change on Android

Android Flash Light Application Tutorial Using Camera2 API

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Flash Light Application Tutorial Using Camera2 API

Firebase Android Tutorial Part 1 – Getting Started

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Firebase Android Tutorial : Adding Registration and Login Hello Developers, this is our android firebase tutorial. In this tutorial we will create an android firebase app that will use firebase android login functionality. This post will help you get you up and running with integrating Firebase to a

Android Download Manager Tutorial: How to Download Files using Download Manager from Internet

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Download Manager Tutorial: How to download files using Download Manager from the Internet

Android Material Design: Working with Floating Label EditText

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Material Design: Working with Floating Label EditText

Adding Facebook Login to Android App

20 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Integrating Facebook Login to Android Application. Now a days almost every web and mobile app provides an option to Login with Facebook. This is because most of the people have a facebook account and facebook has provide an easy to integrate SDK to add Facebook Login to your mobile app.

Adding Google Admob Ads to Android App (Banner and Interstitial ads)

28 Aug 2016 by Andy Point

Adding Google Admob Ads to Android App (Banner and Interstitial ads). Google AdMob is the most popular mobile ads platform used by app developers worldwide. Integrating AdMob to your app allows you to monetize your app and earn on the basis of Impressions and clicks on ads in your app.

Google Map Tutorial in Android Studio: How to get current location in Android Google Map

28 Aug 2016 by Andy Point

Google Maps App Tutorial Hello Guys. In this post, we will learn how to make a Google Maps App that detects our current location. Here Google Map V2 will track current location of user and add a marker on it. Pre-requisites:

Adding Google Login to Android App

28 Aug 2016 by Andy Point

Today Almost all web and mobile apps come with Google and Facebook Login, This is a really useful feature for both the app developer and the user, since almost everybody tend to have a google/gmail and facebook account and moreover while logging in with google you don’t need to remember your UserId

Android CardView Tutorial

21 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android CardView Tutorial We have already discussed about RecyclerView in the following tutorial Listing Items using RecyclerView and shown a recyclerview example in android studio. Today we will discuss about CardView in Android SDK which was introduced with the android material design through the

Google Maps Nearby Places API using Retrofit Android

29 Aug 2016 by Andy Point

Google Maps Nearby Places API Hello Guys. Hope all of you are doing well. In this tutorial, we will learn how to add the markers on nearby places in Google Maps API using Retrofit . We will name this App as Google Maps Nearby Places API.

Google Maps Search Nearby : Displaying Nearby Places using Google Places API and Google Maps API V2

9 Sep 2016 by Andy Point

Google Maps Search Nearby In this post we will learn how to find nearby places in Google Maps. We will first see how to get current location of user and then will add marker on nearby places like Restaurants, Hospitals, Schools etc. You can see demo of this post (Google Maps Search Nearby) in above

Android Firebase Cloud Messaging Tutorial

29 Aug 2016 by Andy Point

Android Firebase Cloud Messaging Tutorial Hello Developers, We are back with a new android firebase tutorial. This time we will discuss about Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). We will be using Firebase to add cloud messaging in android app. What is Firebase Cloud Messaging? Firebase Cloud Messaging is

Android Spinner Tutorial

1 Nov 2016 by Andy Point

In this Android Spinner Tutorial, we will learn how to make an Android spinner which will allow us to select an item from a drop down menu in Android.

Android Picasso Tutorial Using Picasso Android Library

1 Nov 2016 by Andy Point

In this post, we will discuss how to use picasso in Android studio to download images over network by creating a Picasso Android app.

Android Horizontal ListView Tutorial

4 Nov 2016 by Andy Point

In this horizontal listview Android example, we will discuss how to create a horizontal listview using RecyclerView.

7 Android Libraries Every Developer Should Know About

23 Jan 2018 by Aram Tchekrekjian

Seven Android libraries every developer needs to know

Retrofit Tutorial in Android – Part 1: Introduction

26 Nov 2020 by Aram Tchekrekjian

How to use Retrofit to easily build an app that connects to an HTTP-based service with the use of GET method to retrieve data and display it nicely on the screen

A Complete Tutorial to Connect Android with ASP.NET Core Web API

21 Jul 2021 by Aram Tchekrekjian

In this tutorial, we will learn how to connect Android with ASP.NET Core Web API.

Android Lists: ListActivity and ListView I – Basic Usage

19 Apr 2011 by Austin Rasmussen

The Android ListActivity makes it simple to display a list of items in your application.

Android Lists: ListActivity and ListView II – Custom Adapter and List Item View

19 Apr 2011 by Austin Rasmussen

Continued from: Android Lists: ListActivity and ListView I.

Android - Finding your SDK debug certificate MD5 fingerprint using Keytool

28 Jan 2013 by BillOsuch

Finding your SDK debug certificate MD5 fingerprint using Keytool.

5 Tips to Improve Performance in Android Applications

18 Mar 2014 by Cindy Potvin

This post gives 5 tips to improve performance in Android applications

Creating Logs in Android Applications

4 Mar 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to create logs in Android applications

Formatting Dates with Java in Android Applications

31 Mar 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to format dates with Java in Android applications

Introduction: How to Save Data in your Android Application

6 May 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to save data in your Android application

Saving Data to a File in Your Android Application

2 Jun 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to save data to a file in your Android application

Saving Preferences in your Android Application

18 Jun 2014 by Cindy Potvin

This is the third post in my series about saving data in Android.

Saving to a SQLite Database in Your Android Application

13 Aug 2014 by Cindy Potvin

This is the fourth post in my series about saving data in Android applications.

Building Maintainable Android Applications

15 Sep 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to build maintainable Android applications

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Storing the State of an Activity of your Android Application

3 Nov 2014 by Cindy Potvin

This is the last post in my series about saving data in your Android application.

Display a String List in an Android ListView

26 Jan 2015 by Cindy Potvin

How to display a string List in an Android ListView

How to Show a Toast for a Specific Duration in Android

4 May 2015 by Cindy Potvin

How to show a Toast for a specific duration in Android

Saving An Image in a SQLite Database in Your Android Application

26 May 2015 by Cindy Potvin

Saving an image in a SQLite database in your Android application

How to Get Started with Android Development – Basic Structure

3 Oct 2016 by Cindy Potvin

How to get started with Android development - Basic structure

How to Get Started with Android Development: Layout Managers

31 Jan 2017 by Cindy Potvin

How to get started with Android development: Layout managers

How to Get Started with Android Development – Layout Managers

17 Oct 2022 by Cindy Potvin

At the end of my last article, I left you hanging after describing activities, without telling you how to build a UI, so here we go.

Trouble with Adapters

29 Jan 2015 by Codeman the Barbarian

Trouble with Adapters

Generating Localized Resources in Mono for Android Using T4

15 Apr 2013 by Daniel Vaughan

Generating localized resources in Mono for Android using T4.

Android Development FAIL

20 Nov 2009 by DavidSchmitt

Android development FAIL

Fragments: Creating a Tabbed Android User Interface

9 Jan 2014 by Dev Leader

Creating a tabbed Android User Interface.

WCF and Android - Part I

2 Apr 2012 by deveck

This article describes how to create a REST WCF-Webservice which can be consumed on Android devices.

WCF and Android: Part II

5 Apr 2012 by deveck

How to consume a JSON REST WCF service using Android

Simple Notepad for Android

21 Aug 2014 by Edison Heng

A simple notepad for Android

Simple Sync Apps

26 Feb 2013 by Edison Heng

Synchronizing between Android and desktop

Android Live Wallpaper Tutorial

13 Mar 2017 by hexgear

I this post I will describe how I put together the live wallpaper.

Android Parsing JSON

14 Jul 2017 by hexgear

In this article, I will share how to parse JSON using JSON-Java in Android, however the snippet is not limited to Android only.

Android Recycler View Tutorial: Part 2

25 Nov 2017 by hexgear

Android Recycler View Tutorial

Android: ipPrint4 Print Label/Receipts to IP Printer

11 May 2014 by hjgode

Android: ipPrint4 Print Label/Receipts to IP Printer

XNA/Android Cross-platform and Strongly-typed Access to Game Contents

17 Oct 2011 by Inaki Ayucar

XNA/Android cross-platform and strongly-typed access to game contents

Youtube Data API v3 on Android – Introduction

24 Mar 2015 by Isaac RF

Introduction to Youtube Data API v3 on Android

ASO – App Store Optimization for Beginners

27 Jul 2015 by Isaac RF

ASO – App Store Optimization for Beginners

Displaying Bitmaps Efficiently on Android Apps

24 Aug 2016 by Isaac RF

To create visually engaging apps, displaying images is a must. Learn to display Bitmaps Efficiently on your Android apps, without giving away performance. The post Displaying Bitmaps Efficiently on Android apps appeared first on Isaac RF.

Simple Custom Fonts Helper in Xamarin.Forms for Android

4 Mar 2017 by Junian Triajianto

This post discusses simple custom fonts helper in Xamarin.Forms for Android

Android meets .NET !!!

22 Aug 2011 by kb-boxer

Android meets .NET

Out of pocket and Android Calendars

16 Sep 2015 by Kevin Mack

So, I know I've been out of pocket the past two weeks, and that includes all social medias. Honestly I just started a new job, and my wife did as well. So in my family, we do life events in batches. But I didn't want to stay out of pocket

Introducing EasyLayout.Droid For Simpler Xamarin Android Layouts

19 Jan 2017 by Lee P Richardson

If you've ever wanted the same type of functionality for Xamarin Android either for consistency or ease of cross platform code sharing, now you can with EasyLayout.Droid.

Kill AXML - Programmatic ListViews in Xamarin Android

27 Mar 2017 by Lee P Richardson

Kill AXML - Programmatic ListViews in Xamarin Android

Building Glassware with the Xamarin Android and Google’s GDK

21 Nov 2013 by Lewis Benge

Building Glassware with the Xamarin Android and Google's GDK

A Simple opengl Example of Android using cle

25 Nov 2011 by li9705

A simple opengl example of Android using cle

Wrapping Irrlicht For Android

21 Feb 2012 by li9705

Irrlicht is a well-known Open Source 3D engine, which supports multiple platforms

Let Android support multiple programming languages

13 Apr 2012 by li9705

Can we write programs in Android with other languages? The answer is yes.

Writing Android GUI using Python (Introduction)

16 Apr 2012 by li9705

Writing Android GUI using Python (Introduction)

Writing Android GUI using Python (basic GUI Elements)

19 Apr 2012 by li9705

An example of basic Android GUI elements created and controlled using python, which may be buttons, textviews, checkboxs, radiobuttons

Writing an Android GUI using Python (Gallery)

24 Apr 2012 by li9705

Writing an Android GUI using Python

Writing Android GUI Using LUA (Introduction)

30 Apr 2012 by li9705

How to write Android GUI using LUA (introduction)

Writing an Android GUI using Python

3 May 2012 by li9705

The examples in this article will create a menu, scroll view and popup window.

Writing Android GUI using Python (6:layout)

30 May 2012 by li9705

How to write Android GUI using Python (6:layout)

Using Camera in Android Application

2 Dec 2014 by Madhur Kapoor

How to use camera in Android application

Xamarin.Forms: Cutting App Costs In Half

9 Jun 2019 by marcusts

A Smart Platform for a Challenging Era Most mobile device owners are passionate about their phones. They’re either a high-tech Android type or an aesthetic iPhone type. And they agree about very little when it comes to their metallic soul-mates.

Open Source Android Libraries Every Programmer Should Know

27 Jun 2015 by Member 11794279

Here are some open source Android libraries every programmer should know.

Android is Not Fragmented – iOS is Defragmented

12 Apr 2012 by Michael Banzon

It is not Android that is fragmented – it is iOS that is not-fragmented.

Why are Android Releases So Slow?

13 Apr 2012 by Michael Banzon

This is a translation and partial rewrite of a piece I wrote in Danish: Opdatering Android (PDF).

Why the Long Delay on Android Updates?

13 Apr 2012 by Michael Banzon

This is actually a modified + translated version of this piece I wrote in Danish: Opdatering Android (PDF).

Dynamically Changing Android App Icons, For the Rest of Us (Literally)

1 Jun 2020 by Mohammad Nasirifar

This is the story of the letters in the date of Google Calendar.

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Xamarin Frame and Disappearing Outline

23 Apr 2016 by n.podbielski

This is another article in the mini series of Xamarin bugs and workarounds for them.

Xamarin Frame and Style with Padding

23 Apr 2016 by n.podbielski

Xamarin Frame and Style with Padding

Detecting Software Keyboard Events in Xamarin Android

25 Feb 2017 by n.podbielski

Reusable service for detecting if software keyboard is visible or not on Xamarin Android

Automatic Scrolling to Edited Text Box in Xamarin Android

7 May 2017 by n.podbielski

Fixing hiding text box controls by software keyboard on Xamarin Android

Google's Depth Map

15 May 2015 by Neta777

In this post I want to examine the image files generated by Lens Blur.

AndroidServiceClient with Authentication

3 Jul 2015 by NormDroid

AndroidServiceClient with Authentication

Applying MVC Architecture to Titanium Mobile Apps

6 Dec 2012 by Phil Sweeney

Applying MVC architecture to Titanium mobile apps

Demo of PhoneGap on an Android

2 Apr 2013 by PratapReddyP

Demo of PhoneGap on an Android

Shared Preferences and Yes/No Alert Dialog in Android

1 Apr 2013 by PratapReddyP

In this post, my intent is to use the internal memory of an android and save / retrieve the data from different views.

Create a Live Aquarium Wallpaper in Android

29 Oct 2011 by Rajeesh.C.V

Android development - Aquarium Live wallpaper

Developing Android Apps using C#

4 Oct 2013 by Raymund Macaalay

If you love C# and want to create an Android application using that language then you have to thank Xamarin as they created this great Cross Platform development tool which enables developers to develop iOS and Android apps in C# language.

Android Networking Example and Tutorial (with easy retries)

19 Feb 2015 by Right Handed Monkey

This post explains how to use the WorxForUs Network framework to have an Android app that works robustly even in areas that have poor network connectivity.

Obscured Shared Preferences for Android

16 Jun 2014 by Right Handed Monkey

Obscured shared preferences for Android