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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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How to integrate Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin in Android Apps

12 Sep 2012 by 3PillarLabs

This article help users to integrate Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace functionality easily in Android apps.

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Installing Applications on android from your computer

30 Aug 2010 by a-machan

The purpose of the article is to provide a simple description to install applications that are not available on android market or for testing our own applications on the device. The android installation executables will have an .apk extension (apk – android package)

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Generator for SQLite Use in Android

13 Nov 2014 by A.Ebrahimi

Tools introduction for Android developers who use SQlite in coding

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VS 2015 Crashes When open *.axml files using Android Designer Xamarin

25 Jul 2016 by Ahmad Kharsah

Fix VS2015 Crashes when open *.axml file after Update Xamarin and Java JDK

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Android

Xamarin

Customized StickyGridHeaders

13 Sep 2013 by Ahmed Alaa El-Din

I customized StickyGridHeaders to work on any data and group by any data.

Shared Preferences (ANDROID)

20 Jan 2014 by Ahmed Jubayer

Using shared preferences in Android

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Chocolatechip-UI, Cordova and Android - Handling Physical Back Button Events

22 Aug 2015 by Alfeu Lucas Guedes

How to handle Android physical back button events with Chocolatechip-UI and Cordova.

Get actual screen size for the application layout dynamically

12 Jan 2012 by All Time Programming

Get actual screen size for the application layout dynamically

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Style Any Activity as an Alert Dialog in Android

19 Jul 2013 by Amanpreet Mukker

Simple trick that I find very useful

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Write Code for Different Android Versions in Your App

19 Jul 2013 by Amanpreet Mukker

Simple approach to handle fragmentation

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Parse JSON Data in Android

4 Aug 2013 by Amanpreet Mukker

Parsing JSON data in Android is simple and seamless

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Mobile

Facebook & LinkedIn Login with Firebase and Xamarin

12 Sep 2017 by amartya mandal

Facebook & LinkedIn login with Firebase and Xamarin

Create a Code Editor Android Application using CodeView Library

4 Nov 2020 by AmrDeveloper

How to create a Code Editor Android Application for Go Programming Langauge using CodeView Library

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Mobile

Android CodeView - the Easiest Way to Highlight Text

7 Apr 2021 by AmrDeveloper

How to use CodeViewAndroid Library in many projects features

Android CodeView: Auto Indentation, Find and Replace

11 Jan 2022 by AmrDeveloper

Create Android Code Editor app with CodeView that supports auto indenting, finding matching and replacing keywords

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How to Create Adapters Easily in 2022 as an Android Developer

4 Mar 2022 by AmrDeveloper

How to get any Adapter class from model class easily and quickly

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

5 Nov 2014 by Arkadeep De

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

How to make EditText With Border and Gradient Background in Android Using XML

24 Nov 2014 by ashishkumar008

Here, I am going to apply a good look and feel on EditText in Android. For this purpose, we can use image also but I'll use XML here.

Push to Single Android Device

3 Jun 2014 by Attila Kúr

Alternative Push Notifications (without GCM) targeting a single device

Get Phone Contact Details

18 Jun 2011 by Atulkryadav

Get Phone Contact Details

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Java Implementation of the Base26GPS Standard

22 Jul 2013 by avi shaby

This tip describes the Java implementation of Base26GPS.

Running Android Apps on Emulator

26 Nov 2012 by Azim Zahir

This article demonstrates running Android applications on emulator.

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Android Torch App

22 Jun 2018 by Azim Zahir

This is a demonstration of a Torch application built using Android.

How to Effortlessly become a Historian, Archaeologist, and Forensic Technician (with your Android code)

9 Apr 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

How to View Every Change You've Ever Made to a File in Droidio With No Setup

How to Populate a Spinner (Dropdown/Picklist) with Values in Android

19 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Easily create and hook up values to display in an Android Spinner

Creating and Invoking an Activity in Droidio (Android Studio)

19 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

How to create an Android Activity and its associated Layout file, then invoke (intent) them from another Activity

How to Add an AsyncTask to an Android Activity

16 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Step-by-step instructions for adding an Async Task to an Android Activity

Change an Android Layout's default header text

16 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

How to quickly and easily change a Layout's header text

Show a Toast in the Middle of the Android Screen

16 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Simple tip on how to show a toast in response to an event, and center it in the screen

Use Android Themes to Incorporate a DRY Layout

19 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Simple steps needed to globally change a widget property

The Easiest Way to Create a Layout for an Android App Intended for a Single Device

20 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Learn the easiest way to create an Android Layout, especially when form factors of the target devices are limited

Quick-and-Dirty Way to Get All Records from Any SQLite Table (Using Java from Android)

20 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Learn how to get all records from any SQLite table, passing the Table Name as String and receiving a StringBuilder

How to Enclose Multiple Android Widgets in a Rectangle

21 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

In which the user is shown how to enclose multiple widgets in a rectangle

How to Add Borders to Android Widgets

30 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Add borders to Android widgets, such as EditTexts, to "set them off/apart"

Add Menu Items, and Respond to Them, in Android Activities

4 Jun 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Wherein the steps to add menu items, and respond to them being selected, is delineated

How to Reference Colors by Name in Android Layouts

9 Jun 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

A handful of easy steps to enable using names instead of hex vals for colors

How to Send Email From an Exception Block in Android

9 Jun 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Simple code to send email which contains Exception text from a Catch Block

Android project structure (Eclipse)

11 Feb 2012 by Bart Dubois

Memo about structure of the Android project and Support Package

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Creating Progress Bar When Loading Two or More Async Tasks in Android

17 Dec 2018 by Benktesh Sharma

Tips for tracking progress on multiple async tasks in Android

Switching between List Empty and Busy Indicators for Android ListView

24 Feb 2014 by cigwork

I wanted to show a "no data" legend when there's nothing to show for an asynchronously loaded list and a busy indicator whilst items are being sought/loaded.

Learn Android programming with Kotlin: Using VideoView and MediaController

16 Mar 2020 by Coding Notes

How to use VideoView and MediaController in Kotlin

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Access REST Resources Secured By UAG from Mobile Device

21 Jun 2013 by Daron Cox

If you're trying to integrate with UAG from a mobile device, this tip is for you!

Passing Values to an Intent

4 Feb 2013 by DASoftware

Tip on how to pass a value to an intent

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Configure Intel HAXM with Google Android Studio

9 Feb 2015 by David Fan Quan

Introduction of how to configure Intel's HAXM with Google Android Studio to accelerate Android emulator.

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How to Name Your Android APP Correctly

12 Feb 2015 by David Fan Quan

Are you sure you really know how to name your app? If you know Activity's label has higher priority than Application's label, you'll get it.

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Android - To Do\Shopping List

13 Jun 2013 by Deepali Dhingra

This tip explains how to create a to do or Shopping List app with listview, sqlite, dialog and customadapter

Android - To Do\Shopping List [Tip/Trick] - Part 2

13 Jun 2013 by Deepali Dhingra

This tip explains how to create a to do or Shopping List app with listview, sqlite, dialog and customadapter.

Sensors in Android

14 Jun 2015 by Deepali Dhingra

This contains information about Sensors in Android.

Change The Image Color in Android

22 Mar 2013 by Dheeraj Singh Bhadoria

This Artical shows that how we can change the color of any image throw Bitmap

How To Make The ListView Aware Of Data Changes

5 Sep 2017 by dimpant

Learn how to properly use the NotifyDataSetChanged method of the ListViewAdapter to remove items from a ListView

Cross-platform Mobile Development vs Native Development

9 Sep 2014 by Dominic Burford

Cross-platform mobile development vs native development

Executing Asynchronous Tasks using Threads and Updating the UI

21 Apr 2013 by Eduardo Antonio Cecilio Fernandes

Add asynchronous tasks, using threads, in Android activities while updating its progress to the UI. Use this technique for SDKs lower than 1.5.

Bar Chart with Click Listener in Android

20 Apr 2015 by emerR46

Show an option when a selected bar chart is clicked in from screen.

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Get rid of Parcelable Implemention

4 Jan 2015 by farhad2161

In this article we will implement a general Parcelable class and name it ParcelableEntity. Then all other entity class can extend it, then they will be parcelable too. So there is no need to implement Parcelable class for other classes.

Setting up Apache Cordova for cross-platform mobile development

17 Feb 2015 by Feature Extraction

In this article I will cover the steps to set up Apache Cordova. I’ll first set up the Android SDK, an Android Virtual Device, Apache Ant and finally, Cordova.

Free virtual test devices

17 Dec 2012 by Fredrik Bornander

When the emulator isn't enough for testing and the money isn't enough for an actual device

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Android App To Browse A Website

18 Apr 2014 by Garvit Arya

It is a personalized web Browser that can open a certain website directly.

How to Develop a Simple Android Service

9 Mar 2015 by giaosucan

Simple way to create service on Android Application

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Using C for Android Development (the Easy Way)

17 Feb 2021 by Gábor Angyal

Binding C structs and functions to Kotlin is easier than you have thought!

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Architect

How to Make Your Own Android Weather Application Using Google Weather API

20 Mar 2014 by Hadrich Mohamed

This tip shows you how to make your own Android Weather Application using XML Parsing.

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Send email with attachment in Android

13 Oct 2011 by Hamdy Ghanem

How to send an email with attachment in Android.

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Google NewsStand Animation Android

1 Jul 2020 by Hariprasanth S

Navigation pattern like in Google News Stand app with transitions

Android on Visual Studio

18 Mar 2015 by Houssem_Dellai

Develop Android applications using Visual Studio and C#

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Mobile

Xamarin

Android Edit Text with Cross Icon (x)

11 Aug 2013 by huyletran

Make edit text with specified length, delete icon

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Bitmap combination

27 Aug 2013 by huyletran

Create a new bitmap by combining many bitmaps.

How to cut a bitmap?

27 Aug 2013 by huyletran

Cut bitmap!

WebView browser controller

30 Aug 2013 by huyletran

Android webview browser controller

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Rotate Bitmap

27 Aug 2013 by huyletran

Rotate bitmap

Listview Endless Scrolling

7 Sep 2013 by huyletran

Make a vertical listview with scroll looping

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Working (19.12.2017) Push Notifications to Android with C# over Firebase Cloud Messaging

19 Dec 2017 by infal

This article shows how to send push notification to your mobile (Android) app from .NET infrastructure.

How to Connect a Client on Your Host to a Server Running on Andoid Emulator

28 Dec 2017 by infal

How to establish a connection to server running in Android emulator

Android access to .NET Web Service with Object as parameter and return value

8 Jul 2011 by Ivan Budiono

Class to access a .NET Web Service with an Object parameter or even an array of objects.

Handling Back Button Press in an Activity Called For Result

26 Jun 2015 by JainGirish

Understanding Android activities handling of back key press - some useful tips to avoid unexpected results or app crash

Java Android Spinner

22 Jan 2016 by Jan Bodnar

This tip shows how to use a Spinner widget in Android Java.

Create Gradient Lines with Drawables in Android

23 Nov 2011 by Jaydeep Jadav

This article will show you how to create simple gradient line separators to spice up the layout a little bit.

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Get the versionCode and versionName of your Android app

23 Nov 2011 by Jaydeep Jadav

The following trick tell you How to get the versionCode and versionName of your android app using code

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equals( ) Versus == in Java(Android)

24 Nov 2011 by Jaydeep Jadav

It is important to understand that the equals( ) method and the == operator perform two different operations.

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Using Hardware Keys on Android for Security Apps

20 Apr 2015 by jit_knit

Using Hardware Keys on Android for Security Apps

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Mobile

Using Spinner Control for Filtering ListView - Android

13 Apr 2015 by JoCodes

Filter ListView Items using Spinner ( with custom adapters, Model Classes )

Designing Android Chat Bubble (Chat UI)

17 Apr 2015 by JoCodes

Creating Simple Android Chat Bubble or Chat UI Layout

Handle Click Events of Multiple Buttons Inside a RecyclerView

11 Feb 2018 by JoCodes

Handling multiple click events of multiple buttons placed inside CardView / RecyclerView from Activity instead of from Adapter

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Connecting Android App to Web Page with POST Parameters

15 Feb 2016 by Jose V. Huerta

Android APP to web page (POST parameters)

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Example of Using Google Maps Service and GPS in Android

23 Dec 2014 by joseacl79

Create a Google maps app and add markers on it

How to add external library file in Android Studio

17 Jun 2013 by josh-jw

This article will give you a good idea about adding external jar files in Android Studio.

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Global Variable in Android

26 Jun 2013 by josh-jw

This tip will help you to develop global variable in Android application.

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Build Cloud Services for Mobile Applications (HTML 5)

10 Sep 2015 by José Cintra

Do take off your applications with the Cloud Services

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

13 Mar 2024 by JudyL_MD

Code sample for passing encrypted compressed data between Windows and Android

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Android

Windows

Simple Singleton Pattern in Android

29 Nov 2015 by Kamran_Shahid

Singleton pattern implementation in Android

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Design

Gearing Up for Android Studio 2.0

17 Jan 2016 by Kaushal Dhruw

Prepare your Android dev environment for the next awesome release. Android Studio 2.0 preview.

Changing the Default apk Name in Android

9 Apr 2016 by Kaushal Dhruw

Change that default apk name in generated->output directory of your Android application with a script gradle plugin.

Generating Android App Version Code and Name Automatically

10 Apr 2016 by Kaushal Dhruw

Automate version name and code generation of your Android app using simple gradle tricks

Android Alphabetic IndexBar Scroller

20 Feb 2013 by Khushboo Kaur

This article would help you develop the Index Bar for Android across all screen resolutions.

Handling Phone Events in Android Programs

19 Sep 2012 by krasnoff

In this article, we will learn to write code which responds to various phone events such as: phone ring, start conversation, start outgoing calls, etc.

Top 3 Lessons Learned Designing Android App

26 Sep 2014 by Krishna Rungta