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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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[Solved] No JVM Installation Found. Please Install 64bit JDK

24 Aug 2015 by XyedBilal

Step by step solution of Android Studio "No JVM Installation" error

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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!

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

Algorithm: Get all possible letter combinations from a dialed number

15 Sep 2011 by ludovicianul

Android - customize EditText like a page in textbook.

9 Jan 2013 by WebMaster

Customize EditText in Android with has lines inside.

Android - Image Operations Using BitmapFactory

30 Jul 2013 by User 4838655

Walltoday is an app for setting a wallpaper for each day.

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Android - List and Kill Background Process

28 Oct 2015 by Ngo Tuong Dan

Android OS is a multitasking operating, there are a lot of running background process, these process make your device will be slower.

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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.

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.

Android ADB Commands Using Batch File

10 Oct 2014 by Pavel Durov

This tip will show how to use a batch file for adb commands.

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.

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.

Android Cards Counter

10 Apr 2015 by ShareIdeas

This Android project can get cards number leveraging the principle of digital image.

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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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Android Database Example Project (Thread Safe Version)

13 Jun 2014 by Right Handed Monkey

This is a tutorial for accessing sqlite databases in Android in a thread safe manner. If you download the library code, please bookmark, comment on, or rate the article - it helps out tremendously.

Android Development - Running Android App

10 Dec 2012 by ShubhamSaxena

Running an Android app.

Android Edit Text with Cross Icon (x)

11 Aug 2013 by huyletran

Make edit text with specified length, delete icon

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Android GCM Push Notification

6 Aug 2012 by Mukund Thakker

Android GCM Push Notification

Android JSON Parser Java Classes Creator Online Tool

12 Feb 2014 by Sukhpal Singh JNU Jaipur

JSON parser classes creator tool for Android

Android Marshmallow Overlay Permission

17 Nov 2015 by Sreenivas Satish

System overlay permissions in Android M

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Android Material Design

23 Aug 2015 by Richard Silveira

Android Material Design for old devices with Design Support Library

Android on Visual Studio

18 Mar 2015 by Houssem_Dellai

Develop Android applications using Visual Studio and C#

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Android project structure (Eclipse)

11 Feb 2012 by Bart Dubois

Memo about structure of the Android project and Support Package

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Android Torch App

22 Jun 2018 by Azim Zahir

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

Android: Activity Life Cycle

4 Sep 2013 by Satyam A.

Here we see how Android Activity LifeCycle works.

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Android: Custom DialogBox

27 Sep 2013 by Satyam A.

How to create a custom dialog box in Android.

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Android: Play Media File in the Assets Folder

17 Apr 2013 by Yildirim Kocdag

Play a media file (wav, MP3, etc) in the Assets folder.

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Android: Set Ringer Silent

17 Apr 2013 by Yildirim Kocdag

This article helps you to set your Android device ringer mode to silent and normal, and check the last mode.

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Android:deserialize KSoap2 response into Complex object or arrays purely

21 Aug 2014 by Little Carl

Library for deserializing the Ksoap2 response .

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Android:SharedPreference

6 Oct 2013 by Satyam A.

How to use SharedPreference to store information in key-value pair in Android

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AngularJS Security - Authorization on Angular Routes

26 Aug 2014 by Pramod Sharma Tech

Securing routes in Angular is not available out of the box. This tip would help in securing routes in Angular based applications.

Apply a custom default style on QML controls

18 Oct 2014 by Marco Bertschi

A short guide on how you can style and customize the appearance of you QML controls in a CSS-like way

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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Bitmap combination

27 Aug 2013 by huyletran

Create a new bitmap by combining many bitmaps.

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

5 Nov 2014 by Arkadeep De

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

Build Cloud Services for Mobile Applications (HTML 5)

10 Sep 2015 by José Cintra

Do take off your applications with the Cloud Services

Building Combined armv7 / x86 apk After Crosswalk Integration in an Cordova / Ionic Project

12 Sep 2015 by mudasser ajaz

Steps to build combined armv7 / x86 Android .apk after adding crosswalk

Call PHP webservice from Android

23 Jul 2014 by sandeepten910

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

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

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.

Check whether location services are enabled on Android Phone

1 Apr 2013 by Melih Mucuk

Checking location services are enabled or disabled on android phone.

Check whether network is available on Android phone

30 Dec 2012 by WebMaster

This code snippet checks whether network is available on an Android phone.

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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.

Compiling Native C/C++ library for Android

20 Aug 2014 by pi19404

This article describes the method to cross compile C/C++ library for Android OS

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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Configure WCF Service to REST

31 Oct 2014 by Shivarajbk

This tip explains how to write RESTFUL WCF service for Android applications.

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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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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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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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

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

Cross-platform Mobile Development vs Native Development

9 Sep 2014 by Dominic Burford

Cross-platform mobile development vs native development

Custom alarm sound for Android phone

4 Feb 2012 by udhaya2code

You can set your own recording, sound tracks, or even your favorite song as your alarm in an Android phone.

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Custom App Chooser in Android

4 May 2016 by shash kant

How to develop a custom App Chooser to show SMS and Whatsapp in Chooser dialog

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Custom Map Tiles (Android)

24 Sep 2012 by valeriyabobko

A simple example of using custom tile server for Android maps using OSM (Open Street Map) library

Customized StickyGridHeaders

13 Sep 2013 by Ahmed Alaa El-Din

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

CyberGod - An Antivirus in C++ for Windows and Android(Java)

18 Oct 2017 by VISWESWARAN1998

CyberGod KSGMPRH is an open source antivirus which is designed to work under Windows operating system. It comes with a DOS Engine helping developers to customize the anti-virus engine as they please.

Debug Ionic Android Application On Mobile Devices or Emulators

16 Sep 2015 by mudasser ajaz

How to debug ionic Android application in development phase

Debugging Android NDK 5 (b) C++ Multithreaded Applications Manually

6 Feb 2011 by User 2623109

Make this ndk-gdb finally work with threads

Decoding Android Development for ASP.NET (webform) Programmers – Part I

20 Apr 2015 by Mani Murthy

Provides a brief overview to developing Android application for developers who are from the ASP.NET background

Designing Android Chat Bubble (Chat UI)

17 Apr 2015 by JoCodes

Creating Simple Android Chat Bubble or Chat UI Layout

Device not recognized with ADB: What to do when everything else failed

1 Aug 2014 by pjaar89

Manufacturer's driver does not work? Device not listed in console or with Eclipse?

Direct Access to SQL Server From Android

19 Nov 2015 by Ngo Tuong Dan

Using JTDS - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver to access SQL Server from Android APP

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Dynamic ListView with Custom Adapter in Android

31 Aug 2015 by Miral Sarwar

Very fruitful approach to control data of ListView dynamically

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Encryption and Decryption Support in .NET and Android

29 Aug 2015 by Miral Sarwar

It supports in C#.NET and Android platform for Encrypting and Decrypting data.

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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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

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.

Facebook & LinkedIn Login with Firebase and Xamarin

12 Sep 2017 by amartya mandal

Facebook & LinkedIn login with Firebase and Xamarin

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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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.

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

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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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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Get Phone Contact Details

18 Jun 2011 by Atulkryadav

Get Phone Contact Details

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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.

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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Getting Started With Android Development

10 Dec 2012 by ShubhamSaxena

Getting started with Android development.

Getting Started With Ionic 4 Cross Platform Android and IOS App

15 Nov 2018 by Zahid Tanveer

Starting with Ionic Framework

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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Google NewsStand Animation Android

1 Jul 2020 by Hariprasanth S

Navigation pattern like in Google News Stand app with transitions

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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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

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.

How to access network speed when playing video in Android Platform

25 Dec 2011 by tojine

As MediaPlayer of Android has no API to know the buffering time, I just only access the speed of network via reading the linux proc file(/proc/net/dev) to enable the UI displaying the download speed

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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

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"

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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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

How to Create a shelfview in Android with TableLayout?

21 May 2012 by omid.nazifi

In this article, we try to make a shelf view show a list of books or newspapers, etc.

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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

How to Create an Android Application Widget using the Apache Cordova Plugin ACE

1 Dec 2017 by Silvia Campo

This post contains steps on how to set up an Android application widget in an hybrid mobile application using Apache Cordova and the plugin ACE from Microsoft.

How to cut a bitmap?

27 Aug 2013 by huyletran