On easy example shown how to implement UIKit and SwiftUI TableView auto resizable cells and explained difference between Nib and Xib, how to load nib file and what exactly owner parameter of the load nib file method.

How to Add Live Activity to Your Existing Project - Part I

by Dearich

First part of the ultimate guide on how to add a Live Activity feature to your project

Azure IoT Central Tester

by Roman Kiss

Design and implementation of small tool, tester for Azure IoT Central

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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

Android

Mobile

A Collection of the Most Useful Droidio (Android Studio) Hotkeys

21 May 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

A potentially-exhausting-but-not-exhaustive list of shortcut key combinations to use in Android Studio

Java

Mobile

Dev

A purist hello world app: an IPhone project template without .XIB

13 Aug 2010 by Ohmu

A step-by-step Guide to getting a pure code application template.

Objective-C

iPhone

Mobile

A solution to get rid of the flicker of controls on scroll window(WINCE/WM)

7 Nov 2010 by Chen_Zhuo

Access Genymotion Folders in Windows Explorer/Finder using Smart Disk Pro

2 Dec 2015 by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Explore your Genymotion Device folders

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!

Access Violation Crash on Windows Phone Devices

21 Apr 2015 by Bogdan Bujdea

Access Violation Crash on Windows Phone Devices

Achieveing Indefinite Background Execution with the Microsoft Band

6 Oct 2015 by James M Croft

This post covers getting your Windows apps connected to a Microsoft Band for an indefinite period of time.

Adapting responsive design to Windows RT snapped view

4 Mar 2013 by Sergey Zwezdin

How to adapt your responsive HTML pages to Windows RT snapped mode.

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

Adding a Notification Message to an iOS App

13 Jun 2014 by Michael Gledhill

How to add an fade-in message to your iPhone app in 5 minutes

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.

Android

Mobile

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.

Java

Android

Mobile

Android CodeView - the Easiest Way to Highlight Text

7 Apr 2021 by AmrDeveloper

How to use CodeViewAndroid Library in many projects features

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

Java

Android

Mobile

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 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#

Android

Mobile

Xamarin

Android project structure (Eclipse)

11 Feb 2012 by Bart Dubois

Memo about structure of the Android project and Support Package

Android

Mobile

Android: Activity Life Cycle

4 Sep 2013 by Satyam A.

Here we see how Android Activity LifeCycle works.

Java

Android

Mobile

Android: Custom DialogBox

27 Sep 2013 by Satyam A.

How to create a custom dialog box in Android.

Java

Android

Mobile

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.

Java

Android

Mobile

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.

Java

Android

Mobile

Android:deserialize KSoap2 response into Complex object or arrays purely

21 Aug 2014 by Little Carl

Library for deserializing the Ksoap2 response .

Java

Android

Mobile

Android:SharedPreference

6 Oct 2013 by Satyam A.

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

Java

Android

Mobile

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.

Another way of Consuming WCF from PHP, iPhone, JavaMobile, JSON clients

27 Sep 2010 by Frozen Rain

There is a simple way to consume WCF from clients which do not support Microsoft's SOAP implementation. It is achieved by using REST to accept data and convert REST calls to SOAP calls with the PHP Framework.

Application bar for Windows Phone 7

24 Apr 2012 by QArea Team

Application Bar is a pop-up panel at the bottom of the application window, which can contain from one to four buttons, which allow you to perform some action.

Windows-Phone-7

Mobile

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

AutoLayout and UILabel Don't Get Along

12 Dec 2013 by Yvan Rodrigues

This handy tip is an easy workaround for a shortcoming in iOS 6 and 7.

Avoid NSFetchedResultsController crashing app when popping

7 Jan 2012 by RobCroll

Stop app crashing with "-[MyClass controllerWillChangeContent:]: message sent to deallocated instance"?

Azure Mobile Services Managed Backend–fortumo Mobile Payment Integration

26 Sep 2014 by IInjac

Azure Mobile Services Managed Backend–fortumo Mobile Payment Integration

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.

Java

Android

Mobile

Bing Maps in Windows Phone

9 Nov 2012 by Houssem_Dellai

Using Bing Maps in Windows Phone 7

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

Calendar of Events in Windows Phone

15 Oct 2012 by Houssem Dellai

Developing a Windows Phone app step by step

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.

Java

Android

Mobile

Checking Location Service Permissions on iOS

25 Oct 2013 by Melih Mucuk

Check whether location service enabled for your app.

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.

Clean up your margins when using the Windows Phone 7 AD SDK

20 Mar 2011 by mbcrump

This article will show you a tip/trick to help your ad display properly.

Windows-Phone-7

Mobile

CodeFirst with SQLite using Entity Framework 7

16 Sep 2015 by Nils Paluch

This tip demonstrates how to use the buildin SQLite stack of Entity Framework 7 on desktop and mobile applications.

Codeless IQKeyboardManager for iOS

24 Nov 2014 by hack.iftekhar

IQKeyboardManager for iOS

iPhone

Mobile

Dev

Common Capturing of GUI Events

4 Dec 2015 by gggustafson

This tip presents a general method for capturing GUI events.

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.

Android

Mobile

Configure WCF Service to REST

31 Oct 2014 by Shivarajbk

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

Connecting Windows Phone to Band & Creating New Tile on Band

27 Oct 2015 by Pruthviraj Mohite

This tip gives you details about how to connect Windows Phone to Microsoft Band.

Controlling the Speed of Scroll Viewer in Windows Phone 8

5 Feb 2015 by Mawy

To control the speed of scroll viewer component in Windows phone

correct simulate OnClick-Event on every Control in .NET Compact Framework

25 Aug 2010 by Taulie

.NET Compact Framework

Mobile

.NET

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

Java

Android

Mobile

Create and Run Your First Smart Watch App in 5 Minutes or Less

19 Sep 2015 by lschauer

Build and run a real smart watch app without even downloading an SDK

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.

Android

Mobile

Creating a WCF Service with JSON Data and Using it on iOS

31 Mar 2013 by Melih Mucuk

Creating a WCF Service with JSON data for use on iOS

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 Delegates in Objective-C

14 Feb 2015 by Dennis E White

How to create delegates in Objective-C

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.

Android

Mobile

phone

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

Java

Android

Mobile

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.

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

Designing for the BlackBerry PlayBook

18 Apr 2011 by Paul Trani

Blackberry

Mobile

Developing iPhone Application: Making a Small Browser

22 Oct 2010 by bmharwani

In this article, we will make a small browser comprising of Text Field, Round Rect Button and a Web View control.

iPhone

Mobile

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?

Different styles for writing Hello World program in the Ring programming language

28 Dec 2017 by Rubin Liu

A quick look around the different styles in the Ring programming language!

Disable SMS and other messaging on Windows Mobile

3 Mar 2010 by hjgode

If you want to lockdown a user of a Windows Mobile device to not send/receive SMS messages or eMails, you can use a blacklist. First enable Disallow policy on the device and then list all apps you dont like the user to run.REGEDIT4;Enable blacklist of applications that should not...

Mobile

Disable the ActiveSync Partnership setup dialog

4 May 2010 by hjgode

If you are developing for windows mobile devices and got several devices, you may not want to be asked to setup a “New Partnership” on a new connected device.To avoid partnering, you use a registry key and you will no more be asked to setup a partnership with your PocketPC or Windows CE...

Mobile

Windows

Display Activity Indicator with Overlay

5 Dec 2015 by Vince Chan