Using Google Maps in Android
Google Maps is one of the many applications bundled with the Android platform. In addition to simply using the Maps application, you can also embed it into your own applications and make it do some...
View ArticleUnderstanding User Interface in Android - Part 1: Layouts
So far in my previous few articles on Android I have focused on showing you how to get things done in Android without really spending too much time discussing the visual aspect of Android application...
View ArticleUnderstanding User Interface in Android - Part 2: Views
In the previous article on Android UI you saw the components that make up the UI of an Android application. The basic unit of the Android UI is the View. A View represents a widget that has an...
View ArticleUnderstanding User Interface in Android - Part 3: More Views
In the previous article, you saw the various basic views such as the TextView, EditText, Button, and how you can use them in your Android applications. In this article, we shall continue our...
View ArticleUnderstanding User Interface in Android - Part 4: Even More Views
In this final installation of the Android Views series of articles, we shall continue our exploration of another category of views - Menu views, and some additional cool views. The views discussed...
View ArticleDisplaying Status Bar Notifications in Android
Developers of Android are no doubt familiar with the Toast class, which displays a little pop-up containing whatever message you want to display to the user. However, the Toast pop-up will...
View ArticleIntroduction to Windows Phone 7 Development
By now, you should already have heard of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. And while many developers are busy developing for Android and iPhone, Microsoft is hard at work, developing its...
View ArticlePreserving User Preferences in Android Applications
Often you need to store personalized information for each user of your application. For example, your application may require users to logon to a secure server for authentication. In this case, the...
View ArticleConsuming JSON services in Android apps
Unless you are writing a Hello World Android application, chances are your application would need to connect to the outside world to fetch some data, such as live currency exchange rates, weather...
View ArticleDeveloping with Google Maps v2 for Android
In one of my previous articles, I talked about embedding Google Maps in Android applications. Much has changed as Google went about revamping a lot of existing APIs in Android. In version 1 of Google...
View ArticleGetting Started with Pebble Development
Pebble is a smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology Corporation. It is one of the most successful Kickstarter projects to-date and has received significant successes with consumers. The Pebble watch...
View ArticleUsing Google Maps in Android
Google Maps is one of the many applications bundled with the Android platform. In addition to simply using the Maps application, you can also embed it into your own applications and make it do some...
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