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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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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

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7 Android Libraries Every Developer Should Know About

23 Jan 2018 by Aram Tchekrekjian

Seven Android libraries every developer needs to know

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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.

A Simple opengl Example of Android using cle

25 Nov 2011 by li9705

A simple opengl example of Android using cle

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Accessing Java Classes from Mono for Android via JNI

16 Apr 2012 by Sebastian Krysmanski

This article will show some basic examples of how to call a method of a Java class from Mono for Android.

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.

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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.

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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

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

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Android - Finding your SDK debug certificate MD5 fingerprint using Keytool

28 Jan 2013 by BillOsuch

Finding your SDK debug certificate MD5 fingerprint using Keytool.

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Android - Programmatically Register System Broadcast Receiver at Runtime

9 Oct 2017 by Right Handed Monkey

How to programmatically register system broadcast receiver at runtime in Android

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Android 4: New Features for Application Development – PacktPub Book Review

11 Feb 2013 by Simon Jackson

This book is a practical and hands-on guide for developing Android applications using new features of Android Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), with a step-by-step approach and clearly explained sample code.

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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

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Android Development FAIL

20 Nov 2009 by DavidSchmitt

Android development FAIL

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Android Development – Getting Started

16 Jan 2013 by ShubhamSaxena

A quick start to your first Android app.

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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 Drawing App Tutorial – Pt. 1

31 Oct 2015 by Val Okafor

In this blog post, I will show you how to create Android drawing app. This blog post is part one of a two part tutorial series where I will show you how to create simple but delightful Android drawing app.

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Android Drawing App Tutorial – Pt. 1

18 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

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Android Drawing App Tutorial – Pt. 2

4 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

This blog post is part two of my Android Drawing App tutorials. It is strongly encouraged that you finish part one of this tutorial before proceeding with this one.

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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

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Android Flash Light Application Tutorial Using Camera2 API

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Flash Light Application Tutorial Using Camera2 API

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.

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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.

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Android iText Pdf Example

28 Apr 2015 by Val Okafor

This blog post stems from my recent experience building my soon to be released Invoicing app. I waited until the last minute to integrate PDF hoping that there is a magical boolean I can set to true and voila, my deeply nested view will be converted to PDF.

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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 Live Wallpaper Tutorial

13 Mar 2017 by hexgear

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

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Android Material Design: Working with Floating Label EditText

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Material Design: Working with Floating Label EditText

Android meets .NET !!!

22 Aug 2011 by kb-boxer

Android meets .NET

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Android Native Development Kit Cookbook – A Review

22 Jul 2013 by Simon Jackson

A review of the Android Native Development Kit Cookbook.

Android NDK Game Development Cookbook – A Review

25 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

Android NDK Game Development Cookbook - a review

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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.

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 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.

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Android Recycler View Tutorial: Part 2

25 Nov 2017 by hexgear

Android Recycler View Tutorial

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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.

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Android SQLite for Beginners

17 Sep 2015 by Val Okafor

In this post, I will cover the fundamentals of Android SQLite from a beginners perspective. In the next post I will provide a similar introduction to Content Provider and in the last part of the series I will show how to use Android SQLite and Content Provider to build a Note taking app.

Android SQLite for Beginners

20 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

Android SQLite for beginners

Android: ipPrint4 Print Label/Receipts to IP Printer

11 May 2014 by hjgode

Android: ipPrint4 Print Label/Receipts to IP Printer

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AndroidServiceClient with Authentication

3 Jul 2015 by NormDroid

AndroidServiceClient with Authentication

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Applying MVC Architecture to Titanium Mobile Apps

6 Dec 2012 by Phil Sweeney

Applying MVC architecture to Titanium mobile apps

ASO – App Store Optimization for Beginners

27 Jul 2015 by Isaac RF

ASO – App Store Optimization for Beginners

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

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Beginning Android Development – Part 2/3

20 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

Beginning Android Development – Part 2/3

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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

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Building Maintainable Android Applications

15 Sep 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to build maintainable Android applications

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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.

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.

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

Converting DirectX .X Files for Use in Games

14 Dec 2016 by Simon Jackson

How to convert DirectX .X files for use in games

Create a Live Aquarium Wallpaper in Android

29 Oct 2011 by Rajeesh.C.V

Android development - Aquarium Live wallpaper

Create and Publish Your First Android App – Part 1

31 May 2015 by Val Okafor

Today, I am beginning a four part Android tutorial series where I will provide step by step guide on how to create and publish your first Android app.

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Create and Publish Your First Android App – Part 2

2 Jun 2015 by Val Okafor

How to create and publish your first Android app

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Create Your First Android App – Part 3

13 Jul 2015 by Val Okafor

CodeProject This post is part 3 of a three part Android development tutorial series where I provide a walk-through on how to create and publish your first Android app.

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Creating Logs in Android Applications

4 Mar 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to create logs in Android applications

Debugging Android using Unity (an invasion into insanity)

16 Oct 2019 by Simon Jackson

Hints, tips and advice for working well with Android in Unity

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Demo of PhoneGap on an Android

2 Apr 2013 by PratapReddyP

Demo of PhoneGap on an Android

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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.

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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

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.

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Display a String List in an Android ListView

26 Jan 2015 by Cindy Potvin

How to display a string List in an Android ListView

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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.

Dissecting a Flutter App Folder Structure

4 Apr 2018 by S Ravi Kumar (TechieRathore)

In this article, we will dissect the folder structure of default Flutter app and understand how to manage the various resources needed for developing a cross platform app using Flutter.

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Drawing in Android

29 Nov 2012 by Serge Desmedt

2D Drawing in Android

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

13 Mar 2013 by Andrey Moskvichev

Make posts and upload photos

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.

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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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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

Firebase Authentication by Example with Android

23 Feb 2017 by Val Okafor

This post is a step by step tutorial on how to implement Firebase Authentication in Android.

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Firebase Realtime Database By Example with Android

13 Feb 2017 by Val Okafor

A complete, step by step tutorial on working with Firebase Realtime Database in Android

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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

Flex 4.5 for Android: Getting Started with Flash Develop

19 Jul 2011 by Steve Psaltis

Flex 4.5 for Android : Getting started with Flash Develop

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Flutter With Android Studio Step By Step Installation Guide

28 Mar 2018 by S Ravi Kumar (TechieRathore)

In this article, we will setup Flutter development environment in Android Studio and execute the default code generated by the New Flutter Project template.

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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-

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Formatting Dates with Java in Android Applications

31 Mar 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to format dates with Java in Android applications

Fragments: Creating a Tabbed Android User Interface

9 Jan 2014 by Dev Leader

Creating a tabbed Android User Interface.

Generating Localized Resources in Mono for Android Using T4

15 Apr 2013 by Daniel Vaughan

Generating localized resources in Mono for Android using T4.

Getting Started with MonoGame using Visual Studio

15 Mar 2017 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame (for those of you not yet aware) is a Game Building Framework / API born from the ashes that was the Microsoft XNA Framework that provides a very easy to use API to build games.

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:

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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

Google's Depth Map

15 May 2015 by Neta777

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

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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.

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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

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How to Create Android Notepad App – Part 1

1 Oct 2015 by Val Okafor

This post is part one of two part blog posts where I will provide a step by step tutorial on how to create an Android Notepad App. These two posts are the completion of my post on Android SQLite and Content Provider. If you have not read those two posts, you may want to do […]

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How to Create Android Notepad App – Part 2

7 Oct 2015 by Val Okafor

This post is a step by step tutorial on how to add data persistence to the Android Notepad app we create in the last post. You are highly encouraged to read the last posts to get the most out of this tutorial especially if you are new to Android development.

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How to Create Android Notepad App – Part 2

19 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

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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

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How to Get Started with Android Development – Basic Structure

3 Oct 2016 by Cindy Potvin

How to get started with Android development - Basic structure

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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.

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How to Get Started with Android Development: Layout Managers

31 Jan 2017 by Cindy Potvin

How to get started with Android development: Layout managers

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How to Implement Android In App Purchases

13 Jul 2015 by Val Okafor

In app purchase is one of the main monetization options for Android apps. Android in app purchase combines what used to be the “free” version and “paid” version together.

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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

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How to Transfer Ownership of the Android Application

29 Nov 2013 by Tharaka MTR

How to transfer ownership of the Android application

How To: Get Started with XPG

9 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

A walk through of using all of the features XPG Live has to offer

How To: Initialize a Game on Android with XPG

26 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

How to initialize a game on Android with XPG

How To: Use Leaderboards on Android with XPG

1 Feb 2012 by XPG Live

This post discusses how to use Leaderboards on Android with XPG.

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.

Introduction: How to Save Data in your Android Application

6 May 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to save data in your Android application

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Kill AXML - Programmatic ListViews in Xamarin Android

27 Mar 2017 by Lee P Richardson