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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.

Latest Articles

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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Simulating Key Presses on Android Devices

5 Apr 2023 by Tough Developer

How to simulate key presses on Android devices

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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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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.

Retrofit Tutorial in Android – Part 1: Introduction

26 Nov 2020 by Aram Tchekrekjian

How to use Retrofit to easily build an app that connects to an HTTP-based service with the use of GET method to retrieve data and display it nicely on the screen

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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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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

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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Xamarin.Forms: Cutting App Costs In Half

9 Jun 2019 by marcusts

A Smart Platform for a Challenging Era Most mobile device owners are passionate about their phones. They’re either a high-tech Android type or an aesthetic iPhone type. And they agree about very little when it comes to their metallic soul-mates.

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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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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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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Android Recycler View Tutorial: Part 2

25 Nov 2017 by hexgear

Android Recycler View Tutorial

Android

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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Xamarin.Forms Tip: Implement Show Hide Password using Effects

25 Sep 2017 by S Ravi Kumar (TechieRathore)

How to implement show hide passeword using effects in Xamarin.Forms

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Android

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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.

My Review of Official Kotlin Shift for Android

21 May 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Here is my review of official Kotlin shift for Android

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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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Xamarin

Kill AXML - Programmatic ListViews in Xamarin Android

27 Mar 2017 by Lee P Richardson

Kill AXML - Programmatic ListViews in Xamarin Android

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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.

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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Simple Custom Fonts Helper in Xamarin.Forms for Android

4 Mar 2017 by Junian Triajianto

This post discusses simple custom fonts helper in Xamarin.Forms for Android

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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

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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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.

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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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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Android

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.

Converting DirectX .X Files for Use in Games

14 Dec 2016 by Simon Jackson

How to convert DirectX .X files for use in games

WatBot: An Android ChatBot powered by IBM Watson

30 Nov 2016 by Vidyasagar Machupalli

WatBot: An Android ChatBot powered by IBM Watson

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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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Mobile

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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Mobile

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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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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Android

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

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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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.

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

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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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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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.

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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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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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 Flash Light Application Tutorial Using Camera2 API

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Flash Light Application Tutorial Using Camera2 API

Android Material Design: Working with Floating Label EditText

17 Jul 2016 by Andy Point

Android Material Design: Working with Floating Label EditText

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

Learn Android MVP Pattern By Example

9 May 2016 by Val Okafor

In this tutorial, I will share a practical example of Model View Presenter (MVP) pattern in Android development. MVP is a design pattern and when it comes to Android development some of the examples available online are heavy on theories.

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Xamarin Frame and Style with Padding

23 Apr 2016 by n.podbielski

Xamarin Frame and Style with Padding

Xamarin Frame and Disappearing Outline

23 Apr 2016 by n.podbielski

This is another article in the mini series of Xamarin bugs and workarounds for them.

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Xamarin

Learn Android Dependency Injection with Dagger 2

20 Apr 2016 by Val Okafor

Learn Android Dependency injection with Dagger 2

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Mobile

Beginning Android Development – Part 2/3

20 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

Beginning Android Development – Part 2/3

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Android SQLite for Beginners

20 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

Android SQLite for beginners

Learn the Fundamentals of Android Development

20 Nov 2015 by Val Okafor

Learn the fundamentals of Android development

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How to Create Android Notepad App – Part 2

19 Nov 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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Android Drawing App Tutorial – Pt. 1

18 Nov 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. 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 Drawing App Tutorial – Pt. 1

31 Oct 2015 by Val Okafor

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Mobile

How to Create Android Notepad App – Part 2

7 Oct 2015 by Val Okafor

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Mobile

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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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.

Out of pocket and Android Calendars

16 Sep 2015 by Kevin Mack

So, I know I've been out of pocket the past two weeks, and that includes all social medias. Honestly I just started a new job, and my wife did as well. So in my family, we do life events in batches. But I didn't want to stay out of pocket

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Top Android App Review Sites

4 Aug 2015 by Val Okafor

Top Android App Review Sites

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ASO – App Store Optimization for Beginners

27 Jul 2015 by Isaac RF

ASO – App Store Optimization for Beginners

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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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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Time to Migrate Android Projects to Android Studio

6 Jul 2015 by Xiao Ling

Time to migrate Android projects to Android Studio

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OpenCV

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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Mobile

AndroidServiceClient with Authentication

3 Jul 2015 by NormDroid

AndroidServiceClient with Authentication

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Mobile

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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Mobile

Open Source Android Libraries Every Programmer Should Know

27 Jun 2015 by Member 11794279

Here are some open source Android libraries every programmer should know.

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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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Mobile

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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Saving An Image in a SQLite Database in Your Android Application

26 May 2015 by Cindy Potvin

Saving an image in a SQLite database in your Android application

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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Mobile

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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Android

Mobile

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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Youtube Data API v3 on Android – Introduction

24 Mar 2015 by Isaac RF

Introduction to Youtube Data API v3 on Android

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.

Trouble with Adapters

29 Jan 2015 by Codeman the Barbarian

Trouble with Adapters

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Android

Mobile

Display a String List in an Android ListView

26 Jan 2015 by Cindy Potvin

How to display a string List in an Android ListView

Android

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Twitter Integration in Android and Its New API v1.1

5 Dec 2014 by Saurabh_Sharma

Twitter Integration in Android and Its New API v1.1

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API

Using Camera in Android Application

2 Dec 2014 by Madhur Kapoor

How to use camera in Android application

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Mobile

Storing the State of an Activity of your Android Application

3 Nov 2014 by Cindy Potvin

This is the last post in my series about saving data in your Android application.

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Mobile

Building Maintainable Android Applications

15 Sep 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to build maintainable Android applications

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maintainability

Simple Notepad for Android

21 Aug 2014 by Edison Heng

A simple notepad for Android

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Android

Mobile

Saving to a SQLite Database in Your Android Application

13 Aug 2014 by Cindy Potvin

This is the fourth post in my series about saving data in Android applications.

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SQLite

Saving Preferences in your Android Application

18 Jun 2014 by Cindy Potvin

This is the third post in my series about saving data in Android.

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Mobile

Obscured Shared Preferences for Android

16 Jun 2014 by Right Handed Monkey

Obscured shared preferences for Android

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Android

Mobile

Saving Data to a File in Your Android Application

2 Jun 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to save data to a file in your Android application

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Mobile

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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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Mobile

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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Android

Mobile

Threading in Android

30 Apr 2014 by Serge Desmedt

Threading in Android

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Android

Mobile

Android NDK Game Development Cookbook – A Review

25 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

Android NDK Game Development Cookbook - a review

Android

Mobile

Formatting Dates with Java in Android Applications

31 Mar 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to format dates with Java in Android applications

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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Mobile

Creating Logs in Android Applications

4 Mar 2014 by Cindy Potvin

How to create logs in Android applications

Fragments: Creating a Tabbed Android User Interface

9 Jan 2014 by Dev Leader

Creating a tabbed Android User Interface.

How to Transfer Ownership of the Android Application

29 Nov 2013 by Tharaka MTR

How to transfer ownership of the Android application

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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Mobile

So you want to be a Unity3D game developer?

19 Nov 2013 by Simon Jackson

I’ve compiled an extensive list of resources at your disposable on your Unity3D journey, split up in to sections to allow you to target what you need.