If you run Android Emulator with the error of " libGL.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ", you have to...
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Android Emulator now support Google Play services SDK
As in the beginning of the year " Google Play services is not supported on the Android emulator ". With Android SDK updated, Googl...
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Make app with translucent background
To make your app with translucent background, apply the following code in your theme. <item name="android:windowIsTranslucent"...
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Intro to ActionBarCompat Support Library
DevBytes: Intro to ActionBarCompat Support Library An introduction to this new support library, which allows you to add a compatible Action ...
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Google Cast Developer Preview
Google Cast is a screen-sharing technology that lets a user send and control content like video from a small computing device like a phone,...
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Bluetooth Low Energy API in Android 4.3
With Android 4.3 comes the Bluetooth Low Energy API. In this DevBytes Fred Chung gives a brief overview of the technology, and how Android s...
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Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player available at Amazon, $35.00 only
Stream online video, music and more to your TV using your smartphone, tablet, or laptop Supports Netflix, YouTube, Google Play, as well as ...
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Android 4.3 announced and Developer Tools updated
Android 4.3 of Jelly Bean announced, includes great new features for users and developers. Android 4.3 powers the new Nexus 7 tablet and it’...
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Determine event source in event listener
Last example demonstrate a " Simple example of Button and OnClickListener ", with individual OnClickListener for each View. Altern...
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Simple example of Button and OnClickListener
Basic example of Button and OnClickListener to handle button click: package com.example.androidbutton; import android.os.Bundle; import andr...
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OpenWeatherMap - free weather data and forecast API
The OpenWeatherMap service provides free weather data and forecast API suitable for any cartographic services like web and smartphones appl...
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Gradle Beyond the Basics - read online for FREE
Gradle Beyond the Basics If you’re familiar with Gradle’s basics elements—possibly through the author’s previous O’Reilly book, Building and...
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Require more memory for App to run
To request more memory for App to run, you can specify android:largeHeap="true" in <application>. android:largeHeap specify...
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Android Studio 0.2.1 Released with Gradle fix
Visit http://tools.android.com/recent/androidstudio021released
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Example to specify View with half width
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools...
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50 Android Hacks
50 Android Hacks The best programming techniques are often the shortest and simplest—the hacks. In this compact and infinitely useful book,...
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Apply animation on TextView
To create animation, create xml file to define animation in /res/anim/ folder, /res/anim/myanimation.xml. <?xml version="1.0" e...
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Implement auto-running TextView
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools...
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Add shadow for TextView, using Java code.
To add shadow on TextView using Java code, call setShadowLayer() method. package com.example.androidtextview; import android.os.Bundle; impo...
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