Tag: Android

  • Sketchbook app for Android

    I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II. As you may already know, it has a big screen and the fact that it comes with a note taking app made by Samsung (I think) makes it very useful to jot down ideas, doodle, etc. I, however, wondered if there was an app that would facilitate doodling…

  • Setting up your Android environment

    I have seen quite a few posts on some lists asking about how to set up a programming environment for Android. While it is very straight forward, the documentation is all over the place. So, I decided to write this tutorial :). In this tutorial, we will install Android SDK in eclipse (Galileo), we will…

  • Android HttpRequest class (version 2.1)

    Version of of this class had some bugs so I corrected them and here is the latest version 🙂 Enjoy! package moz.http; import java.net.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.Hashtable; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; import java.util.Map.Entry; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.commons.*; import android.util.Log; /** * HTTP Request class * *…

  • HTTP Request class for Android (version 2)

    Hi Everyone, After some people pointed out the problems they had with version 2 of this class, I took it all out.  Please go to: http://moazzam-khan.com/?p=490 for version 2.1

  • G2 on the way?

    According to some rumors on IT news websites, some new Android phones will be released in 2009. cellphonesignal.com claims that a phone, G2, is in the making and will be released in January of 2009. Another website claims that it will be released in April. Best of all, G2 will not be locked down to…

  • Working with a database in Android

    Android uses SQLite for its database needs. SQLite is a very fast and lightweight database. It is file based which makes it highly portable and an ideal candidate for use as an embedded database. For those who prefer to just go through the code and learn, the Notebook application example on Android’s website can be…

  • Debugging errors in Android

    Android has a great framework to work in. However, it is in its infancy and debugging my code has been a very big problem for me. Whenever something goes wrong in the code, I always get “source not found” error. It doesn’t tell me I have a nullPointer exception , or string is incomplete.  No…

  • Programming for the beast named Android

    I was messing around with Android’s development kit and I have to say, learning to develop an application for Android was much easier than trying to do it for Windows Mobile. I guess proper documentation helps – a lot. Google has put published tutorials on how to do some common tasks needed for making applications,…