Category: Android
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A new Android/Windows Mobile phone
I found this on Russian site of AndroidTeam(androidteam.ru) that a company called Compulab is going to release a new phone called Exada which will run both Android and Windows Mobile. This phone will provide left and right click capability. It will provide a large number of control keys (buttons) and has an ethernet port. I…
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Android and Alarms
Since I joined the Android user groups, there have been a lot of questions about 2 things – databases and alarms. I have already written a post about how to use a database in Android and in this one, I will talk about how to use Alarms. If there are any other topics you would…
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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…
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Tmobile G1, AT&T and 3G
Google has released unlocked versions of Tmobile G1 for developers. It costs about $500 and you have to register with Google as a merchant for Android apps ($25 registration fee). Most developers who were (and still are) enthusiastic about G1 and Android failed to realize that G1’s (and Tmobile’s ) 3G network functions on the…
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Displaying dialogs in Android 1.0
When I say dialogs, I mean the little alert window that pops up and lets you know about an error that occurred or warns you about something you can’t do. It locks up the whole screen and demands you pay attention to it. I use a dialog to display information about the application. Android has…
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Sending email from Android
Sending an email is a very basic functionality (for some applications anyway). Android makes it very easy to do this. All you have to do is create a new intent, setup the content of the email and send it. Intent in = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); in.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, “this is the body of the email”); in.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, “Subject”); in.setType(“message/rfc822”); …
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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…
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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…
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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,…