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Detailed Overview of Chrome for Android

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It’s that time of the year again when the mobile web ecosystem changes. Google Chrome Beta for Android was released and it appears as the future replacement of Android Browser. I’ve made a deep analysis on the browser HTML5 compatibility and the comparison with Safari on iOS and Android Browser and I’ll show in this post my results.

0 replies - 2443 views - 02/08/12 by Maximiliano Firtman in News

Android Interface Definition Language (AIDL) and Remote Service

To allow one application to communicate with another running in a different process, Android provides an implementation of Inter-Process Communication through the Android Interface Definition Language (AIDL).

0 replies - 1001 views - 02/08/12 by Tony Siciliano in Articles

Using the Android Parcel

A short definition of an Android Parcel would be that of a message container for lightweight, high-performance Inter-process communication (IPC).

0 replies - 1412 views - 02/04/12 by Tony Siciliano in Articles

Setting Custom Wallpaper with Android

Wallpapers are a nice way to customize your homescreen. There are many applications that allow you to change your wallpaper and they have huge databases with alot of wallpapers. An example is Zedge. But the main question is: How to they do it?

0 replies - 1587 views - 01/27/12 by Mark Mooibroek in Articles

Best Design Tools for Android

Which are the best tools for designing for Android? I have my favorites but I'd really love to hear about tools you use and your experiences with them. Please leave a comment! To kick of the conversation I'll present my favorite design tools. Both of...

0 replies - 3035 views - 01/25/12 by Juhani Lehtimaki in Articles

Looking Back – My Recent Nine Months as an Indie Developer

Some of you might remember how I started my indie-career earlier this year. With the new year ahead I guess its time for a little retrospect / post mortem / whatever. At the end of this post I will inform you about the money I made so far. I will try to do...

3 replies - 2334 views - 01/20/12 by Jörg Winterstein in Articles

Squeezing Python into an Android with a Single APK

While the use of Python on Android has been made possible for some time now through SL4A, the Python for Android project has set out to make things even easier.  SL4A allows you to edit scripts and execute interactive interpreters directly on an Android...

0 replies - 2466 views - 01/10/12 by Christopher Smith in Articles

Connect pictures on Android (Jigsaw puzzle example)

Few tips how to make pictures on Android more realistic and connect to each other smoothly.

0 replies - 1783 views - 12/27/11 by Alex Kizub in News

ProGuard 4.7 released

ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields,...

0 replies - 572 views - 12/21/11 by Eric Lafortune in Announcements

One Click PhoneGap Build to Android Device Script

I've been fooling around with PhoneGap Build, and I really love it. I love that I don't need to fire up Eclipse or XCode to start fooling around with an app. All I need is a text editor and a browser. What I especially love is the ability to integrate a...

1 replies - 3224 views - 12/10/11 by Terrence Ryan in Articles

Flex, GraniteDS and the Future of RIA

After the recent announcements from Adobe regarding the future of the Flex framework (see, for example, this blog post) and, unofficially, from Microsoft about Silverlight (see this one), the RIA world have been deeply shaken up and it is now time to look...

1 replies - 2149 views - 12/10/11 by Franck Wolff in Articles

Ice Cream Sandwich UI feature - Tabs

Ice Cream Sandwich is now out and Android's latest version is open source again. The Nexus Galaxy was already released in some parts of the world and is getting flattering reviews. In all the reviews the biggest point has been the operating system...

1 replies - 2677 views - 11/22/11 by Juhani Lehtimaki in Articles

Android based UI for an existing web application

Androidify Your Web App So your manager wants you to androidify your existing web app... Ever since android and the mobile app market has started becoming popular, managers have started demanding, android based user interfaces onto existing web...

0 replies - 1238 views - 11/14/11 by Ganesh Ghag in Announcements

jMonkeyEngine 3 Beta Released

3D game engine with Android deployment, improved SDK, Blender importer, and more! The jMonkeyEngine community is very happy to announce the latest release, jMonkeyEngine3 Beta! What is jMonkeyEngine? jMonkeyEngine.org is an open-source project released...

0 replies - 2942 views - 10/28/11 by R. Kusterer in Announcements

Ice Cream Sandwich, how does it affect app design?

0 replies - 3259 views - 10/24/11 by Juhani Lehtimaki in News