It’s holiday time, and what better way to spend your spare time than to learn a new scripting language or …
While there are a multitude of resources on the internet for Android development, it is very easy to get lost …
Google’s Justin Mattson was out in South Africa on a holiday, and he decided to spend one day of it (5th January 2011 to be precise) speaking to local Android developers. If you missed the event, here’s what you missed out on.
The most common argument against Android these days is fragmentation, which refers to the many Android devices out there with older versions of the OS. Such is the price of rapid progress. In this article, we look at how to code your apps to be backwards compatible and degrade gracefully, while supporting as many devices as possible.
Lists are one of the most common UI elements used in Android applications. This series of articles will go through the most common uses of the ListView, from a simple list to a skinned list interface with custom UI elements.
You’ve downloaded and installed the Android SDK, and followed the Hello World tutorial. Great! But what next?
The buzz is all around the tech industry: Android is here, and it’s big! As a developer, you may be …
I have been asked several times by many people: “I’ve never done programming before, can I start by writing …