An interesting post.. Everytime you write an app, it may or may not crash and we often see the “Force Close” Dialog. But what if we can customize the “Force Close” Dialog itself. This is done using “UncaughtExceptionHandler” class. This post explains this. here I am knowingly crashing the application like this int y =… Read More »
Hello all.. I have shown you how to create gradient buttons in Android using XML in this post. Now I will show you how to create these gradient buttons dynamically. We will start with a class that extends StateListDrawable similar to state-list we use in XML UIGradientSelector.java Now the class that extends PaintDrawable Class. UIGradientDrawable.java… Read More »
Actually this is fairly simple. This simple code does this. Here is the complete program that shows how to download a PDF File and open it in Android using an installed PDF Reader.
We know Samsung is set to reveal its Galaxy S4 smartphone on March 14th, and that the company has been desperately trying to spin up the same sort of pre-release hype about the device that Apple usually benefits from–including a rather strange promotion campaign involving a young “secret messenger” called Jeremy. Now a source that… Read More »
These are the different ways in which you can keep your screen on in your app 1. Declare the screen stays on in your XML layout 2. Inform the window manager in onCreate you want the screen to stay on 3. WakeLock – used for critical downloads or things that you definitely don’t want the… Read More »
The budget version of Apple’s latest iPhone will cost roughly $330 (£220), priced in order to appeal to young, middle class consumers in countries like China and India. The claims about the price and the imminent release were made on the Japanese website Macotakara, following on from earlier reports about Apple plans for a cheaper… Read More »
LG launching Galaxy S3 rival Optimus G @ Rs 30,990 LG is all set to launch its erstwhile flagship smartphone Optimus G in India at an event in Mumbai on February 27. This device is pitted against the current market leader Samsung Galaxy S III and is the basis for the highly popular Google Nexus… Read More »
A webservice can be A web service is any piece of software that makes itself available over the internet and uses a standardized XML messaging system. XML is used to encode all communications to a web service. For example, a client invokes a web service by sending an XML message, then waits for a corresponding… Read More »
It would appear that Samsung will indeed be showing off their fabled Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet this coming week at Mobile World Congress 2013. We’ve been sent a sort of spy-shot of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 being blasted on a large screen inside the new MWC convention location – the show still being set… Read More »
A low-priced iPhone makes a lot of sense, Morgan Stanley says, and it even could hit the market this summer. Katy Huberty, an analyst with the banking firm, noted that after her meetings with Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer, she’s convinced that innovation remains a top priority for the Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant. She… Read More »
Google Inc. has developed the first touchscreen laptops powered by its Chrome operating system to be sold later this year, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Internet giant tries to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system. Read More from here
since its arrival on the scene, HTC has been performing absolutely well and its latest launched, the HTC One or simply called the One, is pitted against Samsung’s Galaxy S3 and Apple’s iPhone 5 by the company and the market pundits. But will the HTC One be a competition for the top two, namely, Samsung… Read More »
Hello all….. This is a simple tutorial to show how to create a FLEXIBLE UI for both Phone and Tablets in Android. In the figure below you can see the result after running this tutorial. Tablet in LANDSCAPE MODE TABLET IN PORTRAIT MODE TABLET IN PORTRAIT MODE – AFTER CLICKING THE LIST. PHONE IN PORTRAIT… Read More »
Hello all….. This is a simple tutorial to show how to create a FLEXIBLE UI for both Phone and Tablets in Android. In the figure below you can see the result after running this tutorial. Tablet in LANDSCAPE MODE TABLET IN PORTRAIT MODE TABLET IN PORTRAIT MODE – AFTER CLICKING THE LIST. PHONE IN PORTRAIT… Read More »
A little on Dialog Fragments A fragment that displays a dialog window, floating on top of its activity’s window. This fragment contains a Dialog object, which it displays as appropriate based on the fragment’s state. Control of the dialog (deciding when to show, hide, dismiss it) should be done through the API here, not with… Read More »
Hello all……. This tutorial is all about writing your own Dialogs and implementing the click or touch on any of it’s views in another class (say another activity). This is primarily useful if we have a common dialog and have to handle it’s button click in different ways in different activities. Here what we will… Read More »
This tutorial is about how to use interfaces in java or Android. What is an Interface? An interface is a collection of abstract methods. A class implements an interface, thereby inheriting the abstract methods of the interface. An interface is not a class. Writing an interface is similar to writing a class, but they are… Read More »
Transparency in a background of a View in android can be achieved in two ways. 1. By providing a transparent image. 2. By providing an XML that has as shape with end, starting and middle color. This is a sample XML that creates a transparency. bg_gradiant.xml Note : By Simply providing a color doesn’t creates… Read More »
I have already shown another example of creating custom spinner in android in this post. That was by extending the ArrayAdapter class, Now it’s using the baseAdapter class. You all knew that a spinner or combobox is an inbuilt widget in android. And Like any other widgets spinners are also customizable. Here is a simple… Read More »
This is a simple example showing how to draw Arcs in android, You can use this to create piecharts or someother similar thing you want. Here we have 3 classes. 1. GraphicsActivity.java 2. MainActivity.java 3. PictureLayout.java GraphicsActivity.java PictureLayout.java MainActivity.java Download the complete source code from here.
Samsung produces a number of products – from kitchen appliances to PCs – but it was the company’s mobile division that made the most headlines in 2012. The Korea-based company dominated the mobile phone space, introducing several new Galaxy devices throughout the year. But it couldn’t shake one its biggest rivals, Apple, which proved to… Read More »
Hello all… This tutorial explains how to copy a file contents to another in Android. The file to copy is saved in SDCARD, however you can change the path to save it in your application sandbox. if you want to save it in your sandbox, change the path to /data/data/your_packagename/your_file.extension Now we will see the… Read More »
Hello all… In today’s post I will show you how to store an image in an SQLite database and retrieve it. First I will just create a Database Helper Class for adding and reading from the Database. Our Database contains only one table “Images” with two columns “id” and “image”. Note : If you want… Read More »
Google may be readying a revamped model of the middle sibling in its Nexus line of Android devices for as early as the first quarter of 2013, if the supply-chain snoops at Taiwanese tech news site DigiTimes are correct. Sources in the tech manufacturing sector are whispering that the Chocolate Factory and its manufacturing partner… Read More »
Google is working on what the company is internally calling the “X Phone” that it hopes will provide a credible challenge to Apple and Samsung, reveals the Wall Street Journal. Google is using Motorola, which it acquired seven months ago for $12.5 billion, to design a phone that will supposedly have new features unlike any… Read More »