Step Detector and Step Counter Sensors on Android
Android KitKat has added a few more hardware sensors to it’s API list. Step Sensors are one of them, which looks very promising. Although, not a lot of phones yet… Read more »
Tag: Android
Easy Image Chooser Library for Android
In almost all the Android apps that I have worked on, there has been a requirement for choosing an image or taking a snap and using the device’s camera. Taking… Read more »
Easier Bug Reporting on 4.2
With the recent release of an updated Jelly Bean version, i.e, 4.2, there have been quite some new things to awe you. These are two things that could probably make… Read more »
Check orientation of images/captures
A lot of times, you would need your app to either pick an image from the gallery or use the device’s camera for capturing a picture that your app could… Read more »
Android Themes: A dialog without a title
Most of the times, I have seen developers not leveraging the power of themes and styles. Themes and styles are a great way to easily create UI that are manageable… Read more »
Bluetooth on Android : Part I
This is a part of a series of posts in which I will put forward a full working app what uses bluetooth on your Android device to discover, connect, pair,… Read more »
Automating Builds on Android – Part 2
In the previous post, Automating Builds on Android – Part 1, we saw how to setup our projects to automate the build process. In this post, we will automate the… Read more »
Automating Builds on Android – Part 1
Do you find it hard to get a release build of an Android app? Well, you could say that it’s not at all difficult. It just takes about 1 minute… Read more »
Flip animation in Android
I love animations. Let’s see the video first. If you are excited, go peek at the code. In this example, the main layout contains two ImageView widgets with two different… Read more »
Understanding Intents and Intent-Filters in Android
Intents or Intent messaging is the Android’s way to pass messages/information to various components of Android. An Intent object contains information that the target component can act upon. Through Intents,… Read more »