Tag Archives: Android
Displaying Status Bar Notifications in Android
September 20, 2011, by weimenglee
Developers of Android are no doubt familiar with the Toast class, which displays a little pop-up containing whatever message you want to display to the user. However, the Toast pop-up will automatically dismiss itself after a while, making it useful as a tool to provide timely feedback to the user (such as informing the user that a file has been saved successfully), but not a really good tool to use for some asynchronous action (such as telling the user that an incoming SMS message has arrived)... Read More
Preserving User Preferences in Android Applications
July 25, 2011, by weimenglee
Often you need to store personalized information for each user of your application. For example, your application may require users to logon to a secure server for authentication. In this case, the user needs to supply his credentials, such as a login name and a password. The first time the user uses your application this information will be entered by the user, but subsequently it would be useful for your application to “remember” this information somewhere so that it can save the user the trouble of entering the same information every time he uses your application... Read More
Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development
October 18, 2010, by weimenglee
By now, you should already have heard of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. And while many developers are busy developing for Android and iPhone, Microsoft is hard at work, developing its killer mobile OS that could give the competitors a run for the money. Before you dismiss Microsoft as a serious contender in the mobile space, think again. The new OS is now a total rewrite of the older Windows Mobile platform, and sports many features that you have come to expect of a modern mobile operating system... Read More
Why doesnt the Apple App Store give download figures? Would the truth be unAPPetizing? Know the facts
August 24, 2010, by mobiThinking
There’s no doubt that some companies do really well with download apps for smartphones. The question every potential app publisher should ask is: will we?... Read More
Nexus One: Where is Android at?
January 5, 2010, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
With the announcement of the new GooglePhone, which promises to be the best Android device yet and by all early reports at least comparable with the iPhone 3GS, it seems appropriate to stop to take a look around to see where Android is at. We start with the breakdown of Android Platform distribution, based on access to the Android Market. Android versions (Source: http://developer.android.com)... Read More
