Tag: Android SDK
Need a Backend For Your App? Here’s Parse to the Rescue!
Discover Parse, which allows mobile app developers to forget about server maintenance and complex infrastructure, and instantly add push notifications, data storage and social...
A List of Developer-friendly Android Libraries
Android, by virtue of being open source, makes it easy for others to create useful libraries. This article lists twelve developer-friendly open source libraries.
The...
Try Your Hand at the Dropbox API for Android
For cloud and Android developers, Dropbox is a very handy service. It offers cloud storage and a nifty tool to sync data. One of...
Android App Development: Hardware and Sensors
I’m back with another article on Android application development. This time, we will discuss how to access some of the phone’s hardware components like...
Build Android Apps Using HTML with PhoneGap
With all the hubbub around Android, it's tempting to make an app yourself. But considerations like, "I don't know Java," or "I'm just a...
Android Application Development: CLI Tools
This article on Android application development introduces you to the command line utilities that come packaged with the Android SDK, all of which are...
My Own Phone Dialler, Only on Android
So you want to build a custom phone dialler for your cell phone? In the case of a typical mobile OS, to intercept core areas like the contact book or the dialler itself is not only difficult but also needs in-depth knowledge of the phone's OS. Unlike that, Android has an extremely modular architecture based on the Linux kernel. In this article, we'll learn how to harness the power of one such API in Android.
