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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 13, 2013
We've all heard the stories that say it's impossible to develop for Android because of all the different possible screen sizes and resolutions. The flip side is that the way Android developm...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 20, 2012
Google has released today on its Android Developers blog information about localizing graphics for Play Store listings. It's no secret that Google Play is quickly expanding its reach to many new...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 26, 2012
What does it take to support multiple devices? A few top developers weigh in
Android runs on a variety of devices, which means it also runs on a variety of screen sizes and resolutions. Lots of ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 01, 2012
Motorola has broken off part of their core build system, known as MOTODEV Studio for Android, and merged it into the Android Open Source Project. Previously, the closed-source Motorola tools were an...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 25, 2012
The Android developers crew has released a new build of the Android Developer Tools plugin for Eclipse, and ADT 21 preview 5 is now available for download. As the ADT is getting older and more robus...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2012
Google has authored J2ObjC, an open-source tool that can convert all the non-UI bits of Java code into Objective-C source code for use in iOS apps. It's not the first translator of this type we&...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 11, 2012
Over the summer, Facebook had a rocky update to its iOS app when they tried to shift everything away from HTML5. Ultimately focusing on HTML5 was a mistake, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 18, 2012
Google has made the full 4.1 Android SDK available for download, along with a revised set of SDK tools (20.1.1) and the NDK (rev 8b). As always, the SDK and assorted tools are available for Win...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 09, 2012
Binaries to use for the 4.1.1 AOSP build for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus have been posted at Google's Nexus drivers page. This means developers (of the ROM building variety) have the tools they nee...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 06, 2012
We've all seen those reports from app developers on other platforms, saying how developing for Android is a nightmare, and isn't worthwhile (we file those with the "Android is doomed wh...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 18, 2012
The transformation of Read It Later to Pocket is complete, but a change of that size never comes easy. Behind the marketing team, the publicists, and the folks who count the beans you have the devel...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 18, 2012
HTC has released the kernel source for the Asian and European version of the One V, (see Alex's great review here) meeting their obligations under the GPL and teasing potential Android hackers a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 09, 2012
Firing up the Android emulator historically has been a lot like going to the DMV, or maybe the pediatrician's office. You can do it, and you'll have something to show for it at the end of th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 21, 2012
We first looked at the new SDK tools and various resources coming with version 17 at the beginning of the month, and today they have become available for installation through the SDK manager pr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 19, 2012
The latest version of the Linux kernel was released Sunday afternoon, and with version 3.3 comes something that just may get your inner-geek excited -- tons of Android changes have been merged. In t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 07, 2012
Unlike the Windows Phone SDK, the Android SDK works fairly well with the Windows 8 consumer preview. We know a lot of you folks want to be on the bleeding edge, and for Windows users that means inst...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
Anyone doing development for Android (or any software platform) knows that good tools are the most important part of the whole process. We've seen that the Android team has been hard at work to ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 14, 2012
YouTube link for mobile viewing
Chrome Beta for Android brings a lot of cool features for users like you and me, but it also has a handy one baked in for the folks who build the Internet. Chr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 26, 2012
Goodbye menu button, hello Action Bar overflow! Today on the Android Developers blog Scott Main, lead technical writer from Google, wrote up a nice piece of prose about how developers should m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 21, 2011
Google's App Inventor is dead, long live MIT's App Inventor!
A final notice everyone -- if you have some projects sitting around in App Inventor, and would like to keep them, either for som...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2011
There's more than one way to write Android apps, and if you're working on something intense, you know using the NDK and native code is the way to go. If you're a part-time develope...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 24, 2011
Googlers work hard. A quick look at the sheer number and scope of the products big G offers is testament to that. But they also like to have fun. When an Android developer requeste...
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by Jared DiPane
Oct 21, 2011
Today Casio announced an Android-based Point of Sale terminal. The Casio VX-100 EPOS terminal will run an custom version of Android 2.2 and Casio has built a software development kit that is compati...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2011
Google has launched a new developer portal where it can share news about events and updates, as well as offer examples and use cases for developers of all their products -- including Android. To...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 14, 2011
HTC's 7-inch Flyer tablet is the latest device to find itself with an unlockable bootloader, courtesy of the official HTC development website. Added to the bottom of the list of unlockable devi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2011
Carriers, manufacturers who play nice get 'non-contractual time to market advantage'Can't say this surprises us much. Think back to mid-May, when This is my Next's Nilay Patel did a bang-up job explai...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 09, 2011
If flinging birds at pigs is starting to get a little repetitive, London web developer Tamlyn has lain the basic premise for your very own army of Android powered robot tanks. Using an existing ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2011
Anyone interested in open source development with the means to attend should check out Portland on July 25 to July 29, where O'Reily Media's annual open-source convention will be held. This year...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 07, 2011
Attention, developers! Are you looking for a way to add user-to-user sharing in your mobile application, using an already established cross-platform messenger service? If so, the people at...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 06, 2011
The Android SDK tools and ADT plugin for Eclipse have both been updated to version 12. It looks like the big change in the SDK tools allow developers to use system images compiled...
