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Easy Video Chooser Library for Android 9 Apr 2013 | 10:04 pm
After I wrote the "Easy Image Chooser library for Android", I thought I could easily extend this library to handle other things as well. For now, I have implemented the option of choosing/recording a ...
Easy Image Chooser Library for Android 30 Mar 2013 | 10:28 pm
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 a snap, is rather straightforward to im...
Google Maps API v2 on Android 23 Feb 2013 | 11:56 pm
The Splash Screen I don't even remember when was the last time I did something with MapView on Android. I was aware of the new version 2 of the Google Maps API, but never got a chance to work on it u...
Easier Bug Reporting on 4.2 15 Nov 2012 | 04:30 pm
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 a developers life easier. Take bug...
Check orientation of images/captures 23 Aug 2012 | 11:17 am
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 use. I have seen a lot of apps, do it plain wron...
Android Themes: A dialog without a title 9 Aug 2012 | 04:54 pm
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 and compatible for various platforms...
Sending SMS on Android and tracking it 4 Feb 2012 | 08:22 am
Lets look at how to send an SMS. It's pretty simple though. A few lines of code and your SMS is gone. To make it more convenient and meaningful, we should also be able to track and let the user know w...
Download Videos from Youtube Trick 13 Jan 2012 | 07:25 am
First things first. Is it legal to download videos from Youtube? As much I have understood from the Terms of Service, it's not a straight yes or no. Basically, Youtube doesn't have a publicly availab...
Bluetooth on Android : Part I 29 Dec 2011 | 08:17 am
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, send and receive files. The source code would ...
Drag and Drop (Honeycomb/ICS) 1 Nov 2011 | 10:33 am
Drag and drop is already available with Honeycomb and up. In this example, we will see how to implement a simple Drag and Drop Operation. We have a ListView with some items. The other half of the scr...
