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Example using ViewPager with ActionBarSherlock tabs 21 Aug 2013 | 11:37 pm
In this post I’m going to show you an example usage of ViewPager in conjunction with ActionBarSherlock tabs. The final result should look like this: 1. Add the ActionBarSherlock library to your proj...
Using Maven to save the build time in a properties file 8 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
Create a folder called build in the root directory of the project, and a file build.properties with the following content: Using the maven replacer plugin we can replace the token @buildtime@ within ...
Using Maven in Android to build for different environments (dev, staging, prod, etc) 19 Jul 2013 | 01:56 am
If you are working on a relatively complex project, chances are that you may need to build the application against different environments, such as a development, a staging, and a production environmen...
Creating a Simple Rss Application in Android (V2) 1 Jun 2013 | 11:47 pm
This is a refactored version of a previous rss application example which had 1 major issue and gathered some discutions around that tutorial. Starting with Android 3.0 and higher when trying to perfor...
Dealing with AsyncTask and Screen Orientation 10 May 2013 | 02:52 pm
A common task in Android is to perform some background activity in another thread, meanwhile displaying a ProgressDialog to the user. Example of these tasks include downloading some data from internet...
Caching Objects in Android Internal Storage 7 Apr 2013 | 06:57 pm
Android provides several options for persisting application data, such as SQLite Databases, SharedPreferences, internal and external storage. In this post we’ll take a look how we can use the internal...
Taking a screenshot of current Activity in Android 6 Jan 2013 | 11:34 pm
In this post I’ll show how you can take a screenshot of your current Activity and save the resulting image on /sdcard. The idea behind taking a screenshot actually is pretty simple: what we need to do...
Using Custom Fonts in Android 21 Dec 2012 | 02:27 am
By default Android comes with three standard fonts: Droid Sans (default font), Droid Serif, and Droid Sans Mono. They all can be applied to any view that supports styling, such as TextView, Button, by...
Integrating Google Analytics SDK (V2) with Android 3 Nov 2012 | 06:05 am
The Google Analytics SDK for Android makes it easy for developers to collect valuable statics about how the users are using their app. Here are some features that Android Google Analytics SDK offers: ...
Integrating Google Analytics SDK (V2) with Android 3 Nov 2012 | 06:05 am
The Google Analytics SDK for Android makes it easy for developers to collect valuable statics about how the users are using their app. Here are some features that Android Google Analytics SDK offers: ...