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The Easy Way to Test Android SDK Applications

Posted on 28. Jan, 2011 by .

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I’m going to guess that most of you know what instrumentation is. In the event that you don’t, instrumentation is a feature in which specific monitoring of the interactions between an application and the system is made possible. Instrumentation also makes it possible to write test cases that interact with the application. The problem with [...]

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Boosting Android SDK performance using JNI

Posted on 28. Jan, 2011 by .

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JNI or Java Native Interface is the interface between the Java code running in a JVM and the native code running outside the JVM. It works both ways, that is you can use JNI to call native code from your Java programs and to call Java code from your native code. The native code normally resides within a library (.so file) and is typically written in C/C++.

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OpenGL ES Tutorial for Android – Part VI – Textures

Posted on 28. Jan, 2011 by .

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Last tutorial we worked a bit more on meshes and we have also talked about adding colors to our mesh. The most common way of adding colors to your mesh is to add a texture. There is a couple of different steps involved with adding a texture to the mesh I will try to go through them all and explain the basics about them.

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Android Development Tutorial: Creating Sound Effects Part Two

Posted on 26. Jan, 2011 by .

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In the previous tutorial we had a basic working sound system, but it was limited in scope. it could only be used in the class it was declared in and could not be used between activity’s easily. Ideally we would like one instance of the Sound Manager that could be used across the entire app [...]

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Using CameraPreview To Save A Picture On Disk On Android SDK

Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by .

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In this Advanced Android development tutorial you will learn the technique that is used to save a picture on a disk. This Android development tutorial will test your skill with the camera. Post any questions that you may have. Good Luck Everyone. Thank you for reading our Android tutorial! Learning to program can be difficult, but it is worth it. Stick it out, and in the long run you will be happy you did.

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Android Development Tutorial: Creating Sound Effects

Posted on 18. Jul, 2010 by .

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This Android tutorial shows you a method of creating, managing and using sound effects in Android. I’ll show you the basic method of encapsulating your sound management code. This method works best when you have a typical application, or simple game all in one thread. Thank you for reading our develoment tutorial! Learning to program can be difficult, but it is worth it. Stick it out, and in the long run you will be happy you did.

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Live Wallpaper

Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by .

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By the end of this android development tutorial you should be able to create your own live wallpaper, test it on a Nexus One device and get it ready for publishing on the Android Market. If you have any questions, please respond in the comments. Thank you for reading our tutorial! Learning to program can be difficult, but it is worth it. Stick it out, and in the long run you will be happy you did.

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Talking SMS

Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by .

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In this tutorial, We will describe a Talking SMS app that reads out the incoming SMS messages. Thank you for reading our Android development tutorial! Learning to program can be difficult, but it is worth it. Stick it out, and in the long run you will be happy you did.

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Creating A Map That Scrolls With Cells Part 2

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by .

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This android development tutorial is an extension of the earlier “Creating A Map That Scrolls” which created a simple 2D Map with Cells to place images, code, and information within it. Thank you for reading our tutorial! Learning to program can be difficult, but it is worth it. Stick it out, and in the long run you will be happy you did.

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Creating A Map That Scrolls With Cells

Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by .

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An in depth tutorial on creating a cell based scrollable map. This is a great tut for game production and android apps that require some sort of grid-based selection. Thank you for reading our tutorial! Learning to program can be difficult, but it is worth it. Stick it out, and in the long run you will be happy you did.

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