Sensor Fun: Creating a simple audio recorder/player
Sound recording and playback is really simple using the MediaRecorder and MediaPlayer classes .. see the example below .. Sample App: First some layout .. a button to start/stop recording and a button...
View ArticlePlaying around with QR Codes
Sometimes QR codes are a nice way to distribute information like calendar events, contact information, e-mail, geo-locations or internet addresses. In the following article we’re going to encode...
View ArticleCreating a simple Gesture App with Android
The integration of gestures into your android app adds some nice functionality and is made very easy using Google’s GestureBuilder application and the integrated GestureLibrary and Gesture Overlay API...
View ArticleSensor Fun: Location Based Services and GPS for Android
The Android SDK offers a nice API to receive information about available providers for location based services and get the current location and coordinates. In this short tutorial we’re going to build...
View ArticleHow to create an Android App using Google’s App Inventor
Today we’re going to take a look at Google’s App Inventor feature that offers programming-novices a nice possibility to enter the fabulous world of Android App programming without deeper knowledge of...
View ArticlePlaying around with the Android Animation Framework
Animations add some spice to our Android applications and the offered animation framework makes it easy to create custom animations and tweens. So lets dance around and create some animations .. About...
View ArticleAndroid Widget Tutorial: Creating a screen-lock Widget in a few steps
In today’s Android tutorial we’re going to take a look at Android’s Widget API and how to make a widget interact with a service using intents. We’re going to create a fully functional application that...
View ArticleManaging Background Tasks on Android using the Alarm Manager
In today’s tutorial we’re going to take a look on how to handle periodically scheduled tasks on our Android device by using BroadcastReceivers, Services and the AlarmManager. Prerequisites The...
View ArticleWriting Styles and Themes on Android
Using reusable styles and themes to modify an Android application’s look is really easy and helps to not violate thy DRY (don’t repeat yourself) principle by typing styles in every single UI element...
View ArticleUsing the Android Fragment API in a Tablet App
Since I got a new tablet running Android 4.0 aka ice cream sandwich I wanted to play around a bit with the fragments API and creating an application for a tablet. In the following tutorial, we’re going...
View ArticleUsing the Android Daydream API
Daydream is the new interactive screensaver mode that was added in the Android 4.2 / Jelly Beans release. Such “dreams” may be activated when the device is in idle mode or inserted into a dock. In the...
View ArticleCreating a hybrid mobile Application with Ionic, Cordova and AngularJS
Nowadays in the realm of hybrid mobile application development there is a variety of available frameworks worth having a look at. In the following tutorial I’d like to demonstrate the development...
View ArticleQuick Mobile Application Prototyping with Ionic Creator
When it comes to the field of hybrid mobile application development, Ionic and its tool-stack is often an attractive choice. Now there is Ionic Creator to speed up the development process offering an...
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