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HowToDo Android App :- Social Network of Articles

This app is Social Network of Articles “About How To Do”,where any user can create articles, like, share & comment articles, Authors can follow each other, like -unlike articles. Authors can send & recive messages to each other. The Authors who post articles, will recive instant notification about the who like it and who comment on it, the the publisher can view their profiles.And Many More…

Showing nearby places using Google Places API

In this article we will develop an Android Application which displays a set of nearby places of current location in Google Map according  to the type entered in the Spinner widget.

This application makes use of Google services like Google Map Android API V2 and Google Places API.

This application is developed in Eclipse (4.2.1) with ADT plugin (23.0.0) and Android SDK (23.0.0) and tested in a…

Android Google Map Version 2 With Marker on Mumbai

Hii Besties,

Today we are going to learn about Google Map Version 2 , you are thinking right now, i haven’t mention the Version 1 Map then why i am posting Version 2 , it’s because Version 1 is not supported now days, it’s deprecated in many Android API’s…

  Before starting a new project, we need to go through some pre required steps. These steps involves importing required library, generating…

Get Current Location and load on GoogleMap

Hi Besties!

This tutorial might be helpful to all developer to get the current location and show the current location on GoogleMap. To access the current location we need to use the Geo location. So what is the GeoLocation? “The geolocation object provides access to location data based on the device’s GPS sensor or inferred from network signals.” Geolocationprovides information about the device’s…

A Splash Screen for Android using Phonegap

Hii Bestie’s, In this tutorial we have added the article to show the splash screen for a short time and then after load the index.html file. Adobe Cordova includes a Splashscreen API so you can add a splash screen to your app, which consists of a still graphic image displaying before your app starts.

I have recently begun a lot of experiment to build the application in hybrid to make for…

Use PhoneGap Media API & jQuery Mobile UI Framework

This  Tutorial  shows how to use AppLaud and the PhoneGap Media API to play an audio file, and use jQuery Mobile for a simple UI using buttons and updated text display. It also shows two ways to access the audio file: as a url, and locally (from the device) using the project’s /assets folder.

Prerequisites

Installation of the latest MDS  AppLaud plugin, see Get Started

Prep

MDS AppLaud 1.2 or…

9-patch image in android

Android devices come in many shapes and sizes, often making it very difficult for developers to design applications that look great on all the various screen sizes and orientations. For addressing this challenge, NinePatch graphics can be indispensable. In this article, we discuss what the NinePatch graphics format is, how it works, and when to use it. What Is NinePatch? Android supports…

Get Source Code From Android APK File.

      Procedure for decoding .apk files, step-by-step method:

Step 1:

Make a new folder and copy over the .apk file that you want to decode.

Now rename the extension of this .apk file to .zip (e.g. rename from filename.apk to filename.zip) and save it. Now you can access the classes.dex files, etc. At this stage you are able to see drawables but not xml and java files, so continue.

Step 2:

Now…

How to install PhoneGap Eclipse PlugIn for Android?

Download

In Eclipse Indigo or Helios (Classic or Java) ADT, Select Help -> Install New Software

If you don’t yet have the ADT (Android Development Tools) download from https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

See http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html

Click Add to enter a new Repository site

The Name field is optional, “MDS PhoneGap for Android Plug-In 1.2″ suggested

In…

Extending PhoneGap with native plugins for Android

Understanding the PhoneGap native plugin structure

Before you start to write PhoneGap native plugins, it will help to understand how the PhoneGap application container exposes native operating system functionality to JavaScript-based applications.

All Cordova APIs consist of two related parts: a JavaScript-based interface that can be accessed within your applications, and the corresponding…

Getting started with PhoneGap in Eclipse for Android

Requirements Prerequisite knowledge

While not required, some knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, and Eclipse will help you make the most of this article.

Additional required other products

Eclipse Classic

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Android SDK

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

PhoneGap

http://phonegap.com/download

User level

All

Eclipse is an open source integrated…

There are following two ways to send SMS using Android device:

Using SmsManager to send SMS

Using Built-in Intent to send SMS

Using SmsManager to send SMS

The SmsManager manages SMS operations such as sending data to the given mobile device. You can create this object by calling the static method SmsManager.getDefault() as follows:

SmsManager smsManager = SmsManager.getDefault();

Once you have…

Today I am going to show code snippet and example about how to send email from code.

In example I will open my email client with predefined data in fields: To, Subject, Message.

As such you do not need to develop your email client from scratch because they are already available like Gmail . But you will need to send email from your Android application, where you will have to write an Activity…

The Android SDK includes a mobile device emulator — a virtual mobile device that runs on your computer. The emulator lets you develop and test Android applications without using a physical device.

  But Sometimes It Becomes Too Difficult to use the default Emulators for running the Android Application because it takes too much time to load so here is some beautiful alternatives you can try.

  Gen…

Android Development Tips For Beginners

Hii Friends Before Starting The Android Development You Should Have A Look At these tips, This Might be helpful for you to get start

or else, you might get stuck up at some place.

  I am collecting these tips from @Google.com . I Collect it to provide all the neccessary stuff for Android at one common place.

Which Is Called As Android Dhoom.

  So Here Is The Tips For You.

  1. Choice of IDE

Most…

Android Location Based Services

Android location APIs make it easy for you to build location-aware applications, without needing to focus on the details of the underlying location technology. This becomes possible with the help ofGoogle Play services, which facilitates adding location awareness to your app with automated location tracking, geofencing, and activity recognition.

This tutorial shows you how to use Location…