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Access REST Resources Secured By UAG from Mobile Device

by Daron Cox

If you're trying to integrate with UAG from a mobile device, this tip is for you!

ASP.NET C# Tutorial - Development with Nido Framework for Dummies

by Nirosh

This tutorial is designed for .NET programmers who need to understand ‘Nido’ framework and its application.

Android security - Implementation of Self-signed SSL certificate for your App.

by charankumar516

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Access REST Resources Secured By UAG from Mobile Device

by Daron Cox

If you're trying to integrate with UAG from a mobile device, this tip is for you!

[Solved] No JVM Installation Found. Please Install 64bit JDK

by XyedBilal

Step by step solution of Android Studio "No JVM Installation" error

Add Menu Items, and Respond to Them, in Android Activities

by B. Clay Shannon

Wherein the steps to add menu items, and respond to them being selected, is delineated

Algorithm: Get all possible letter combinations from a dialed number

by ludovicianul

Android - customize EditText like a page in textbook.

by WebMaster

Customize EditText in Android with has lines inside.

Android - Image Operations Using BitmapFactory

by User 4838655

Walltoday is an app for setting a wallpaper for each day.

Android - List and Kill Background Process

by Ngo Tuong Dan

Android OS is a multitasking operating, there are a lot of running background process, these process make your device will be slower.

Android - To Do\Shopping List

by Deepali Dhingra

This tip explains how to create a to do or Shopping List app with listview, sqlite, dialog and customadapter

Android - To Do\Shopping List [Tip/Trick] - Part 2

by Deepali Dhingra

This tip explains how to create a to do or Shopping List app with listview, sqlite, dialog and customadapter.

Android access to .NET Web Service with Object as parameter and return value

by Ivan Budiono

Class to access a .NET Web Service with an Object parameter or even an array of objects.

Android ADB Commands Using Batch File

by Pavel Durov

This tip will show how to use a batch file for adb commands.

Android Alphabetic IndexBar Scroller

by Khushboo Kaur

This article would help you develop the Index Bar for Android across all screen resolutions.

Android App To Browse A Website

by Garvit Arya

It is a personalized web Browser that can open a certain website directly.

Android Cards Counter

by ShareIdeas

This Android project can get cards number leveraging the principle of digital image.

Android CodeView - the Easiest Way to Highlight Text

by AmrDeveloper

How to use CodeViewAndroid Library in many projects features

Android CodeView: Auto Indentation, Find and Replace

by AmrDeveloper

Create Android Code Editor app with CodeView that supports auto indenting, finding matching and replacing keywords

Android Database Example Project (Thread Safe Version)

by Right Handed Monkey

This is a tutorial for accessing sqlite databases in Android in a thread safe manner. If you download the library code, please bookmark, comment on, or rate the article - it helps out tremendously.

Android Development - Running Android App

by ShubhamSaxena

Running an Android app.

Android Edit Text with Cross Icon (x)

by huyletran

Make edit text with specified length, delete icon

Android GCM Push Notification

by Mukund Thakker

Android GCM Push Notification

Android JSON Parser Java Classes Creator Online Tool

by Sukhpal Singh JNU Jaipur

JSON parser classes creator tool for Android

Android Marshmallow Overlay Permission

by Sreenivas Satish

System overlay permissions in Android M

Android Material Design

by Richard Silveira

Android Material Design for old devices with Design Support Library

Android on Visual Studio

by Houssem_Dellai

Develop Android applications using Visual Studio and C#

Android project structure (Eclipse)

by Bart Dubois

Memo about structure of the Android project and Support Package

Android Torch App

by Azim Zahir

This is a demonstration of a Torch application built using Android.

Android: Activity Life Cycle

by Satyam A.

Here we see how Android Activity LifeCycle works.

Android: Custom DialogBox

by Satyam A.

How to create a custom dialog box in Android.

Android: Play Media File in the Assets Folder

by Yildirim Kocdag

Play a media file (wav, MP3, etc) in the Assets folder.

Android: Set Ringer Silent

by Yildirim Kocdag

This article helps you to set your Android device ringer mode to silent and normal, and check the last mode.

Android:deserialize KSoap2 response into Complex object or arrays purely

by Little Carl

Library for deserializing the Ksoap2 response .

Android:SharedPreference

by Satyam A.

How to use SharedPreference to store information in key-value pair in Android

AngularJS Security - Authorization on Angular Routes

by Pramod Sharma Tech

Securing routes in Angular is not available out of the box. This tip would help in securing routes in Angular based applications.

Apply a custom default style on QML controls

by Marco Bertschi

A short guide on how you can style and customize the appearance of you QML controls in a CSS-like way

Bar Chart with Click Listener in Android

by emerR46

Show an option when a selected bar chart is clicked in from screen.

Bitmap combination

by huyletran

Create a new bitmap by combining many bitmaps.

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

by Arkadeep De

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

Build Cloud Services for Mobile Applications (HTML 5)

by José Cintra

Do take off your applications with the Cloud Services

Building Combined armv7 / x86 apk After Crosswalk Integration in an Cordova / Ionic Project

by mudasser ajaz

Steps to build combined armv7 / x86 Android .apk after adding crosswalk

Call PHP webservice from Android

by sandeepten910

Change an Android Layout's default header text

by B. Clay Shannon

How to quickly and easily change a Layout's header text

Change The Image Color in Android

by Dheeraj Singh Bhadoria

This Artical shows that how we can change the color of any image throw Bitmap

Changing the Default apk Name in Android

by Kaushal Dhruw

Change that default apk name in generated->output directory of your Android application with a script gradle plugin.

Check whether location services are enabled on Android Phone

by Melih Mucuk

Checking location services are enabled or disabled on android phone.

Check whether network is available on Android phone

by WebMaster

This code snippet checks whether network is available on an Android phone.

Chocolatechip-UI, Cordova and Android - Handling Physical Back Button Events

by Alfeu Lucas Guedes

How to handle Android physical back button events with Chocolatechip-UI and Cordova.

Compiling Native C/C++ library for Android

by pi19404

This article describes the method to cross compile C/C++ library for Android OS

Configure Intel HAXM with Google Android Studio

by David Fan Quan

Introduction of how to configure Intel's HAXM with Google Android Studio to accelerate Android emulator.

Configure WCF Service to REST

by Shivarajbk

This tip explains how to write RESTFUL WCF service for Android applications.

Connecting Android App to Web Page with POST Parameters

by Jose V. Huerta

Android APP to web page (POST parameters)

Create a Code Editor Android Application using CodeView Library

by AmrDeveloper

How to create a Code Editor Android Application for Go Programming Langauge using CodeView Library

Create Gradient Lines with Drawables in Android

by Jaydeep Jadav

This article will show you how to create simple gradient line separators to spice up the layout a little bit.

Creating and Invoking an Activity in Droidio (Android Studio)

by B. Clay Shannon

How to create an Android Activity and its associated Layout file, then invoke (intent) them from another Activity

Creating Progress Bar When Loading Two or More Async Tasks in Android

by Benktesh Sharma

Tips for tracking progress on multiple async tasks in Android

Cross-platform Mobile Development vs Native Development

by Dominic Burford

Cross-platform mobile development vs native development

Custom alarm sound for Android phone

by udhaya2code

You can set your own recording, sound tracks, or even your favorite song as your alarm in an Android phone.

Custom App Chooser in Android

by shash kant

How to develop a custom App Chooser to show SMS and Whatsapp in Chooser dialog

Custom Map Tiles (Android)

by valeriyabobko

A simple example of using custom tile server for Android maps using OSM (Open Street Map) library

Customized StickyGridHeaders

by Ahmed Alaa El-Din

I customized StickyGridHeaders to work on any data and group by any data.

CyberGod - An Antivirus in C++ for Windows and Android(Java)

by VISWESWARAN1998

CyberGod KSGMPRH is an open source antivirus which is designed to work under Windows operating system. It comes with a DOS Engine helping developers to customize the anti-virus engine as they please.

Debug Ionic Android Application On Mobile Devices or Emulators

by mudasser ajaz

How to debug ionic Android application in development phase

Debugging Android NDK 5 (b) C++ Multithreaded Applications Manually

by User 2623109

Make this ndk-gdb finally work with threads

Decoding Android Development for ASP.NET (webform) Programmers – Part I

by Mani Murthy

Provides a brief overview to developing Android application for developers who are from the ASP.NET background

Designing Android Chat Bubble (Chat UI)

by JoCodes

Creating Simple Android Chat Bubble or Chat UI Layout

Device not recognized with ADB: What to do when everything else failed

by pjaar89

Manufacturer's driver does not work? Device not listed in console or with Eclipse?

Direct Access to SQL Server From Android

by Ngo Tuong Dan

Using JTDS - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver to access SQL Server from Android APP

Dynamic ListView with Custom Adapter in Android

by Miral Sarwar

Very fruitful approach to control data of ListView dynamically

Encryption and Decryption Support in .NET and Android

by Miral Sarwar

It supports in C#.NET and Android platform for Encrypting and Decrypting data.

equals( ) Versus == in Java(Android)

by Jaydeep Jadav

It is important to understand that the equals( ) method and the == operator perform two different operations.

Example of Using Google Maps Service and GPS in Android

by joseacl79

Create a Google maps app and add markers on it

Executing Asynchronous Tasks using Threads and Updating the UI

by Eduardo Antonio Cecilio Fernandes

Add asynchronous tasks, using threads, in Android activities while updating its progress to the UI. Use this technique for SDKs lower than 1.5.

Facebook & LinkedIn Login with Firebase and Xamarin

by amartya mandal

Facebook & LinkedIn login with Firebase and Xamarin

Free virtual test devices

by Fredrik Bornander

When the emulator isn't enough for testing and the money isn't enough for an actual device

Gearing Up for Android Studio 2.0

by Kaushal Dhruw

Prepare your Android dev environment for the next awesome release. Android Studio 2.0 preview.

Generating Android App Version Code and Name Automatically

by Kaushal Dhruw

Automate version name and code generation of your Android app using simple gradle tricks

Generator for SQLite Use in Android

by A.Ebrahimi

Tools introduction for Android developers who use SQlite in coding

Get actual screen size for the application layout dynamically

by All Time Programming

Get actual screen size for the application layout dynamically

Get Phone Contact Details

by Atulkryadav

Get Phone Contact Details

Get rid of Parcelable Implemention

by farhad2161

In this article we will implement a general Parcelable class and name it ParcelableEntity. Then all other entity class can extend it, then they will be parcelable too. So there is no need to implement Parcelable class for other classes.

Get the versionCode and versionName of your Android app

by Jaydeep Jadav

The following trick tell you How to get the versionCode and versionName of your android app using code

Getting Started With Android Development

by ShubhamSaxena

Getting started with Android development.

Getting Started With Ionic 4 Cross Platform Android and IOS App

by Zahid Tanveer

Starting with Ionic Framework

Global Variable in Android

by josh-jw

This tip will help you to develop global variable in Android application.

Google NewsStand Animation Android

by Hariprasanth S

Navigation pattern like in Google News Stand app with transitions

Handle Click Events of Multiple Buttons Inside a RecyclerView

by JoCodes

Handling multiple click events of multiple buttons placed inside CardView / RecyclerView from Activity instead of from Adapter

Handling Back Button Press in an Activity Called For Result

by JainGirish

Understanding Android activities handling of back key press - some useful tips to avoid unexpected results or app crash

Handling Phone Events in Android Programs

by krasnoff

In this article, we will learn to write code which responds to various phone events such as: phone ring, start conversation, start outgoing calls, etc.

How to access network speed when playing video in Android Platform

by tojine

As MediaPlayer of Android has no API to know the buffering time, I just only access the speed of network via reading the linux proc file(/proc/net/dev) to enable the UI displaying the download speed

How to Add an AsyncTask to an Android Activity

by B. Clay Shannon

Step-by-step instructions for adding an Async Task to an Android Activity

How to Add Borders to Android Widgets

by B. Clay Shannon

Add borders to Android widgets, such as EditTexts, to "set them off/apart"

How to add external library file in Android Studio

by josh-jw

This article will give you a good idea about adding external jar files in Android Studio.

How to Connect a Client on Your Host to a Server Running on Andoid Emulator

by infal

How to establish a connection to server running in Android emulator

How to Create a shelfview in Android with TableLayout?

by omid.nazifi

In this article, we try to make a shelf view show a list of books or newspapers, etc.

How to Create Adapters Easily in 2022 as an Android Developer

by AmrDeveloper

How to get any Adapter class from model class easily and quickly

How to Create an Android Application Widget using the Apache Cordova Plugin ACE

by Silvia Campo

This post contains steps on how to set up an Android application widget in an hybrid mobile application using Apache Cordova and the plugin ACE from Microsoft.

How to cut a bitmap?

by huyletran

Cut bitmap!

How to Develop a Simple Android Service

by giaosucan

Simple way to create service on Android Application

How to Disable High Volume Warning Message on Android

by seamirage

Two separate solutions: for devices with no root and for the rooted devices

How to Effortlessly become a Historian, Archaeologist, and Forensic Technician (with your Android code)

by B. Clay Shannon

How to View Every Change You've Ever Made to a File in Droidio With No Setup

How to Enclose Multiple Android Widgets in a Rectangle

by B. Clay Shannon

In which the user is shown how to enclose multiple widgets in a rectangle

How to Establish a Different Picture of the Android Camera by Image Processing (Gray and Comic)?

by Lai Taiyu

To establish a different picture of the Android camera by image processing (Gray and Comic)

How to integrate Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin in Android Apps

by 3PillarLabs

This article help users to integrate Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace functionality easily in Android apps.

How to Make a C++ Qt Android Project with CMake on Windows

by Vhalun

A step-by-step tutorial about how to build a Qt/C++ project on Android

How to make EditText With Border and Gradient Background in Android Using XML

by ashishkumar008

Here, I am going to apply a good look and feel on EditText in Android. For this purpose, we can use image also but I'll use XML here.

How To Make The ListView Aware Of Data Changes

by dimpant

Learn how to properly use the NotifyDataSetChanged method of the ListViewAdapter to remove items from a ListView

How to Make Your Own Android Weather Application Using Google Weather API

by Hadrich Mohamed

This tip shows you how to make your own Android Weather Application using XML Parsing.

How to Name Your Android APP Correctly

by David Fan Quan

Are you sure you really know how to name your app? If you know Activity's label has higher priority than Application's label, you'll get it.

How to Populate a Spinner (Dropdown/Picklist) with Values in Android

by B. Clay Shannon

Easily create and hook up values to display in an Android Spinner

How to Reference Colors by Name in Android Layouts

by B. Clay Shannon

A handful of easy steps to enable using names instead of hex vals for colors

How to Send Email From an Exception Block in Android

by B. Clay Shannon

Simple code to send email which contains Exception text from a Catch Block

InetAddress Java Class

by Marius Iulian Mihailescu

The article describes the use of InetAddress class with short and easy-to-understand examples. I have tried to focus on practical examples showing how we can obtain information about a host. The examples provided in this article are provided from the academic point of view.

Installing Android 5.1 directly on your Nexus 7 2012 Wifi

by OriginalGriff

If (like me) you have a Nexus7 that was converted into a door-stop by Lollipop 5.0 or 5.0.2, this is a guide in how to skip the wait for Google to realise you might want 5.1!

Installing Applications on android from your computer

by a-machan

The purpose of the article is to provide a simple description to install applications that are not available on android market or for testing our own applications on the device. The android installation executables will have an .apk extension (apk – android package)

Integrate NativeScript with Google Firebase Notification (FCM) Using Angular2 and Typescript For Android Devices

by Nesreen Maged

Use native script with Angular2 and typescript to build a native Android mobile app that is integrated with Google firebase notification FCM

Java Android Spinner

by Jan Bodnar

This tip shows how to use a Spinner widget in Android Java.

Java Implementation of the Base26GPS Standard

by avi shaby

This tip describes the Java implementation of Base26GPS.

Learn Android programming with Kotlin: Using VideoView and MediaController

by Ngọc Minh Trần

How to use VideoView and MediaController in Kotlin

Light-weight Timer for Android (background worker)

by Ross Brigoli

A simple and light-wight timer/background worker class for Android that does not spawn new threads.

Listview Endless Scrolling

by huyletran

Make a vertical listview with scroll looping

Manipulating Android Devices from a Windows C# App

by marcus obrien

This tip covers how to write a C# application to control an Android device. It uses the MADB wrapper from Quamotion.

Matematico, Android Card Game

by martin.nedopil

Logical card Android game

Parse JSON Data in Android

by Amanpreet Mukker

Parsing JSON data in Android is simple and seamless

Passing Values to an Intent

by DASoftware

Tip on how to pass a value to an intent

PHP, VBA and SQL Useful Scripts

by Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Development process in few steps with the help of scripting software

Playing Audio on Android from an HTML5 File

by Kyle A.B.

Learn how to play Audio in an Android app from an HTML5 page in the Apps Assets folder.

Push to Single Android Device

by Attila Kúr

Alternative Push Notifications (without GCM) targeting a single device

Quick-and-Dirty Way to Get All Records from Any SQLite Table (Using Java from Android)

by B. Clay Shannon

Learn how to get all records from any SQLite table, passing the Table Name as String and receiving a StringBuilder

RadioGroup Android Application

by Raza Habib

RadioGroup in Android Application.

Reject and Accept an Incoming Call

by Yildirim Kocdag

This article helps you to reject and accept an incoming call for your Android device with functions.

Rotate Bitmap

by huyletran

Rotate bitmap

Running Android Apps on Emulator

by Azim Zahir

This article demonstrates running Android applications on emulator.

Send and Recive Parameter with Android To Mysql PHP

by Mohammad Ali_7

Send and Recive Parameter with Android To Mysql PHP

Send email with attachment in Android

by Hamdy Ghanem

How to send an email with attachment in Android.

Sensors in Android

by Deepali Dhingra

This contains information about Sensors in Android.

Setting up Apache Cordova for cross-platform mobile development

by Feature Extraction

In this article I will cover the steps to set up Apache Cordova. I’ll first set up the Android SDK, an Android Virtual Device, Apache Ant and finally, Cordova.

Shared Preferences (ANDROID)

by Ahmed Jubayer

Using shared preferences in Android

Show a Toast in the Middle of the Android Screen

by B. Clay Shannon

Simple tip on how to show a toast in response to an event, and center it in the screen

Show/hide password in a edit text view (password type).

by WebMaster

Show/hide password in a edit text view (password type) .

Simple Pie Chart with Labels

by User 1234567

Logic to create Pie chart with rotated labels

Simple Singleton Pattern in Android

by Kamran_Shahid

Singleton pattern implementation in Android

Simplest Technique to Develop Multi-threaded Apps with UI Update

by Mukit, Ataul

How to deal with background threads that want to update the UI in apps

Soap Manager

by n.massari

Library to send and receive objects between an android client and a web service

Step by Step Guide to build Ionic Hybrid App using Cordova/Android

by Swagat Parida

This article will guide in developing a basic app Hybrid Mobile App using Ionic, Cordova, Android.

Style Any Activity as an Alert Dialog in Android

by Amanpreet Mukker

Simple trick that I find very useful

Switching between List Empty and Busy Indicators for Android ListView

by cigwork

I wanted to show a "no data" legend when there's nothing to show for an asynchronously loaded list and a busy indicator whilst items are being sought/loaded.

The Easiest Way to Create a Layout for an Android App Intended for a Single Device

by B. Clay Shannon

Learn the easiest way to create an Android Layout, especially when form factors of the target devices are limited

Tip: Accessing Newer Android SDK Version APIs Using Java Reflection

by V. Subhash

Android code shortcuts to explore newer SDK APIs

Tips for Android Application Automation Testing

by QArea Team

Testing for Android is especially important because of differences between the devices. Here are some tips.

Top 3 Lessons Learned Designing Android App

by Krishna Rungta

Jumpstart your App Development with these tips

Tree View in Java For Android

by pgmr_64804

Tree View in Swift for Android that is easy to implement and use

Understanding of the Android DrawingState

by Yesy

Demonstrate how to use the Android drawingstate

Use Android Themes to Incorporate a DRY Layout

by B. Clay Shannon

Simple steps needed to globally change a widget property

Use jQuery To Capture Flick Events

by steve_gough

Introduction...

Using C for Android Development (the Easy Way)

by Gábor Angyal

Binding C structs and functions to Kotlin is easier than you have thought!

Using Hardware Keys on Android for Security Apps

by jit_knit

Using Hardware Keys on Android for Security Apps

Using Spinner Control for Filtering ListView - Android

by JoCodes

Filter ListView Items using Spinner ( with custom adapters, Model Classes )

VS 2015 Crashes When open *.axml files using Android Designer Xamarin

by Ahmad Kharsah

Fix VS2015 Crashes when open *.axml file after Update Xamarin and Java JDK

Webix Integration with Online Geographical Maps

by sonic_youth

This tip will tell you how to add popular web maps such as Google, Nokia, OpenStreet and Yandex maps into a Webix app with just several lines of code.

WebView browser controller

by huyletran

Android webview browser controller

WebView JS Bridge - Android

by Swagat Parida

WebView JS Bridge - Android

Windows / Android (C#/Java) Compatible Data Encryption with Compression

by JudyL_MD

Code sample for passing encrypted compressed data between Windows and Android

Working (19.12.2017) Push Notifications to Android with C# over Firebase Cloud Messaging

by infal

This article shows how to send push notification to your mobile (Android) app from .NET infrastructure.