Archive for January, 2010

AudioManager Widget for Android

AudioManager Widget for Android

January 8, 2010 1 Comment

Every once in while there is an application that makes your life a lot easier.  Sometimes that application is a widget.  Such is the case with AudioManager for Android.  This widget does what it name implies; it allows you to manage your android device’s various audio levels.  This includes the alarm level, media level, ...

Starting Android Development Part 3: Layout Tutorial 2

January 6, 2010 2 Comments

As promised, here’s part two of my coverage on layouts in Android.  Lets pick up where we left off, namely we just created a main.xml file for layout of our temperature conversion application. So you know what we’re trying to achieve here, here’s a screenshot of the final product. I know what you’re thinking.  That’s ...

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Starting Android Development Part 3: Layout Tutorial 1

January 5, 2010 No Comments

Now that I’ve bored you to death with details about how Android programming works, lets actually put something together, shall we?  This post will deal mainly with creating layouts in Android and will finish up with a sample layout for our Temperature Conversion project. For what Google has to say about layouts check out their developers ...

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Theme Review: Dark Dream

January 4, 2010 No Comments

Here’s one of my favorite CM themes so far.  Dark Dream is a dark, glossy theme for Android.  Currently in version 1.8.1.2, this theme has been around for a little while and features a sleek, streamlined look for your phone.  If you’re into dark themes like I am this is a winner.  Here are some ...

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Starting Android Development Part 2: Project Structure

January 2, 2010 No Comments

In Part One of Starting Android Development, we discussed setting up your project in Eclipse.  Now it’s time to explain exactly what’s going on and how Android development works.  This information will help you keep things in perspective as you program, and it will help you when it comes to debugging time. Let’s take a look ...

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