Android Development Corner Archive

  • So you’ve got your API key in hand and you’re ready to develop an app.  What’s next?  We’ll we’ve got to get a Google Map displayed on the screen.  This...

    Creating an App Based On Google Maps, Part 2: Setting up the Map View

    So you’ve got your API key in hand and you’re ready to develop an app.  What’s next?  We’ll we’ve got to get a Google Map displayed on the screen.  This...

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  •   Lately I’ve been finding myself working on a lot of location-sensitive Android applications. Thankfully Google has an open API for their Maps addon to Android that allows you to...

    Creating an App Based On Google Maps, Part 1: Obtaining A Google API Key

      Lately I’ve been finding myself working on a lot of location-sensitive Android applications. Thankfully Google has an open API for their Maps addon to Android that allows you to...

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  • 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...

    Starting Android Development Part 3: Layout Tutorial 2

    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...

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  • 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...

    Starting Android Development Part 3: Layout Tutorial 1

    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...

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  • 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...

    Starting Android Development Part 2: Project Structure

    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...

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  • So, you’ve got an Android Device.  You’ve got the SDK set up.  Now what?  In the next few posts, I’m going to walk you though creating your very own Android...

    Starting Android Development Part 1: Setting Up a Project in Eclipse

    So, you’ve got an Android Device.  You’ve got the SDK set up.  Now what?  In the next few posts, I’m going to walk you though creating your very own Android...

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