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“Android: Connecting Your Life to the Web” 2008-03-05 22:12:58 Dan Morrill was at the ETech conference in San Diego speaking about Google's vision for Android
phones. Dan explained Android's open development model and how it works to make Android free and open to carriers, manufacturers and enthusiasts, with no permission required to develop apps.
Dan demonstrated using a sample app "Google Grapes" ,to get the latest prices of several wines from a Google Read more:Connecting
Sybase engine on Android 2008-03-05 09:37:48 "Android
will be one of the platforms on which the Sybase engine will run". Speaking at Sybase Federal Symposium in Washington about the company's new cross-platform mobile runtime enviroment, Raj Nathan, CMO, said that the company will be releasing the software to unify the task of data storage/management across different mobile platforms including Android. A Sybase subsidiary, iAnywhere,
"Apps for Android" 2008-03-04 22:44:16 The Official Android
developer team has started a new project "apps-for-android" to create sample apps for demonstrating different features of Android. First in the line is WikiNotes, an app to create links out of WikiWords(words that use CamelCase). The links could point to a contact no. or a website
WikiNotes for Android was written to demonstrate a number of core concepts in Android,
Android SDK Updated to m5-rc15 2008-03-04 22:05:18 A new version of the SDK is out, m5-rc15. It is another update in the process of transitioning from M3 to M5 version and now includes all the changes mentioned in the documentation when m5-rc14 was released. The update doesn't introduce any new API and does not require you to update the Eclipse ADT plugin.
The primary reason of this release is to fix a vulnerability in the handling of images. Read more:Android
Google adds Gears to mobile 2008-03-04 10:18:16 Google has released the first version of Gears
for mobile platform, only for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 as of now. Gears allows developers to code for the web browser rather than the native OS,this saves the developers a lot of time and headache.Gears installs a SQLite engine on the client device which is used as a cache for storing data while the device is online. When offline, Gears provides the Read more:Google
Intel's Atom 2008-03-03 23:44:04 Intel is back in the handheld devices business with 'Atom', the most compact processor by the company so far.This is Intel's second foray into small handheld devices after it sold off its XScale series to Marvell.The 'Atom' line of processors are a single shed for Intel's Silverthorne and Diamondville series. The Menlow platform has been renamed as 'Centrino Atom'. Silverthorne is intended for Read more:Intel
File Manager for Android 2008-03-03 12:37:39 SDK : M5-rc14 Manage is a file manager to do basic file operations like move, copy, delete etc. I've used this as a reference for the 'file browser' part of the code. Ideally, the options should've been done in Menu, but here i've used List Dialog. Theres nothing much to explain in the code since most of it is Java I/O.
Source
Download
Bugs List
Comments/Suggestions are welcome. Read more:Android
Ubuntu goes Mobile 2008-02-29 10:32:24 This is interesting. Just when we thought Android was 'The' linux flavour on mobile, Ubuntu
comes along with even a "better looking" platform, Ubuntu Mobile
Edition(UME). The platform is being projected for Mobile Internet Devices (MID) with the main focus on bringing complete internet to mobile devices. The specs mentioned are very impressive,
Full Web 2.0/AJAX fidelity, with custom options of
Latest Android demo video 2008-02-28 13:08:01 Darren Waters of BBC News met Andy Rubin,Google's director of mobile platforms, on Feb 26 for a round of interview. The demo video
shows quite a few apps installed. Rubin shows the device's 3G and 3D gaming capabilities. The demo device operates pretty fast considering it has a 300 MHZ(approx.) chip.The interview is kind of a reiteration of Google's take on mobile platform and the usual Read more:Android
Searching in a local database 2008-02-27 11:55:57 SDK : M5-rc14
Previously, we searched in an array, now we are going to do that in a database. I'll be using the image viewing application from previous posts. The steps are,
a. Create a database in Images.java and insert the name and path of images.
b. Access the database in ImageSearch.java and retrieve the values.
Images.java
public SQLiteDatabase db = null;
public static String dbase =
Displaying Images 2008-02-26 05:46:59 SDK: M5-rc14
Usually the images are stored in the application's resources. In some cases, images that are stored at different locations in the system need to be accessed. We'll be using Gallery to view the images stored in SD card.
Layout XML :
<Gallery xmlns:android=""
android:id="@+id/gallery"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android: Read more:Images
Implementing Search 2008-02-26 05:34:33 SDK : M5-rc14
We'll implement a Search
feature into the image viewing application we built previously. Ideally, this Search should have been implemented using Filter-Search, but due to some bugs in it, we'll be using Query-Search.
AndroidManifest.xml
<activity android:name=".Images" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="
SQLite Basics 2008-02-26 05:23:12 SDK : M5-rc14
If this is your first encounter with SQLite, consider spending some time here.We'll do a simple activity to list some data stored in the database.
SQLite.java :
public class SQLite extends ListActivity
{
public static SQLiteDatabase db = null;
String dbase = "myDB";
String dbTable = "my_table";
ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
@Override
public Read more:Basics
Splashscreen 2008-02-24 00:02:28 SDK : M5-rc14 The basic logic is to use a thread to do all the background work while the image is being displayed.
public class Splashscreen extends Activity { ImageView splash; final Handler mHandler = new Handler(); public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); splash = (
Opening New Screen 2008-02-23 23:28:42 SDK Version : M5-rc14
This code allows calling other classes from a class (or opening a new screen). Useful for starting a new Activity like a new screen or dialog.
try {
Intent i = new Intent(<this classname>.this, <class to be called>.class);
startActivity(i); // startSubActivity(i,0) will also work if you just want to open a dialog box.
}catch (
Emulating SD card 2008-02-22 17:44:53 Use mksdcard for creating a FAT32 image of a SD card. For example, mksdcard 1024M sd_card To make sure the image is used with the emulator, launch the emulator with -sdcard option. On Eclipse, this can be done by going to “Run > Open Run Dialog”, in the “Target” tab, add the option in the “Additional Emulator Command Line Options” :
For adding/removing files from the sd card, you can use the
Security solution for Android 2008-03-11 13:39:54 One of the first security suite for Android
has been announced by Savant Protection. The company which specializes in intrusion prevention, has ported its security solution, Savant Technology, to Android.
As mobile computing gains popularity, threats to personal data stored on mobile devices continue to grow. Security professionals around the world are touting mobile devices as the next big
Google's Rich Miner on Android and more 2008-03-14 00:11:58 Speaking at eComm, Google
's general manager of wireless platforms, Rich Miner
said Android
will outsell iPhone. Miner opened the second day of the eComm conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. saying that Android will be loved by developers due to its openness. He expects Android-based phones to outsell iPhone. "Once you have devices out there from Motorola , HTC,
Webtide's Jetty for Android 2008-03-17 13:04:02 Webtide, the main developer of leading open source HTTP server and Java web container, Jetty, announced today, at EclipseCon 2008, the first web and application server designed specifically to operate on Android
. Jetty is the web and application server behind Eclipse Equinox and because of its lightweight and robust nature, it is ideal for embedding in mobile
Ads on Android 2008-03-18 10:31:20 We all saw this news coming, although, this one does not come from Google, but from Relevantis, Inc. The company has released the first advertising platform for Android
which will allow developers to integrate ads into their apps.
The platform called 'Universal Ad Platform' allows Android developers to include personalized and location-aware advertising within their apps. Relevantis specializes
Games for Android 2008-03-18 00:08:13 OmniGSoft, a mobile 3D gaming company based in Toronto has entered the Android
Developer Challenge with ten 3D mobile games for Android. Titled "OmniGSoft Games
on Android", the set includes 10 games out of which, currently, 5 games have been released for M3-rc37a, M5 is not yet supported.
The games use OmniGSoft's 3D game engine which includes MiniAWT- a cross-platform AWT , OmniGraphics -
The G-Race - HTC vs Samsung 2008-03-21 22:39:33 Race to the Android phone is on. HTC and Samsung
are competing to get the first gPhone out in the market. While HTC's "Dream" is inching towards reality, Samsung has switched gears to catch up with HTC.
Earlier this week, rumors about HTC Omni(Dream) being THE gPhone were out in the wild. Now, we had the same news last year when CEO Peter Chou said about Dream: "We've been working on [OHA]
NTT DoCoMo to release Android phones by 2010 2008-03-23 13:28:30 NTT DoCoMo
, the Japanese mobile operator and a prominent member of OHA plans to release phones based on Android
by 2010. This disclosure was made when DoCoMo declared its plan to remove advanced functions and services from its cell phones' current OS. The company decided to move over from a proprietary OS to Android to help manufacturers reduce cost.
According to the carrier, functions to be Read more:NTT DoCoMo
Google proposes Wi-Fi 2.0 2008-03-24 22:16:13 In another move to boost Android's prospects, Google
's telecommunications counsel,Richard Whitt proposed a plan to use unused airwaves, known as white spaces, to provide high-speed mobile access to consumers by the 2009 holiday season.
Google, alongwith Microsoft and six other big tech companies formed the 'White Space Coalition' in 2006 to advocate the use of unused analog TV signals for
Quake on Qualcomm phone 2008-04-01 21:42:54 At CTIA, Qualcomm
showed off an Android prototype cellphone
capable of playing Quake
. The device uses Qualcomm’s 3D hardware graphics acceleration and gives 30fps at VGA. The screen size is smaller that what we use in the SDK,so lets hope the chip gives the same fps on 320x480 screens.
Also in their presentation, Qualcomm executives spoke about advertising on mobiles. Len Lauer explained
AT&T in Android land 2008-04-02 21:58:33 AT&T are considering jumping onto the Android
bandwagon. At CTIA, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega said that customizability had attracted him to Android. "I like it a lot more than I did before, its something we would want in our portfolio.<!-- google ads --><!-- END google ads --><!-- topix links -->"
Although in December, AT&T was wary of Android,that the platform would be oriented too much
Android ported to N810 2008-04-08 13:38:17 Folks at elinux.org have successfully ported Android
(m5-rc14) to Nokia N810 tablet, well, TI's OMAP SoCs to be more general. Android has been already ported successfully to Sharp Zaurus SL-C760,SL-C3000, Armadillo-500 and several other OMAP 1 & 2 boards.
The Wiki offers specific instructions right from compiling, extracting the system files to booting the system. The screenshot below shows a
HTC Dream launch on May 6 ? 2008-04-08 01:05:27 May 6 could well be the launch of the first batch of Android loaded HTC Dream
phones if the invitation sent out to tech press is anything to go by,
Phonemag.com reports that HTC is holding a special launch event on May 6 in London to “Witness the next wave of HTC Innovation.” This could be it. Apple’s Worldwide Developers convention is around the corner and 3G iPhone is expected by June 4,
Opera Mini for Android 2008-04-10 08:18:35 A preview version of Opera Mini
is available for the developer community to test and provide feedback for a later scheduled beta release.
Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, said: "Opera Mini will be able to empower users of Android
-based handsets with access to all of their favorite web sites with popular features for smooth effects and scalable, tailored viewing."
The J2ME version has been ported over
Android Developer Challenge 1 statistics 2008-04-18 02:45:53 Since it got over, there have been many speculations(statistical, logical....) in the official groups about the no. of entries received. Google has put an end to it on their blog in which Azhar Hashem, Product Marketing Manager for Android
said, "I'm thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android DeveloperChallenge
!". So there you have it
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