Category Archives for Android
RoboGuice – An Injecting Library
You might be wondering about the word RoboGuice. But I am sure you all are curious to know exactly what it is and how it works and why we use it, etc. Up to my experience in android development sometimes it becomes very boring to write code like findViewById(), click listeners, etc. And here is […]
Read More...Introducing Volley – A Networking Library
Have you ever heard of “Volley” word yet in android development? This tutorial is all about a library which google has delivered in Google I/O early in 2013. The library was given a name “Volley” You probably have an idea what it is used for and what it is, if not you will have it […]
Read More...Android TV – Introduction
Today we will learn the Android TV platform, from what it is and what are the characteristics of an effective TV app. We will see each from creating and testing of your very own Android TV sample application. First let’s see what Android TV is actually. It was announced at Google IO 2014, and is […]
Read More...Video Cropping Example
Today we will create an application which will display a video from the assets folder using TextureView and When a user touches the screen, TextureView will resize itself and video will be cropped to match the new size. TextureView is used to display the content stream and it gives you ability to easily play and […]
Read More...Android Wear Part3
As the name implies, Android Wear is an Android-based initiative, which uses Google’s mobile operating system and a dedicated SDK to start the wearable apps. It brings google in a small space in a big way as it is starting with some very popular watch faces. Today in this tutorial we will see how we […]
Read More...Creating ListView With Sections
ListView is very powerful and important widget in android. Since now I have posted many blogs on list view and we have already know how to create a ListView with BaseAdapter and how to create a custom list view etc. Check my post Custom ListView in a Dialog in android and Creating ListView for more […]
Read More...Customize Your Material Theme In Lollipop(5.0)
Material design is very popular for its visual, motion, and interaction designing on various platforms and devices. Android provides the some basic elements to build material design apps as listed below: 1.) A new theme 2.) New widgets for complex views 3.) New APIs for custom shadows and animations In addition to above elements the […]
Read More...Android wear Part2 – Creating a HelloWorld
Although Android Wear watch face API is not very common to use, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make our own solution. There are a number of watch faces available, which are very simple to make also. Since you are able to make an Android application for a phone or tablet, you should also be […]
Read More...Controlling Sound Setting With AudioManager
Today I will explain you about how to use AudioManager Class in your Android applications which provides access to volume and ringer mode control. We will see how to use AudioManager class in getting and setting the device’s volume such as Media player(Music), Alarm, System,Ringer etc as well as setting different ringer mode Silent, Vibrate […]
Read More...Ripple Animation In Android 5.0
Among many other new features, Android Lollipop has brought a series of new animations that can be added to your apps. In this tutorial we will see how to add circular reveal ripple effect in your application. The Ripple touch effect has been introduced in Android 5.0 (API level 21) with material design. Touch feedback […]
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