Intents are just what they sound like, a way to declare to the Android Framework what you intend to do. This can be starting a specific activity, or it can be just asking Android to find some program that can perform an action (whether or not you know what programs are available). We can also [...]
Read ArticleNote: This is part two of a tutorial series. Each part can be read independently, but you can find the other tutorials at the bottom of this article In Part 1 of Lots of Lists, we examined how easy it is to create a screen that shows a list. However, real-world lists are rarely the [...]
Read ArticleOur final article in the Half Dozen Hello Worlds will introduce you to activities. What is an activity? It is a single screen that a user interacts with on their Android device. You’ve actually been using activities throughout these tutorials, we just haven’t examined them. First, let’s create a new Android Project. Here is the [...]
Read ArticleThis tutorial covers what a Layout is and gives examples of the five types of layout that come with the Android Framework. Examples are given for AbsoluteLayout, FrameLayout, LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, and TableLayout.
Read ArticleHalf Dozen Hello Worlds explores different forms of Android I/O through six simple programs. Part 5 uses OpenGL, a 3D graphics library, to render Hello World using Line Segments.
Read Article Tagged 3D, Beginner, GraphicsA simple look at ListActivity and using an Adapter to connect data
Read ArticleHalf Dozen Hello Worlds explores different forms of Android I/O through six simple programs. Part 4 has Android actually saying “Hello World” using its Text to Speech capabilities.
Read ArticleHalf Dozen Hello Worlds explores different forms of Android I/O through six simple programs. Part 3 looks at two types of pop-up messages that allow you to communicate with the user outside of the normal program flow.
Read Article Tagged android 1.1, android 1.5, BeginnerHalf Dozen Hello Worlds explores different forms of Android I/O through six simple programs. Part two of this series introduces the use of Layout XML files.
Read Article Tagged android 1.1, BeginnerHalf Dozen Hello Worlds explores different forms of Android I/O through six simple programs. Part 1 gets you creating your first android program and using a simple widget to display “Hello World” to the user.
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