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Android Dev: Simple Notification

{lang: 'en-GB'} OK, here’s a very simple implementation of a notification. NotificationManager notifier; Notification notification; static final int APP_ID = 0223; //v2 @Override protected void...

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Android Dev: Custom button with no PNG’s

{lang: 'en-GB'} There is no denying that PNG’s (and .9.png’s) are the way to go if you are graphically talented. I am not! I prefer using xml to define drawable shapes / gradient / and strokes. For a...

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Android Dev: Simple Text to Speech

{lang: 'en-GB'} Here is a quick example, with sample Eclipse project, of how to simply use the inbuilt Text to Speech (TTS) in Android. There are a few steps that I have tried to explain briefly in...

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Android Dev: Adding Google Analytics Tracking

{lang: 'en-GB'}First post in quite a while. Quick one, you can use Google Analytics to track use of your application. Here’s the quickest way using the EasyTracker. First download the Add this to your...

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Android Dev: Action Bar Sherlock

{lang: 'en-GB'}Action Bar Sherlock is a fantastic development by Jake Wharton. It is designed to build on the Android Compatibility Library (that makes Fragments available back to 1.6) and enables the...

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Android Dev: ActionBar Tabs + Swiping

{lang: 'en-GB'}So I have spent my evening trying to use ViewPager + ActionBar + Tabs. I didn’t manage to find a complete example. I have just made a test project that demonstrates this wonderful...

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Android Dev: ActionBarSherlock + Tabs + ViewPager

{lang: 'en-GB'}My previous post gives a sample project that enables ActionBar Tab navigation and ViewPager enabling users to swipe to change tabs. Unfortunately using the same code with the Action Bar...

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Switching To IntelliJ: Installation and Setup

{lang: 'en-GB'}I recently decided to switch to IntelliJ from Eclipse, as Eclipse was behaving like a petulant child and causing me so many issues. I have decided to make a few guides, as I had a few...

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Switching To IntelliJ: Adding a Library Project

{lang: 'en-GB'}This was something that caused me a headache … First of all, take a look at this page to get the correct terminology for IntelliJ. We need to add a module dependency, but first we need...

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Android Dev: Design is it that hard?

{lang: 'en-GB'}I think we can all agree that the Google Play Store has a lot of apps which are ugly. Whether they are indie developers or huge corporations (looking at you Netflix, and many more). So...

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