Android Native Application API
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Based on the features provided by the functions defined in these header files,...
Creating a sample application (Simple)
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How to do it...
To create an application, include the JavaScript and CSS files in your page....
Introducing an Android platform
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Introducing an Android app
Mobile software application that runs on Android is an Android app. The apps...
Making subtle color shifts with curves
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When looking at a scene, we may pick up subtle cues from the way colors shift...
Creating User Interfaces
When creating an Android application, we have to be aware of the existence of multiple screen sizes and screen resolutions. It is important to...
Developing apps with the Google Speech APIs
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Speech technology has come of age. If you own a smartphone or tablet you can perform...
Drawing and Drawables in Android Canvas
In this article by Mir Nauman Tahir, the author of the book Learning Android Canvas, our goal is to learn about the following:
Drawing on...
Common AsyncTask issues
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Fragmentation issues
AsyncTask has evolved with new releases of the Android platform, resulting in behavior that varies...
Writing Tag Content
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The NDEF Message is composed by one or more NDEF records, and each record contains the...
Unit and Functional Tests
In this article by Belén Cruz Zapata and Antonio Hernández Niñirola, authors of the book Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications, you will learn...
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Understanding the Foundation of Protocol-oriented Design
When Apple announced Swift 2 at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2016, they also declared that Swift was the world’s first protocol-oriented...
