Google sent a love letter to developers yesterday by way of a three and a half hour keynote presentation at Google I/O 2013. Take a minute and watch this opening video from the keynote and tell me if you don’t …Continue reading
You know the signs: you can’t stop thinking about it as you fall asleep at night. Your mind wanders back to it when you know you should be concentrating on your work that currently pays the bills. You’re even a …Continue reading
Being a good Android developer means being good with Java, though not necessarily a good Java developer. That might sound weird, but it’s true. The architecture of Java apps is very different from Android apps, but the language is the …Continue reading
It’s easy to start developing apps for Android. To get started, you’ll need to download a few tools. This video will show you how to get everything you’ll need. The fastest way to get everything you’ll need is to download …Continue reading
2012 was a banner year for Android, and I’m very thankful to have been a small part of it. New apps, new operating system features, and a bunch of new and exciting phones and tablets have given us a lot …Continue reading
There are a number of ways to create apps for Android devices, but the recommended method for most developers is to write native apps using Java and the Android SDK. Java for Android apps is both similar and quite different …Continue reading
Displaying an image from the web in an Android app is unnecessarily hard to do the right way. You need to download it byte by byte from the Internet, store it in a Bitmap object, and then set this Bitmap …Continue reading
If you ask someone what an iPhone is, the answer is pretty obvious, and even people unfamiliar with iPhones are likely to be able to tell you pretty accurately what it is. But if you ask, “What’s an Android?” you …Continue reading
Getting started with Android development can be a little daunting to newcomers. There are a few different downloads and configuration steps, and quite a few fail points, especially if handcuffed by a zealous IT security team. Wouldn’t it be nice …Continue reading
I’m so done with the iPhone vs. Android debate. They both win. There it is–an Android developer admits that iPhones are cool, too. Okay, back to the debate–it’s over! Do we really care about the latest specs or screen sizes …Continue reading
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This simple app will introduce the Objective-C language, Xcode, and some very basic concepts in the iOS SDK. By the end, students will learn how to build a simple iPhone app that responds to touch and motion events with a nice animation.
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