What is the difference between Services, Thread and an AsyncTask in Android?
Service is like an Activity but has no interface. Probably if you want to fetch the weather for example you won’t create a blank activity for it, for this you will use a Service. A Thread is a Thread,...
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Service is a base class of service implementation. Service class is run in the application’s main thread which may reduce the application performance. Thus, IntentService, which is a direct subclass of...
View ArticleHow to write multilingual Android apps?
To build multilingual Android apps you need to collect the texts into resource files and translate them. Once you provide the translation, Android OS will choose the resources that match user’s locale....
View ArticleProcess lifecycle in Android and Different types of processes.
The Android system tries to maintain an application process for as long as possible, but eventually needs to remove old processes to reclaim memory for new or more important processes. To determine...
View ArticleFlipCard animation using Fragments in Android.
Hello all I am back with fragments again. I know you have seen a lot of posts on fragments and fragment animation. This one will be another useful post for you. This post helps you to show a FlipCard...
View ArticleWhat is a Memory Heap Size in android? and how can use Bitmap Efficiently?
Memory Heap Size Android is a full multitasking system so it’s possible to run multiple programs at the same time and obviously each one can’t use all of your device memory. For this reason there is a...
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Faster Loading images in GridViews or ListViews in Android using Menory...
Hi all This example shows you how to load large images in the gridview without any lag or without outofmemory error. This sample application uses the LruCache to hold the images. A cache that holds...
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Creating Dynamic table rows and colums in JQuery and removing it one by one.
Hi all… Apart from Android, I am now going to post something in jquery. In this post I will be showing how to create a dynamic table in jquery and adding data to it using objects and also deleting each...
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Creating a Clock Widget in Android with Custom Font.
Hi all if you have been a regular visitor of this website you have seen that I have shown you how to create a simple widget, adding controls to it, adding event handlers in the views etc… Do check this...
View ArticleAndroid JellyBean new features
WI-Fi Direct 1080p video recording for stock Android devices Improved error correction on the keyboard You can directly access the apps from the lock screen Upgraded copy and paste functionality...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in India for Rs.49990
Here are Galaxy note 3 specs. General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 4G Network LTE SIM Micro-SIM Announced 2013, September Status Coming soon. Exp....
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How to write a custom content provider in android? with a sample application...
Hello all we all know what are content providers right? Those who are unaware of content providers please visit this link http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html In a...
View ArticleUsing Meta-data in Android Manifest and accessing it.
Sometimes you have the need to set up some app-wide configuration information in an Android app or need to create a class that can be used in multiple projects with a generic way of setting...
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How to handle configuration change in an activity using Fragments in android?
Here is a simple example in which we will save or retain the state of the progress using fragments. Note : We have handle a configuration by another way – by ignoring the change i.e using this property...
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A 4.8 inch iPhone may be on the way
Every iPhone user may be envious on seeing a bigger screen Android Phone. But don’t worry Apple is said to be working on an iPhone with a 4.8-inch screen, a 20% increase in screen size from the iPhone...
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How to Create a new theme for ActionBar in Android.
In this post I will be telling you about how to change the default theme of ActionBar with our own custom One. Here I will be changing the background color, textColor and alpha of default ActionBar....
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How to work in ActionBar support Library.
Hi all Today’s post is all about working with ActionBar support libraries from Google. These libraries support from Android 2.1 (API 7). For working with these libraries we have to follow some...
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Intel ready to turn Android into Once Windows were…
Yes The chip maker is now ready for making android scale to even bigger screen that is dominated by the Windows platform.. Intel is reportedly thinking beyond Microsoft when it comes to a full-fledged...
View ArticleApp Translation Service Now Available to All Developers
To help developers reach users in other languages, Google launched the App Translation Service, which allows developers to purchase professional app translations through the Google Play Developer...
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Yota Phone – The Android Smartphone From Russia With Two Screens
Let’s start with the underlying hardware. Compared to some of the flagship and high-end Android devices launched in 2013, the Yota Phone is decidedly mid-range. The Dual-Core 1.7 GHz Krait CPU has the...
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