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Request a Tutorial

Request an Android Tutorial by leaving me a comment on this post and I will create one!

–Eric

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AppWidget Tutorial

AppWidget Overview

Most applications on Android have to be launched with a launcher, but classes extending the AppWidgetProvider class will be shown among your available widgets.  This tutorial loosely follows the AppWidget Guide

 

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Facebook Android SDK Tutorial

Overview

This tutorial assumes you have done some preliminary setup:

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Android Application Null Pointer Exception in Eclipse IDE

This problem probably cost me about 2hrs. There is a bug in version <9.0 of the Android SDK that will cause Eclipse to give the dreaded NullPointerException for Android Application and Android Unit Tests </lame>.

However, there is a simple solution to this problem:

Help->check for updates.

It will tell you that you can update to SDK v9.0: do it, and you are good to go! You can edit your Run Configs and Test Configs without getting cryptic error messages anymore.

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Adding REST Webservice Functionality

For one of my current projects, bpstats.com, I needed to learn how to interface with a REST webservice from an Android application.

Here is a tutorial for creating a generic REST webservice client for the Android SDK.  (more…)

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Google Ships Android 2.01 without Exhange ActiveSync Security

For those of us using an Android based phone (Motorola Droid), Verizon and Google have shipped the newest release without support for ActiveSynce security, a feature both Windows Mobile and the iPhone have supported since their inception. This is a case of blatant false advertisement on the part of both Verizon and Google considering that they claim the Android OS supports Exchange right out-of-the-box. Check out the following link from Google’s own website: Google Failing

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