Samsung has announced that the press conference with the Google, scheduled for October 11 has been postponed. At this event, presumably, the two giants wanted to present a smartphone based on the new version of the Google Android. Although this is clearly not indicated, probable cause of the transfer of the presentation could be the death of the founder of Apple Steve Jobs. According... [More]

Android tablet devices or "pads", are soon to come to the market in massive amounts. Some of them are already available, but most experts will tell you that the best devices, including one from Google, are yet to appear. Regardless of that, as a developer, you have to be a step ahead and test your applications for tablet compatibility right now. How to do that if you don't own a device? I'll try ... [More]

Everyone is familiar with Google Maps. The Maps are available on almost any platform, and whenever you want to look up something on a map, most of the time you will use the one from Google. The Maps are also available for Android, as a control that you can embed in your app and use for various geographic features. Although MapView itself is quite easy to understand and it has a nice API, creating... [More]

Animations are a great way to spice up the UI of your app. Although using too many animations can freak out the user, applying one or two in the right places can make the interface look professional and add some points to the user experience. Most developers have no problem learning and using the standard animations that Android provides, such as TranslateAnimation, RotateAnimation or AlphaAnimat... [More]

If you started your mobile development on a platform like Java ME, you will probably appreciate the heap sizes that Android gives to its apps. In fact, the minimum heap size that the Android compatibility guide requires is 16 Mb, and the more typical size is 24 Mb. This seems to be large enough for a typical app, so you should rarely run into out of memory issues with simple apps. That, however, ... [More]

One of the major reasons why Java became so popular is the vast amount of existing code such as libraries, examples and open source applications, that is available to Java developers. When you develop in Java, chances are most of the "chore" code that your application needs has already been written, and good chances are that the code that you need is open source and has a flexible license. Thus, a... [More]

  Google Android operating system version 2.2, codenamed Froyo brought many important changes: support Flash 10.1, the compiler Davlik JIT, which significantly speeds up many applications. But the the Google has decided not to stop there and reported the beginning of the next version of its mobile operating system - Android 3.0, which was code-named Gingerbread.  It is worth noting t... [More]

  Mobile hackers managed to install the latest version of Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) on high-smartphone tablet Nokia N900, submitted last year. Interestingly, the enthusiasts ahead, so the official firmware update for many specialized Android smartphones yet prepared to "take on board the" Android 2.2 (Froyo).  As shown in the video, a software platform Android 2.2 qui... [More]

Adobe Systems Incorporated has introduced a new version of the Flash-player for mobile devices, according to an official press release. Flash Player 10.1 has the support of the accelerometer, so that you can play Flash-content with the change of the device. Option Smart Zooming can display Flash-content in full screen. Also, Adobe has developed a new option called Smart Rendering, which limits ... [More]

Android is undeniably one of the hottest products available to customers living in this era of technology. From the beginning, smartphone sales under the Android OS have zoomed across the globe. In the US alone, the figures show that in the first quarter of 2010, Android landed in the 2nd place after the giant Blackberry OS. So much is the hoopla surrounding the And... [More]