Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder have coauthored two books on Android development: an in-depth programming book entitled Android Wireless Application Development and Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours. When not writing, they spend their time developing mobile software at their company and providing consulting services. They can be reached at via email to androidwirelessdev+mt@gmail.com, via their blog at androidbook.blogspot.com, and by following them on twitter.
This quick tip shows you how to launch the built-in Browser application in three ways. First, you learn how to launch the browser to a specific URL. Second, you learn how to create text with links. Third, you learn how to launch a Google web search and specify the search criteria. You will achieve these goals by creating and configuring the appropriate Intents within your application’s Activity class.
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If you’ve spent any time on an Android device, you may have noticed how you can click on little Contact images to launch a toolbar with lots of different actions, such as call, text or email that person. In this Quick Tip, you learn how to build this great functionality—called the Quick Contact Badge—into your own applications.
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One of the most widespread changes seen in the use of touch screen devices in the last couple of years has been the adoption of finger gestures, such as swipes and flings. They allow the interaction between user and device to become very intuitive and natural feeling. In this tutorial, you learn how to begin using gestures in your own Android applications.
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You’ve learned how to create Fortune Crunch on iPhone and Appcelerator here on Mobiletuts+. Now learn how to create it on Android!
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Learn how to install the Android NDK and begin using it. By the end of this tutorial, you will have created your own project that makes a simple call from Java code to native C code.
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This tutorial will not only show you how to launch the contact picker and get results, but also how to use those results in Android SDK 2.0 and above.
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This quick tip shows you how to create and use string resources as format strings. You will achieve this by creating and configuring the appropriate string resources in XML and using them programmatically to supply the various typed parameters.
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Android applications often rely upon data supplied by users. This tutorial walks you through the creation and use of a number of the most common controls used to collect data from the user, including:
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This quick tip shows you how to configure and send a picture to someone (for example, an MMS message). You will achieve this by creating and configuring the appropriate Intent within an application’s Activity, enabling the user to send the picture using their picture messaging application of choice.
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This quick tip shows you how to launch the built-in Mail application, supply it with data, and allow the user to send an email message. You will achieve this by creating and configuring the appropriate Intent within an application’s Activity.
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