These quick tips discuss some of the most common Java shorthand techniques you’ll come across when you’re getting started in Android development.
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Launching the Browser From Your Android Applications – The Easy Way
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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Quick Tip: Customize Android Fonts
Every Android device comes with a collection of standard fonts: Droid Sans, Droid Sans Mono and Droid Serif. They were designed to be optimal for mobile displays, so these are the three fonts you will be working with most of the time and they can be styled using a handful of XML attributes. You might, however, see the need to use custom fonts for special purposes. We’ll be taking a look at that as well in this quick tip.
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Android SDK Quick Tip: Launching the Camera
This quick tip shows you how to launch the built-in Camera application and use the results for displaying the captured image. You will achieve this by creating an Intent within your application’s Activity. You’ll then learn how to get and process the Intent’s results and use the resulting image within your application.
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Android SDK: Embed a WebView with the WebKit Engine
This quick tip will demonstrate how you can embed an Android WebView in your application with the the WebKit engine. You will learn how to both load an external URL and render custom markup that you supply in-app.
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Quick Tip: Enabling the Android Move To SD Card Feature
This Android Quick Tip will show you how to allow your end-users to optionally save valuable device storage space by choosing to store your application on their removable SD card.
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App Marketing Quick Tip: Beating the Odds and Winning the iPhone Lottery
We’ve all seen the story on Gizmodo, TechCrunch or some other blog: developer creates iPhone app, makes $300,000 in six weeks, and quits his day job. These stories are the ones that have driven many developers into the modern day gold rush: iPhone app development. With so many apps competing for the attention of the platforms users, developers are now creating apps and crossing their fingers. Their goal? To make it into the Top 100, where millions of users will see their app for free, and they can soon ride the waves of cash that will surely come in.
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iPhone SDK Quick Tip: Launching Maps In-App
The iPhone Maps application is a revolutionary program that combines the power of GPS and Google Maps with an incredibly user-friendly interface. This Quick Tip will teach you how to begin taking advantage of this functionality by launching and configuring the Maps app from within your iPhone SDK project.
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