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Android SharedPreferences Tutorial
Android SharedPreferences store private primitive data in key-value pairs. The data saved using SharedPreferences will still be available in the device even if your application is killed. Types of data that can be saved are booleans, floats, ints, longs, and strings. One use of Android SharedPreferences is to store data that can be used in […]
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Install Android Development Environment on Ubuntu
Recently, I wanted to use Ubuntu 11.10 instead of Windows 7 for my Android application development. So far, I’m liking Ubuntu a lot, it is super fast, free, has great interface and animation, easy to learn and has lots of free applications that suits my needs as a computer user and software developer. Now I’m […]
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Verify if Java was Installed in Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu Quick Tip: After my JDK installation, I wanted to verify if it was really installed in my computer. Here’s how I verified it 1. Run your terminal. 2. Type: $ sudo updatedb $ locate java It asked me to enter my password after typing sudo […]
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Android Download File With Progress Bar Example
Hi guys! Today we are going to do a script that will show an Android progress bar while downloading a file. A progress bar looks good for the user to be notified about the progress of the download. We will easily use a UI thread with Android AsyncTask. In other terms, we will use a […]
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Center Screen Two Android Buttons
Recently I was into a problem when I was unable to center screen two Android buttons, in a simplest way. My Google skills failed me to find a simple way, so I had to figure it out myself. I wanted my buttons to be centered horizontally and vertically on the screen. And those buttons would […]
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Enabling USB Debugging Mode for Android Devices
USB Debugging Mode for Android Device is a must when developing an Android application. It will save you a lot of time when debugging and executing your application. Please note that USB Debugging option might be disabled when your device is already connected to your PC. To enable it, you must disconnect it first and […]
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Verify If Android Device is Attached to PC for Debugging
There was time when I was trying to run my Android code to my device but it seemed not working. One of the things I thought that causes this was if my Android device is really connected or attached to my computer. So I had to verify if it was. I’m using windows, so here’s […]
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How To Scroll Android TextView
Hi there! Today we’re going to do a script that will make a scrolling Android TextView. I found this one useful when I’m testing my other code snippets. The situation is, my text output exceeds the height of my android device screen, I cannot see the whole output unless I make the TextView scrolling. We […]