I have a friend who often asks: “What day of the week is [insert date here]?” So I decided to create a simple app for him to easily know what day of the week is a certain date. After I made this simple app, I also find it fun to use, haha! Now I know […]

Here’s a sample code I used when I was tasked to make an Android scroll-able table with static header and column. Please note that this code is not yet fully optimized but it can help you have an idea on how this functionality was coded. Video Demo The final output of our code for today! […]

A lot has been changed since I wrote this post: Getting Started with Google Android Development. I’m not going to remove that page but I rather keep it as an archive about how Android development environment installation was done before. Installing the Android development environment was a lot easier nowadays, thanks Google! I’m not sure […]

Android powered devices like mobile phones, tablet computers and home appliances are everywhere nowadays. It is a delight for us to experience a high technology which is less expensive, more powerful and efficient. You know what Android is, you might be grateful, and now you are asking… “Who are the developers of Android?” Android growth […]

Today we are going to take a look at how to programmatically “copy” or “move” a file from one directory to another on Android. In case you want to be clarified about the difference, copying a file means the file will be seen on another directory (target location) without deleting the original file from the […]

XML parsing could be one of the most basic requirement on your Android application. In today’s tutorial, we are going to read XML files using three input sources. There can be three sources of your XML: 1. XML from device SD Card. Your dynamic XML file could be downloaded first for offline use. 2. XML […]