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Handling animation life lycle events android

Now that you are happy with your animations, you just need to make QuizSplashActivity transition to QuizMenuActivity when the animations are complete. To do this, you create a new Intent control to launch...
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How to animate all views in a Layout android

In addition to applying animations to individual View controls, you can also apply them to each child View control within a Layout (such as TableLayout and each TableRow), using LayoutAnimationController. To...
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How to animate Specific Views in android

Animations must be applied and managed programmatically. Remember, costly operations, such as animations, should be stopped if the application is paused for some reason. The animation can resume when...
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How to add animation resources in android

For your splash screen, you need to create three custom animations in XML and save them to the /res/anim resource directory: fade_in.xml, fade_in2.xml, and custom_anim.xml. The first animation, fade_in.xml,...
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How to work with animation in android

One great way to add zing to your splash screen would be to add some animation.The Android platform supports four types of graphics animation: Animated GIF images—Animated GIFs are self-contained graphics...
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Microsoft gives manufacturers a taste of Mango

Microsoft announced this morning that the next version of the Windows Phone operating system, code-named Mango, has been delivered to manufacturers,...
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skype for android hacked and cracked to allow 3g calling

That Skype app for Android we thought was locked down to Wi-Fi only has just been cracked a few days after its release. The .apk is provided...
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Angry Birds v1.6.2 a game iPhone iPod Touch iPad

If you don’t know what Angry Birds game is, then you have been living in a cave! Angry Birds is simply the most spectacular, funny, intriguing game...
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Gmail Notifier Pro v2.7.2 Multilingual Read Nfo-PH

PH group have released updated version of Gmail Notifier Pro, desktop notifier for your gmail account(s), available as regular and portable edition. Gmail...
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How to design Layouts Using the Layout Resource Editor

You can design and preview layouts in Eclipse by using the layout resource editor as shown in the below figure. If you click on the project file /res/layout/main.xml,...
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Information of android menifest file

The Android manifest file, named AndroidManifest.xml, is an XML file that must be included at the top level of any Android project. The Android system...
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Working with layouts in android

Most Android application user interfaces are defined using specially formatted XML files called layouts. Layout resource files are included in the /res/layout directory. You compile layout files into...
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How to access image resources programatically android

Images resources are encapsulated in the class BitmapDrawable. To access a graphic resource file called /res/drawable/logo.png, you would use the getDrawable() method, as follows: BitmapDrawable logoBitmap...
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Image formats supported in anroid

Supported images format their description and required extension is given below Supported Image  Format                Description                  ...
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How to work with Dimensions in android

To specify the size of a user interface control such as a Button or TextView control,you need to specify different kinds of dimensions. You tag dimension resources with the <dimen> tag and store...
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Working with color in android

You can apply color resources to screen controls. You tag color resources with the <color> tag and store them in the file /res/values/colors.xml. This XML resource file is not created by default...
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How to log android application information

Android provides a useful logging utility class called android.util.Log. Logging messages are categorized by severity (and verbosity), with errors being the most severe. Below see some commonly used...
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How to use dialogue methods of activity class

Methods and their purpose (1)Activity.showDialog()      Shows a dialog, creating it if necessary.  (2)Activity.onCreateDialog()Is a callback when a dialog is being...
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How to provide input to android emulator

As a developer, you can adopt any one of the below way to provide input to the emulator: . Use your computer mouse to click, scroll, and drag items (for example, side volume controls) onscreen as well...
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How to use Intents to launch other applications

Initially, an application may only be launching activity classes defined within its own package. However, with the appropriate permissions, applications may also launch external activity classes in other...
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How to pass Information with Intents

We can use Intents to pass data between activities.We can use an intent in this way by including additional data, called extras, within the intent.To package extra pieces of data along with an intent,...
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How to launch Activities in Android

There are a number of ways to launch an activity, these are as under: (1) Designating a launch activity in the manifest file (2) Launching an activity using the application context (3) Launching...
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How to Access Other Application Functionality by using Contexts

In Android with the help of application context you can do alot , an application context allows you to the following  Launch Activity instances  Retrieve assets packaged with the application  Request...
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How to access Application Preferences in Android

Android provides you to retrieve shared application preferences by using the getSharedPreferences() method of the application context. You can use the SharedPreferences class to save simple...
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Useful android SDK tools and utilities

There are a number of tools and a number of other special-purpose utilities that are included with the Android SDK: Their detail is given below: Android Hierarchy Viewer—Allows developers to inspect...
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What are the Limitations of android emulator?

The Android emulator is a convenient tool to develop the application without a real handset , but it has many  limitations which are as under: (1) The emulator is not a device. It simulates general...
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How to Take Screen Capture with android emulator

You can also take screen shot in android but the screenshot feature is particularly useful when used with true handsets. To take a screen capture, follow these steps: 1. In DDMS, choose the device (or...
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How to simulate an Incoming SMS to an android Emulator

You can simulate incoming SMS messages by using the DDMS Emulator DDMS (see Figure below). You send an SMS much as you initiate a voice call. ...
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How to simulate an Incoming Call to an android Emulator

To simulate an incoming call to an emulator running on your machine, follow these steps: 1. In DDMS, choose the emulator you want to call. 2. On the Emulator Control tab, input the incoming phone number...
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Google introduces two step verification to improve the security

If you’re a Gmail user and using other great web services that Google Offers you might be concerned about your privacy and safety, but now  Google...
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How to Browse the Android File System

You can use the DDMS File Explorer to browse files and directories on the emulator or a device. You can copy files between the Android file system and...
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How to Manage Tasks in Android

The top-left corner of the DDMS lists the emulators and handsets currently connected. You can select individual instances and inspect processes and threads. You can inspect threads by clicking on the...
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iMovie Application for iPhone 4

Apple's iMovie app enables you to turn your videos into mini masterpieces right on the iPhone 4 then also you can  upload them to YouTube. ...
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Fring a video chat Application for Iphone and android

The built in face time functionality in Iphone works only with Wi-fi network , but if you don't have wi-fi network then feel free and install fring application...
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ILight LED application for android

iLight LED is the best android application for finding anything in the dark! Use the super bright camera LED! It's usefull features are given below : 1) High intensity screen light 2) Instant...
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How to edit android String Resource

If you inspect the main.xml layout file of the project, you will notice that it displays a simple layout with a single TextView control. This user interface control simply displays a string. In this...
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How to edit Resource Files of android project

Most Android application resources are stored under the /res subdirectory of the project. The following subdirectories are also available: . /drawable-ldpi, /drawable-hdpi, /drawable-mdpi—These subdirectories store...
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How to edit android manifest file

Now let’s edit the Android manifest file. One setting you’re going to want to know about is the debuggable attribute. You will not be able to debug your application until you set this value, so follow...
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Latest Television

Toshiba 55HT1U: This "basic" 55-inch 120 Hz LCD TV can be had for $999, which is a good price for a 55-inch LCD TV. This is a non LED model and while we haven't been too enthused about Toshiba's offerings...
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