It’s some time now after my last post. Quit busy the last months and years so I decided to create a new post, not about Android but about a new tool I’m currently using on my work at eFocus. The new tool is called Octopus Deploy and I must say I am deeply impressed by […]
More buttons?
Yes, I do receive lots and lots of emails, questions and comments about those gradient buttons. Awesome! It’s great to hear that I can help other developers building great apps. Some users do have some problems on how to create those gradient buttons and where to place them, so I decided to go a step […]
Making screenshots from an Android device
This will be just a short blog post because there is just not a lot of clear information available about just some practical stuff. How to make a screenshot of an Android device. Download and install the Android sdk which can be found here Once installed navigate to the folder: C:\android-sdk-windows\tools (it might be another […]
And now for real, app development
The previous article was meant to be an intro but was getting too long so it was just a separate a blog post. In this post I will write about my first experience as a Android developer in Wp7 development. App development stages When I develop an app I always start with the rough app […]
Android vs Wp7 development
In march this year I’ve started to develop Android apps, just because I was very curious about app development and of course I needed a good Google Analytics app for my Android phone. Have experience in C# programming, the step to Java wasn’t that hard. Right now I really enjoy Java programming for Android and […]
Even more gradient buttons for Android
Because I receive lots and lots of great response to my post for Android gradients, I thought it might be helpfull to post even more gradients in a different way. This time, all those gradients are created programmatically which gives you total control of the button and the gradient! First we need a grid in […]
Update for AnalytixHD
I had some serious troubles last weeks. I am using an Asus tablet which should receive an upgrade to Honeycomb 3.2. Unfortunately the upgrade failed but my Asus Transformer was flagged as ‘updated’ on the Asus update system so I could not redo the update. The problem was that after the 3.2 upgrade, my Tablet […]
Honeycomb optimized Analytix
I’ve just released the new Honeycomb optimized version of Analytix. I’ve rebuild the interface using new UI elements from Honeycomb like the actionbar, tabs etc. I’ve used more charts to visualize the data because there is just lots of space now 😉 I was receiving many requests about a Honeycomb version of Analytix, but the […]
How to set styles programmatically in Android
When you’re using different kind of styles in your project, the best way to accomplish this is to use the styles.xml file where you can define different style definitions for your views. These styles can be applied very easily, like: This is all done, using declarative xml syntax. But what if you are forced to […]
Apple look on Android, the horror!
Okay, uhm, this is actually going to be a weird post. Everyone who knows me, can admit I’m not a big Apple lover. I don’t hate it, I really like the beautiful designs, a great UI, a beautiful phone, but… it’s Apple, it’s Steve Jobs, it’s the blind making religion that makes lots of people […]