Set the Android Manifest to something like this.

<uses-sdkandroid:minSdkVersion="8" 
          android:targetSdkVersion="16"
          android:maxSdkVersion="16"/>

I was building out the settings stuff first (the app needs credentials to work so I kinda had to start there), which was relatively easy. I wanted to create a setup flow, whereby when you start the app it checks if you have credentials that are valid and if not walks through the setup procedure. I was using fragments to do this, each setup page being a d [...]

When developing an Android app, you can use the intuitive Gesture Detector class horizontally, vertically, and diagonally to translate subtle motions into distinct events.

One of the coolest things about the modern smartphone is the wide array of input and sensory devices available. In the past, we've covered Android's internal vibrator and the accelerometer. This tutorial is about Android's impressive Gesture Detector class, which you can use [...]