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Strict Mode on Android 2.2

Set the Android Manifest to something like this.

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

MAR

29

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Android: Fragments within Fragments

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 [...]

APR

22

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Common Bugs When Testing iOS Apps

The bugs we’ve encountered ranged from app specific usability issues to general issues common amongst many apps. Today, we want to highlight 5 issues that we’ve encountered repeatedly, using some of the most popular ap [...]

APR

22

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Load custom marker on GoogleMap V2

To load custom icon as marker of GoogleMap V2, save the icon in drawable folder. Load it using the code

protected void addCustomMarker()
{
          BitmapDescriptor bitmapDescriptor 
      [...]            

APR

22

7066

Testing on Android

Unit Tests JUnit Tests

There's no reason you can't use normal JUnit 4 testing for Android applications... as long as you stay away from anything Android.

APR

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Android swipe gesture implementation

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 [...]

AUG

13

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Useful Plugins for Xcode

What’s this all about?

This is just a short collection of some useful Xcode 4/5 plugins I use. Most of us Cocoa developers, I guess, are looking about for making our development environment a more friendly and [...]

AUG

22

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Keyboard on iOS

The keyboard is present in nearly every application out there. Using the keyboard is the easiest way to provide users with a way to input alphanumeric data into applications. Trivial as it might look like in the beginning, a correct implementation of ke [...]

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