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Reading NFC Tags With Android

Tutorial • Intermediate

Are you curious about what NFC is and how it can be integrated into your own Android applications? This tutorial will quickly introduce you to the topic...

Ralf Wondratschek • 16 May 2013
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Android SDK: Working With Google Maps - Displaying Places of Interest

Tutorial • Intermediate

With Google Maps in your Android apps, you can provide users with localization functions, such as geographical information. Throughout this series we have...

Sue Smith • 3 May 2013
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Android SDK: Working with Google Maps - Google Places Integration

Tutorial • Intermediate

Google Maps provides Android developers with localization tools that can be included within your own app interfaces. In this series, we are creating a basic...

Sue Smith • 23 Apr 2013
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Android SDK: Working with Google Maps - Map Setup

Tutorial • Intermediate

With the Google Maps Android API, you can build apps with localization features. In this series, we are creating an Android app in which the user's location...

Sue Smith • 12 Apr 2013
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Android SDK: Working with Google Maps - Application Setup

Tutorial • Intermediate

The Google Maps API for Android provides developers with the means to create apps with localization functionality. Version 2 of the Maps API was released at...

Sue Smith • 4 Apr 2013
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Android SDK: Exploring Styles and Themes

Tutorial • Beginner

Styles and themes are time-saving ways to create a consistent look and feel across your Android application. In this tutorial, I’ll cover everything you need...

Jessica Thornsby • 7 Mar 2013
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Android SDK: Creating a Simple Property Animation

Tutorial • Beginner

With Android you can include various types of animation in your apps. In this tutorial we will create a basic property animation using Android's Object...

Sue Smith • 27 Feb 2013
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Android SDK: Creating a Simple Tween Animation

Tutorial • Beginner

The Android platform facilitates three different types of animation you can define in your application resources: property, tween and frame. In this...

Sue Smith • 21 Feb 2013
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Android SDK: Receiving Data from the Send Intent

Tutorial • Beginner

On the Android platform, the Intent system allows users to share content between apps. You can send and receive multiple types of data on Android but in this...

Sue Smith • 13 Feb 2013
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Android SDK: Implementing Drag-and-Drop Functionality

Tutorial • Intermediate

The drag-and-drop facility on the Android SDK is an interaction feature many apps can benefit from and getting started is straightforward. In this tutorial,...

Sue Smith • 16 Jan 2013
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Android SDK: Using Fragments

Tutorial • Intermediate

The notion of fragments was introduced in Android 3.0, API Level 11. Since then, the Android community has seen six major platform releases. Still, more than...

Shane Conder & Lauren Darcey • 13 Dec 2012
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Build a Twitter Search App: Fetch & Parse the Twitter JSON Feed

Tutorial • Intermediate

This two-part tutorial series will introduce you to the fundamentals of working with RESTful web services using the Android SDK. Along the way, you’ll learn...

Sue Smith • 27 Nov 2012