Tag: Android

One of the best things about the Android development platform is the superb emulator or Android Virtual Device (AVD). One of the worst things about the Android development platform is… Yes, you guessed, it’s the AVD. The Android AVD is a great idea, it provides real device emulation which allows you to run the actual […]

Following on from my recent post on AVD performance issues, it seemed a good time to share one or two other practical tips and tricks about working with the AVD. When testing, I really do not want to have to click on the on-screen keyboard to enter text. Unfortunately, with the latest Android Developer Tools […]

Learning Tree is introducing a new course in October entitled “Mobile Application And Device Security” (Course 2781). You can find the details at the course page. Just about every technical publication seems to have articles about BYOD or mobile device security. This is a big issue for most enterprises. Everyone seems to have a table […]

Producing a top-selling Android app requires more than great functionality. The app must look good too. Any professional Android developer will tell you that achieving this requires a great deal of time and effort. In this post, I want to look at just one apparently simple factor in creating the visuals which is the appearance […]

It so happened that my phone contract was up for renewal at the same time as the Galaxy S3 was launched. The dilemma was awful, on one hand, the option of a cheaper contract, on the other, a nice shiny example of the very latest Android device. Naturally, the new toy was just too much […]