From the monthly archives: July 2010

Android Tutorial – Clickable Widgets

By On 12/07/2010 · Leave a Comment · In /etc/, mobile

Another quick Android tutorial. I couldn’t find an easy or correct method of launching a browser when you click on a homescreen widget. Well, here it is…

public class clickWidget extends AppWidgetProvider { @Override public void onUpdate( Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds ) { RemoteViews remoteViews =    new RemoteViews( context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget ); remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.ImageView01, [...]

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Mobile Badvertising: Samsung Galaxy S

By On 08/07/2010 · Leave a Comment · In badvertising, mobile

In this Mobile Badvertising series, I regularly pick on the Guardian.  I don’t have anything against them – they’re my favourite mobile news resource.  It’s such a shame that the advertising they have on the site is atrocious.

Samsung Galaxy S

The Galaxy S is Samsung’s latest Android handset.  There are so many Android [...]

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Android App – Vodafone UK USSD Commands

By On 06/07/2010 · 3 Comments · In mobile

This is a really geeky app! You know USSD? They’re the codes you can type in to your phone to send messages back and forth to the networks.  You’ve probably seen something like *#147# to display the last caller.

My second app presents a series of buttons which call the USSD commands – so you [...]

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Android App – Advanced Test Card

By On 06/07/2010 · 1 Comment · In mobile

I’ve been playing around with Android. It’s a great platform for development. I really appreciated the speed to release of the Android Market – it’s instant. Having worked with iPhone and Ovi stores where approval can take days or even weeks, it’s great to have the freedom to publish immediately.

The first app I’ve created [...]

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