I’m teaching a free Android Tablet Programming class (hands-on style) October 25th at Gangplank. Please only register if you’re 100% sure you can make it as we have limited space and I want to make sure as many people can get in as possible. Registration & Class details are here (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/791143331).
Tag Archive: android
Android’s Locale Implementation Is Broken
The way that Android implements Locales (from my understanding and readings) will leave your apps mis-behaving and acting oddly for users if you need to access cross-region features in your app while in another country. A Real World Locale Problem Imagine the scenario where your sell products pertinent to a location, like daily deals (think…
Android: Centering text between two other Views
In this post I’ll show you how two use the layout_weight attribute in a LinearLayout to force an item so act as a “spring loaded view”. A picture is worth a thousand words. Assume you have some dynamic text such as city name and your name. You need to display your name on the left…
Android: Rounded Corners with a Bevel/Drop Shadow
Sometimes in Android you want to add a little depth and personality to your android layouts. A basic layout is rectangle with square corners and is quite ugly. I’m going to show you how to create this:
Trusting Android Certificates, Part Duex
This post is a follow up to CrazyBob’s great post on the same subject. A big thanks to him for posting it as it helped me and my team get to our final result of getting Android to communicate with a custom CA (Thawte in this case). The Original Problem In short, I was getting…
