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AndroidOS 01 Dec 2014 25214

Android Background Image Resolutions

A reference to what size an image background should be set to for various screen sizes.

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AndroidOS 25 Nov 2014 49492

Android OS: Add GoogleMap as fragment

A sequel to my article "Basic Android App using Google Maps and Current Location", this article suggests how to add Map as a sub activity. Note that this article is based on a new blank project which does not include code from the previous example but you can still build this over the previous example (as I did).

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AndroidOS 04 Nov 2014 33674

Android: Function to let user take photo or choose existing

A quick article on a function to allow the user to take a photo using their built-in camera or to choose an existing photo from their gallery.

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AndroidOS 03 Nov 2014 41338

Android: Replace return key with done, go, send...

A quick article on how to replace the return key on a soft keyboard (software based) on a touch-device.

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AndroidOS 31 Oct 2014 55552

Android: Keytool and Google Maps displaying grey

The article below serves as a checklist to ensure I don't release an app that only displays maps to myself (again).

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AndroidOS 24 Oct 2014 33270

Android Java: Remove first two entries from Google News feed in SimpleRssReader

A quick article on how to remove the first two entries from a RSS feed produced by a bunch of java files collectively known as "SimpleRssReader.

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AndroidOS 20 Oct 2014 22981

Two icons created on Android

If you're installing an app and it creates two icons:

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AndroidOS 20 Oct 2014 34709

MessageBox or AlertDialog in Android Java

A quick article on how to display a OK/Cancel popup which I use as a message to the user for debug purposes.

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AndroidOS 10 Oct 2014 137276

Basic Android App using Google Maps and Current Location

I am writing an app for a tablet running Android and wanted to include a Google Map. The following exercise focuses solely on creating an app which opens Google Maps at your current location. How? I couldn't find any instructions using the tools I had (Android Studio) which is why I've written this article.

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