Supporting localization in your Android app does not have to be difficult. You do not need to maintain and upkeep multiple versions of the app. In fact, you can support multiple languages in one app.
An Activity and Service are the basic building blocks for an Android app. Usually, the Activity handles the User Interface (UI) and interactions with the user, while the service handles the tasks based on the user input. If you are new to Android development, it can be confusing at times […]
Software is getting more complex by the day. Nowadays, when you want to write a simple Android app you need the Android framework and SDK (software development kit) and maybe an IDE (integrated development environment) like Android Studio or Eclipse. There is a lot packed into the Android Framework and […]
The Vive tracker has been available to developers for a few months now, but there has not been much development with them. The Vive tracker targets accessories makers more than game developers. However, for there to be tracker support developers must integrate it into their VR experiences. The problem is […]
Have you ever experienced a strong sense of curiosity about something? Perhaps a recent app you used have the greatest functionalities you have experienced. It made you ask in your mind, “How was it done?”. In this post, I am going to show you how to reverse engineer an Android […]
Android Marshmallow (6.0+) introduces a new list of features for developers. Some of them are required for your app to support the new OS while others are optional. In part 1, I went over new features that are required if you want to add support to your app such as […]
Android development is always evolving and with each change comes a list of features for developers to utilize. The changes are not always so easy to adopt though because it requires adopting new standards. For example having your Android app support Lollipop is vastly different from Marshmallow.
At this point you have a modified kernel and a working boot image, but you may notice you have to manually setup each time on boot. For example you added NTFS support and every time on boot you need to manually create a mounting point and then mount the NTFS […]
Compiling an Android kernel can seem scary at first. It turns out it is not as difficult as you may think. I want to show you that anyone with some experience with a terminal and some programming background can do it (at least for the Nvidia Shield TV kernel).
