Android Development

Android Studio is the chosen Android Application Development IDE by developers these days. It is mainly that because Google has launched it as its official IDE and now provides support only for Android Studio. If you still haven’t moved from the Eclipse IDE, here are a few tutorials that can help you. What is Android Studio? Why should you start using it today? Learn how to move your Android Projects from Eclipse IDE to Android Studio Learn the basics of Android Application Development Now, assuming that you have developed your Application in Android Studio and want to export it as an executable application format to be able to share it with your friends or to publish it on the Google Play Store. Here is a simple guide that will help you to export your application as an executable from Android Studio IDE. ...

Prototyping isn’t a new thing that you do before you start working on any idea or project. Sometimes, this prototype is in your mind, and sometimes it’s on paper. But with the advancements in technology, mobile app prototyping or other types of prototyping can be done on a computer. Here I am going to share with you a tool that you can use to create your Android App Prototypes or iPhone App Prototype for your next mobile application development. ...

Earlier last month, I posted an article describing what Android Studio is, and why you should consider moving to it at this stage for your Android Application Development needs. After posting that, I got a few messages asking me a guide to move their projects from Eclipse to Android Studio easily without spending too much time. I decided to write this small guide on how to move projects from Eclipse to Android Studio. ...

Android Studio is the Android application development tool that Google had launched in the month of December 2014. Earlier to this date, there was a Beta version available. It boasts of a highly functional environment for your Android Application Development needs. Earlier, Google promoted the Eclipse IDE with the Android Development Tools bundled together for Android application development, but after launching their own IDE, Google wants you to start using Android Studio for a better development experience. ...

Android application development is a field that most people are targeting these days. There are a lot of opportunities for Android developers in today’s world, and there is a lot of demand for them as well. Also, there are a lot of freelance or Indie Android application developers, and they generally don’t have any funding for their projects. This is the reason that they have to look for ways to monetize their application. There are a lot of monetization networks available today, which provide very good options for publishers, to earn from their applications. Though spamming your application with advertisements is not a good option, placing a single advertisement to show every now and then is a good idea. ...

A lot of Android application these days make use of a List View (or ListView) to display the contents to the users on their mobile devices. These lists vary from the most simple one, with just a text to the ones with a lot of elements like an image and various text fields. Today, I decided to teach you all how to create a simple List View in Android. In this small tutorial, I will tell you how to create a simple List View, which will look something like the image below and then when any list item is clicked, we will generate a toast at this moment, saying that so-and-so list item was selected. ...

Android Application Development is the new boom in the programming industry these days. A lot of companies are planning to come up with their Android Applications for the customers and readers. A successful Android Application consists of various small code snippets that you implement in the application. These snippets can range from a simple copy to clipboard function or a function to share the content shown on the screen via some other app to the pretty intense game programming. ...

Android applications are getting more and more popular these days. A lot more programmers and developers are getting together to build Android Applications for the masses. Also, not to forget that most of these Android Applications need to access the internet for one or the other thing. Though almost every Android phone out there is generally connected to the internet, there may be a case when there is no internet connectivity on the phone. We can not be certain that the internet connection exists. ...

In Android apps, programmers generally like to display a few important messages by making use of a toast. Just like in a webpage, developers make use of JavaScript alert boxes, in a similar way, the toasts work for the Android developers. If you do not know what a toast is, let me show it to you with the help of an example. The image shown below contains a toast at the bottom of the screen. If you wish to read more about toasts, you can do so by heading over to the official Android Developer website. ...

Deciding on a topic to develop Android Applications is a pretty tough thing to do sometimes. You really want to develop an application, but don’t have an Idea. I really have that feeling a lot of times. Thus, coming over my feeling, I tried making a list of applications you can make. I tried to keep these ideas to the level of all those things that we have already covered on Slash Coding Android Tutorials Section. If you missed those tutorials, here is a list of all the tutorials that we have already covered on this blog. ...