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An Android Application in incomplete without a Splash Screen and when it comes to supporting multiple devices, it can be a pain to develop these images. A tried and tested way to develop images for multiple devices is to use 9 Patch Imaging. I personally found 9 Patch images pretty difficult to understand. So, I tried using different ways which could help me make a splash screen for my Android application and I ended up doing this simple thing that allowed me to make my splash screen work on various screen sizes and resolutions. This is a simple tutorial, which will enable you to make a splash screen for your Android Application without using 9 Patch images. Before you begin with the tutorial, make sure you have a project in Eclipse that you want to create a Splash Screen for. Next, you must design an image for the splash screen of your application. Here are the specifications for this image. You can make your splash screen in Photoshop, or use the free image creation Application GIMP. ...

Developing Applications in C++ or rather any language is not difficult at all. All you need is a bit dedication and focus on your project, besides the basic knowledge about your task and the programming language that you are using. In today’s tutorial, I am going to discuss how to develop an application that will solve a quadratic equation for you and for doing this I will use C++. Also, I use Turbo C++ for writing and executing my C++ Codes. If you are running Windows 7 or Windows 8, you might want to read how to run Turbo C++ on your computer. Here is a simple tutorial for that. Also, you might want to use Notepad++ for writing down your code and then executing it on Turbo C++. ...

Turbo C or Turbo C++ is a MS DOS based IDE for C and C++ languages. MS DOS might be outdated, but this IDE is still in use. Most 0f the schools and colleges in India still teach their students on Turbo C. It is considered to be an easy to use and understand IDE since it is based on Dos. And literally speaking, it is an easy thing to use and start learning programming. I was also taught my first programming language (C++) in Turbo C, and even today, 6years later, I still use Turbo C for writing my codes. ...

Android Application Development is a growing at a high pace. And in order to keep up with the programming world, it is always advised to keep learning new things as soon as they come. But remember that learning everything is not possible. You have to be selective on what you want to learn and master upon. If you choose to learn Android Application Development, you must master it using whichever way you find easy. You can develop android applications using various methods, but it is your choice which one to learn and master! ...

Application or Software Development is a very tedious and rigorous process. Based on which software life cycle model you choose to develop your application, you will encounter various phases of development. The various models in use these days include the RAD (Rapid Application Development) Model, Waterfall Model and Prototype Model to name a few. But whatever model you choose, the main three phases in the application development phase will remain the same and even if a model does not specify these phases, it is recommended to go through these phases in order to obtain the best result. ...

Creating your first application in any programming language or style is a big achievement in itself and if this application is for the Android Platform, it is a great achievement for beginners. As by collecting drops of water, you can create a sea, by starting to learn Android Application development, you will definitely start to create more interactive and amazing applications for Android. Must Read: 5 Reasons to Learn Android Application Development In this tutorial, we are going to create a simple Hello World Application for Android which will just display the text Hello World on-screen. Have you ever wondered why is Hello World the first application that you learn to make in any programming language?Well, I have always thought of the reason behind this but I was unable to figure out the reason. ...

Android is becoming one of the most used Mobile operating system these days. Android is found on mobile phones, tablets and other devices as well. It has a tough competition with iOS Devices and Windows Phones, but in my opinion, Android is a lot widely used as compared to other mobile operating systems. There are various ways of developing Android Applications though we will try to focus on the Native style of Application development, which is considered to be the best by a lot of web sources. ...

An Android Virtual Device is a virtualization technique, in which you create a virtual device which runs the Android Operating System. Typically, the Android Operating System is designed to run on Mobile devices or handheld devices, but it is possible to run it on a virtual device on your computer. If you are coming to this post after reading how to get Eclipse set up on your computer, proceed further. If you are new to Android Application development and would like to learn how to start developing applications for Android, I would suggest you to go ahead and read my earlier post : Getting Started with Android App Development : Get your Tools Ready. ...

So you want to develop Android applications? Well, you can definitely develop some applications and it is pretty easy to develop Android Applications. But before you start developing these Applications, you need to get your tools ready so that you are able to develop these Android Applications flawlessly on your own! There are various ways in which you can develop Android Applications. My personal favorite being the one using Eclipse IDE and using Java Programming language. If you are new to programming, you might want to try the App Inventor for Android, which will help you develop apps pretty easily. It is developed and supported by MIT and you can pretty easily use that with your Google Account to create Android Apps. But for this article, I will describe the steps for setting up my personal favorite way of developing Android Applications. ...

Today, we will be designing a professional looking subscription box that you can put on your website or your blog. This will be just a simple but professional looking box that will feature all the text you need to display to your users in order to allow them to subscribe to your blog or website. You can also use this box for displaying any other information you want to your users, not necessarily just the subscription. You can make use of this good-looking box for displaying your Author Bio or such stuff too! I will try my best to explain you each and every step that we do in this development process. We will make use of CSS to do the designing. If you are unaware about CSS, read our post “Learn CSS from Scratch” to know about CSS. ...