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How to install android apk file on Emulator in Linux
To install apk file on Emulator Follow the below mentioned steps:
1.Go to platform-tools in android-sdk and Copy the apk file in it.
2.From your Terminal navigate to platform-tools folder in android-sdk.
3.Then use this command
./adb ...
Inserting data in android SQLITE table
Hi again,
Here we are going to learn how to insert data in the already created table in android SQLITE. You will find it useful if you are aware of the basic terminology of the android SQLITE, if not and you want to create a table so it will be...
Creating a table in android SQLITE
There are situation when we need to maintain(store) data at our application level, this is mainly done when we try to execute functionalists at offline mode. So for these kind scenarios android sdk has provide us class known as SQLiteOpenHelper w...
How to send email using Intent in android
This tutorial is about sending the Email from your android code using implicit intents.
Following is the code to send an Email-
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO
, Uri.fromParts("mail...
ORM GreenDao vs ORMLite
Which ORM is better is terms of performance and ease of use between these two. In some benchmarks I have read ORMLite is faster and in some, I read GreenDao. I like the way automatic code generation works in GreenDao. Also it does not use any ann...
How to Connect the Android Mobile Device to JMETER?
Pre Conditions:
1. Install the Jmeter in system
2. Mobile & installed Jmeter system should be in same network
Follow the Steps to Connect the Android Mobile to Jmeter:
Step 1: Open the JMETER in system
Step 2: ...
Payment page in my app
Hi I am designing an android page which consists of payment gateway. I would like to implement payment in 2 ways.. Either by manually enter the card details or just scan the card with the help Of camera.. How would I do this if I scan ca...
Could not find resource-id field in UI Automator viewer
There are many options to locate the element but the easiest way to locate an element is by its id. In webpages we can easily locate the element by its id but on mobile its very tricky to locate the element by id.
I am automating an Android app...
Android Powerful and optimized Image loader - Glide
Hi,
Are you still working with Image Loader or Universal Loader library for lazy loading of images in listview. if yes then you should know that sometimes these libraries could give out of memory exception if you are fetching lots of images o...
Activity Context and Application Context in Android
Below are the differences between Application context and Activity context
Application context and Activity context are the instances of Context but both of them are tied to different life cycles. Instance of Application context is tied to App...
How to create a transparent Activity in Android
You have to add a theme attribute in the Android manifest file under activity section. So that only that particular activity will become transparent.
After the above step, add background attribute to your layout file as shown below:
&l...
Playing sounds in Android
Playing sounds in Android
Copy your sounds in raw/ folder in res/ . If you do not have raw/ folder then make one by right clicking on
res/ folder, click on Android resource directory and then giving directory name as raw and selecting resou...
Play Device's default Notification sound
You can play android device's default notification sound using RingtoneManager:
Get the path url of the notification sound from the getDefaultUri() method.
Pass this url to getRingtone() method which will return the Ringtone Object
Play tha...
Email validation using regex
Email validation using regex
The Email Id such as adam.sandler@findnerd.com is made up of local-part, an @ symbol and then a domain part.
Hence, Email Id is of the form : local_part@domain
*TLD = Top Level Domain
Some Valid Emails
...
Binding JavaScript code to Android code
Binding JavaScript code to Android code
When Building a WebView based Web App in Android, you can communicate with your android client side code through your Javascript code.You can call any method of Android client side code on any triggered ev...
Android - basic gesture detection using MotionEventCompat class
Android - basic gesture detection using MotionEventCompat class
A touch gesture occurs when a user places one or more fingers on the touch screen.
In order to get a touch gesture of a touch event we can use GestureDetectorCompat or MotionEven...
Programatically close/hide Android Soft Keyboard on Events
When there are one or more EditText in the activity, a soft keyboard automatically appears when the activity is launched, which hides some visible portion of the screen and we don't always have a requirement to automatically pop-up the soft inp...
Custom Progress Bar with Timer
Custom Progress bar with timer
Generally we use this splash screen to make our app dynamic and stylish.We can also use to show some process is doing internally.
For this we just customize ProgressBar by defining custom style .
<progress...
Put scrollable view inside a scrollable view
We should not put scrollable view inside scrollable view (and most developers say we should never put ListView inside ScrollView). But there are cases where we have to put the scrollable view inside Scrollable view inspite of these design guideli...
Save a file on Internal storage in Android
There are two types of storage in Android device, one is external storage and another is internal storage. You should be aware that the file you try to store in internal storage of Android device will gets completely removed if you uninstall the ...
Handle Sliding Tab layout properly
Hello guys, as we all have worked on Tabs widget and Tabs host but now Tab widget and host have been deprecated. Android lollipop provides a new interface to implement Tabs that are SlidingTabLayout.java & SlidingTabStrip.java classes. These...
How to use SharedPreferences in Android to store, fetch and edit values
SharedPreferences are used to store primitive data types in Android such as int, long, float, string. SharedPreferences have an added advantage over storing data in singleton class as Singleton class can store data and available throughout the ap...
Layout for tablets in Android
To target your some designs to other devices like tablets, there are solution for typical screen width:
For every case, your UI might not look perfect specially for the case of tablet, so you need to adjust your layouts/designs. Then you have ...
How to touch UI from background or seperate thread ?
We know that Android UI or views can be touch from Main thread only , but if we want to update some UI from background or separate thread then we have to use one of the following way :-
AsyncTask has 4 override methods that are onPreExecute(...
What is AQuery or Android Query ?
Do you want to make your code easy ?
Are you looking for library that have powerful HTTP requests ?
Do you want to do lots of things in a single line ?
etc etc.....
There is only a single solution for all these problems i.e AQuery or A...
Testing Web Service response using Junit in Android
Unit Testing plays an important role in software development process, basically this testing is done by Developers as they test smallest piece of codes and test whether it gives accurate output or not.Each unit can be tested separately and can be...
Use ORMLite to Optimize your sqlite database
Hey, are you working with large database having many columns and many queries . Is this working slow with sqlite?
Thanks to ORMLite that manages your database very efficiently as well as no need to manage lots of queries....
ORMLite supports ...
Parcelable vs Serializable
If we want to send some data over the network or from one place to another place then we have to serialize it first using Serialization in java. Serialization is a process of Marshalling and Unmarshalling of data. Basically the conversion of Obje...
Optimize memory with MAT
We know that Garbage Collectoris a program that automatically removes unwanted data held temporarily in memory during processing. Android also have its own garbage collector but this is not always guarantee all the times so we can't ignore heap ...
Connection string for connecting Android(java) app to MariaDB
Here is the simple connection string to connect the android with Maria DB on linux.
you need to have MariaDB configured to the default port:3306
try
{
Class.forName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
Connection cntn = DriverManager.getConne...
Find your lost android device using android device manager
if your android device is lost, and you use another android device, you can locate it using Android device manager app, what all you need to do is to follow the simple steps.
Step 1:On your device that you have, open the Android Device Manager ...
Autostart service after device reboot in android
Sometime you need to register your own android application or service to start automatically when the device has been Rebooted to perform particular task.
Here we will learn the simplest way to start an Android service or an application at dev...
Solution of EditText font in password mode
When an EditText is in password mode, It looks that its font is different.
When we change typeface in xml , It dosent work.
There is a solution :
We should change it from java like this
<EditText
android:id...
Custom Dialogs in android using DialogFragment
Custom Dialogs in android using DialogFragment:
DialogFragment is the fragment that shows dialog window on top of your activity.
We have to override DialogFragment class and implement onCreateView(LayoutInflater, ViewGroup, Bundle) to use ...
How to identify the network usage of your particular application in android?
If you wanted to monitor the data usage of your particular application than you need to know the pakage name of that application which you want to monitor.
So just add the method getDataUsage given below in your utility class and pass the conte...
SmsManager to Send SMS
SmsManager use for SMS operations like sending information to the any given mobile device. We create this object by the below method.
SmsManager.getDefault()
SmsManager sManager = SmsManager.getDefault();
Then we can send any data by u...
How to identify the current opened application name in android devices?
If you need to monitor your android device activities and you want to identify the current opened application name in that case you can simply create the method given below in your utility class. And call it whenever you want to get the current ...
how to identify the network type in android?
There are various network type available in android, for example- 2G,3G GPRS etc.
If you need to find-out the current network type of your android device, than you just need to implement the method given below in your utility class :-
pu...
How to Get/Crop the visible portion of ImageView
In many application we set the scaleType of large image to "CENTER" or the scaleType is set to "MATRIX" and the bitmap is translated and scaled. Therefore parts of the image are not visible. Now in order to get the visible part you just need to e...
PayPal Integration in Android
PayPal Integration :
I am introducing step by step points for integrating paypal into your application with understanding of different terms used in programing.
Creating developer account in paypal :
a. For development purpo...
Hide/Show a View with slide up/down animation in Android
In android, we simply hide a view by setting its visibility. We can do this either in programming or in xml.
In programming (we can say in Activity, Fragment etc) there is setVisibility(int) method to set or control the visibility of the view.
...
How to make Bluetooth Connection in Android?
Bluetooth connectivity in Android is achieved through the APIs provided by Android itself. You need a broadcast receiver to keep checking for the Bluetooth devices.
With the help of broadcast you will get to know whether your device get connect...
App Submissions On Google Play Now Reviewed By Staff
App Submissions On Google Play Now Reviewed By Staff, Will Include Age-Based Ratings
Google Play, Googles marketplace for Android applications which now reaches a billion people in over 190 countries, has historically differentiated...
Sell digital content in Android through Google Play In-app Billing Service Version 3
Products which you can sell in your application falls into these categories :
1.Standard in-app products(one time billing) eg: Premium Upgrade, Ads free version of the app.
2.Subscription(recurring,automated billing) eg: Game currency, music ...
Google Now card full api for Developers
Hi Developer,
Google is coming with the new set of api with Google Now card,Api was released some time before in January this year. Check below url for more information on this.
Google Plans To Release Open API For Google Now Cards
At So...
Material design in lollipop
Designing the perfect Lollipop.
I found this blog interesting, Please have more information on this link given below.
http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/feeds/4671909951652311934/comments/default
How to write a test case using Robotium in android
Today we are going to learn something about J-Unit testing in android. We will be implementing an automation library known as Robotium, for genreating the test cases for testing the various functionalities in our app. First of all you need to add...
How to take Backup of MYSQL Database file and upload it on Dropbox Account?
Hello,
I am sharing here how we can take backup of our Project mysql database file and upload it in our Dropbox Account. Advantage using this feature is we can store our database backup in our Dropbox account daily. We can set our script as a...
Push Notification - Android using GCM
This post will help you to send push notification to Android devices using server side scripting language called php.
click below Link to get Google cloud messaging api-
https://console.developers.google.com/project
Here is a code to send...
Monetize your Application by adding Ad banners in your android application
Adding ad banners into you app
To monetize your app you can add advertisements and earn revenues based on viewers visiting the ads. You'll see below how easily you can add advertisement banners through Admob.
Admobs is a Google acquired company...
