Archive for the ‘ Android ’ Category

How to configure HTC Desire HD for Android development on Gnu/Linux

[UPDATE 26-1-2011] I had to setup my Android phone to be used for development on another machine today, but although I followed the exact same steps that I describe in the post below (which have worked in the past),this time I was still getting List of devices attached ???????????    insufficient permissions when running ‘adb [ READ MORE ]

How to handle Android orientations in your Android app

I’ve just found an interesting article from the Android Developer’s Blog about how to properly handle orientation changes in an Android applications. Locking your app in one orientation is not enough to avoid potential problems as some new devices on the market now have a default landscape screen (e.g. Dell Streak) and even more devices [ READ MORE ]

sensorMote for Android released!

UPDATE: Just released a demo video. Here it is: Just an hour ago I released my first Android app on the Android market place. sensorMote is a sensor-based remote controller which allows you to control your media player (Vlc) from your phone using simple hand gestures. For more information visit the application’s main page at [ READ MORE ]

How to solve “network unreachable” problem when installing the Android SDK on Gnu/Linux

When I was trying to get the Available Packages from the Android SDK and AVD Manager, I kept on getting an error saying "Failed to fetch URL http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml, reason: Network is unreachable" Apparently others had the same problem as I had when trying to get the Android SDK to work on my Gnu/Linux box and [ READ MORE ]

G1 Android rocks!

Last week I decided to renew my contract with T-Mobile uk, and what I got was a free Google Android phone, the G1! First few days I got playing around with it to see how it feels, and get used to the interface. I must say the team behind the UI design have done an [ READ MORE ]

T-Mobile G1 Google Android review

A great in depth review of the first Google Android phone can be found on this blog entry by Matthew Miller on Zdnet. A lot of videos and photos as well as a detailed description of all the features and limitations of the device. A must read for any mobile phone enthusiast![ READ MORE ]

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