Google I/O Is Here, What Does It Mean for Developers?
Today marks the first day of the Google I/O conference in San Francisco and as with any significant conference, the opening keynotes included a flurry of product and feature announcements. Here is a...
View ArticleNew Android player released to the Google Play store today: v1.1.151
This new release includes a modern look and features you’ve asked for: Easier to use on tablets Recently watched courses at your fingertips Easy to find newly published courses Plus members can now...
View ArticleNew course: Android for .NET Developers Series: Getting Started
Jim Wilson has published the first course of five in the Android for .NET Developer Series, Getting Started. There’s no question that smartphones and tablets have become the computers of choice for...
View ArticleNew Android player feature in beta – Variable Speed Playback
This was a tough one – there’s no native support for variable speed on Android, but our rock star Android developer came through with a solution using our custom FFmpeg player. You’ll see a new speed...
View ArticleVideo: Android Tools Architecture Overview
With over 900 million Android devices activated, Android offers developers an opportunity that can’t be ignored. The challenge for most .NET developers who want to develop for Android is not the Java...
View ArticleNew course: Cross Platform Android and iOS Apps with Appcelerator Titanium
John Sonmez has published a new course! It can be difficult to build applications for iOS and Android, because the two platforms are so different. Even though there are many solutions today for...
View ArticleAndroid “Master Key” Exploit – Much Ado About Something
As most everyone with Internet access knows by now, a new exploit has been announced for Android that has been described as a “Master Key” which will allow any hacker, anywhere in the world to take...
View ArticleNew Course: Android for .NET Developers: 3 Adopting The Android Mindset
Jim Wilson has just published a new course: Android for .NET Developers: 3 Adopting The Android Mindset In the first 2 parts of the “Android for .NET Developers” series we looked at applying your...
View ArticleNew Course: An MVC4, iOS And Android App With ServiceStack, Xamarin and C#
John Sonmez has just published a new course: An MVC4, iOS And Android App With ServiceStack, Xamarin and C# That was a mouthful…lets list those technologies one more time: MVC4 iOS Android ServiceStack...
View ArticleThe Reports of the PC’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated!
PC sales have been declining steadily for the past five quarters according to a report from the BBC, falling all the way to circa 76 million units. This steady downward slide has many people ready to...
View ArticleNew course: Android Photo and Video Programming
Jim Wilson just published: Android Photo and Video Programming Something inspiring about our newest course is the compelling enthusiasm Jim has about the subject matter. It always seems that contagious...
View ArticleNew course: Building Your First Game for Android and the PC Using Java
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlD4VXJO6xo&w=420&h=315] I feel like the right thing to do is to stop what your doing and click here to get started on this course. This one is just...
View ArticleVideo: Making A List And Checking It Twice in Java on Android
Applications that work with only one piece of data at a time are pretty rare and so as a developer you’re going to have to learn quickly how to work with Lists of objects. In this video excerpt from...
View ArticleAndroid Reaches Number 1 for Tablets and Smartphones
What was once thought impossible just happened…Android has displaced iOS as the dominant tablet platform. As reported by IDC, Android now has more than 56% of the tablet market as compared to iOS...
View ArticleOur Android player gets a face lift – v1.1.151
This beta build includes a modern look and features you’ve asked for: Easier to use on tablets Recently watched courses at your fingertips Easy to find newly published courses Plus members can now...
View Article4 reasons to use Android Fragments
Although Fragments have been part of the Android API for nearly three years, I find that developers still often struggle to understand their value and purpose. A common explanation of Fragments, and...
View Article5 reasons to use Xamarin for cross-platform development
Xamarin is a product that brings .NET/C# to both Android and iOS. Xamarin is pretty amazing in that it’s fully .NET while being able to produce true Android and iOS apps at the same time, and apps that...
View ArticleAndroid Wear: A new platform for wearables
Google has announced Android Wear, its wearable platform, with this beautiful video: Android Wear is built on top of two existing Android components: Google Now and Notifications. The main interface,...
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