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Apple sues HTC
Mar 6th
If Google is not evil, then the evil must be Apple.
And I’m quite sure it is.
[Screencast Android #1] – Ciao Mondo
Mar 2nd
Questo è il primo episodio di una serie di screencasts in italiano (o lezioni video) dedicati al mondo della programmazione Android.
In questa prima puntata creeremo una semplice applicazione, un tipico “Ciao Mondo” e la faremo girare sull’emulatore.
English
This is the first episode of a series of screencasts talking about Android programming.
In this first video we will make a simple application: a typical “Hello World” and we will make it run on the emulator.
Language: Italian.
An Android Book about UI design
Feb 23rd
Somethink I really wish it will be released is a book teaching how to design beautiful and user-friendly interfaces for Android. The official docs offer good guidelines, but they are only a good starting point.
Catch USSD responses
Feb 17th
Android APIs lack a system to grab the response of USSD codes. Don’t you think this is a bad issue? Without it it’s impossible to make, for example, a program that captures the USSD response for a credit request to the operator, forcing a developer to use work-arounds for the same goal, like web requests. What do you think?
Mobile World Congress 2010 — 60.000 Android terminals sold each day
Feb 17th
According to Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, every day in the world 60.000 Android powered phones are sold. This is really great news. Come on, my fellows… let’s fill this Android Market with our wonderful applications and games.
Rokon Game Framework
Feb 16th
Android really needs a solid framework. Specifically, a multimedia multipurpose framework. Something to help game developers in their hard work. Rokon Framework is an open source project that aims to that. It started with very few library functions, some months ago, and now it’s becoming something serious.
Give it a look and if you are going to try it, share your feedback!
Note for the Rokon developer: please fix your Wiki page on your site. Your tutorials have been (and they are) inaccessible for days!
Android Tip – How to generate random numbers
Feb 16th
In every programming language, you have sometimes to generate a random integer number in a defined range.
Here is how you can do it in Android.
First, declare and initialize the generator:
Random generator = new Random();
Then, get a random number:
int n = generator.nextInt(n);
where n is the upperbound limit.
The Million Dollar App
Jan 28th
Promote your product, website, message, application, game uploading an image to this worldwide accessible advertising space!
A single image. 1.000.000 pixels.
1 pixel = 1 dollar.
Download from the Android Market
- or textually search “the million dollar app“
- or download directly the APK file
FAQ
What is this?
It’s very simple: Try to make $1m (US).
Who are you?
I’m a computer engineering student who would like to get the degree with less things to worry about. Really… I’m going crazy o_O
Why should I help you?
I’m not begging for help, but I would thank you for the rest of my life. Beside that, I’m offering a real service. This application could (and it will, I’m sure) soon be the most relevant and innovative way to promote your products/apps/messages to the world.
How does it work?
What you see is a grid of 10.000 blocks (1.000.000 pixels). Each pixel is worth 1$. You buy pixels where there is enough space in the grid and … that’s it!
Can I buy a single pixel?
In a single pixel (1$) there is no enough information for anything. The minimum block you can buy is the 100×100 pixels block = 100$. The maximum depends on the place you are choosing to put your banner/image. If you are the first one to buy, you can virtually take the whole page paying 1.000.000 $ !!
What are you going to do with $1m?
I’m going to pay the rent for an apartment next to the university, books, tools and everything I need to have the right amount of tranquility for the studies. Then, I’m planning to raise up an Android software house to make good apps and games for this wonderful platform (thanks, Google). I will donate a consistent amount of money for charity causes to the people of “L’Aquila” and “Haiti”, both destroyed by an earthquake.
What else?
Nothing! Let’s fill this page and feel free to contact me for any questions.