iOS 6 Has Been Jailbroken

By | June 14, 2012

That didn’t take very long. Just three days after being announced, iOS 6 has been, as the cool kids say, pwned by the Dev-Team with Redsn0W 0.9.13dev1. As hinted earlier this week the jailbreak doesn’t work with the iPhone 4S, but only the iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G, and the iPhone 3GS. There are some… Read More »

Android hits 900k activations per day

By | June 11, 2012

The Google Android Army is coming again… Google’s Android platform sees 900,000 activations a day, according to a tweet from Android head Andy Rubin. The statistic, of course, doesn’t distinguish between smartphones and tablets, so it’s hard to get a clear picture of the Android ecosystem. See more about this new from here. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/android-hits-900k-activations-per-day/2012/06/11/gJQA1tlfUV_story.html

How to get Notified when a widget is deleted?

By | June 10, 2012

I have already covered a tutorial on how to start with widgets and how to create a simple widget here.. http://www.coderzheaven.com/2012/06/07/create-widget-android/ Today I will show you how to get notified when a widget is deleted. if you have already gone through my previous post, then there is only a small change in the “MyWidget.java” file.… Read More »

Phone storage is getting low problem solved OR How to install apps on the SDCARD by default in your android device?

By | June 8, 2012

Often our android phones may get warning that “Phone storage is getting low” because your apps dont have space to be installed on the phone. I too had this problem. Then I found out the answer, after doing this all apps installed will go to the sdcard. First you have to enable USB debugging on… Read More »

How to create a widget in android?

By | June 7, 2012

Hello everyone… Today I will show you how to create a simple widget in android? First create a new project and name it “Widget1” and name the activity “WidgetDemo1“. Actually we dont need the activity class here. You can delete it and delete the corresponding entry of it from the AndroidManifest file also. Now we… Read More »

CoderzHeaven on Facebook, New Fan Page

By | June 3, 2012

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How to Check whether is GPS is enabled in your android device?

By | June 3, 2012

This simple code checks whether GPS in enabled in your android device or not. If the GPS is not enabled the user is redirected to the settings page. Turn off the GPS on your device and running it will display this screen. Please test GPS on the device because emulators don’t have GPS. But anyway… Read More »

How to override hardware Home button in android? OR How to listen to home button click in android?

By | June 2, 2012

Hello everyone… In this post I will show you how to listen to hardware button in an android smartphone. This post especially shows how to listen to the home button in android. But my advice is never override the home button in your app. Home button is to move the currently running process to background.… Read More »

WaterProof, DustProof and scratch resistant Smartphones arriving in the market – Xperia Go and Xperia Acro S

By | June 2, 2012

Sony has introduced two new durable and waterproof handsets. For once, rugged doesn’t equate with bad design. The two Android-powered handsets are svelte and streamlined but feature extra protection like scratch-resistant displays and wet finger tracking. Sony announces Xperia S, Xeria P, Xperia U and Xperia Sola in India Sony Xperia U goes on sale… Read More »

How to use Accelerometer in Android?

By | May 30, 2012

This is a simple post showing how to use accelerometer in android. This java code prints the values of x,y and z axis in the console. Leave your comments on this post. Find Coderzheaven on facebook, twitter , google Plus and MySpace for more updates.

Facebook May Acquire Opera

By | May 28, 2012

It is rumoured that facebook is employing ex- Apple iPhone and iPad Engineers to build their own smartphone. Now there is another rumour that facebook may acquire Opera. Facebook could be set to pursue a deal for web browser firm Opera, as the social network seeks to unlock new business opportunities. Flush with a $16bn… Read More »

How to send email from Android Emulator?

By | May 28, 2012

Hello all… Emailing may be a basic requirement in many of our applications. So I am showing you how to send email from your emulator in android. For that you have to configure an email client in the emulator. Follow these steps to configure an email client in the android emulator. OK Now you are… Read More »

Facebook releases new camera app for iPhone.

By | May 27, 2012

The company has announced Facebook Camera for iPhone, an app dedicated to shooting photos, applying filters, and batch uploading photos to your Timeline. The app was developed independently from Facebook for iOS by the Facebook Photos team, Photos product manager Dirk Stoop told me, and is focused on letting you share photos as quickly as… Read More »

How to add checkboxes and radio buttons to ListView in android? OR How to set single choice items in a ListView in android?

By | May 25, 2012

To create a list of multiple-choice items (checkboxes) or single-choice items (radio buttons) inside the dialog, use the setMultiChoiceItems() and setSingleChoiceItems() methods, respectively. If you create one of these selectable lists in the onCreateDialog() callback method, Android manages the state of the list for you. As long as the Activity is active, the dialog remembers… Read More »

Google didn’t infringe on Oracle patents, jury rules

By | May 24, 2012

A federal jury ruled Wednesday that Google didn’t infringe on Oracle’s patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices. Wednesday’s verdict comes about two weeks after the same jury, with two additional members, failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle’s copyright-infringement case against Google. As a result,… Read More »

How to create CustomProgressBar in android – Part 3?

By | May 23, 2012

Hello all… In my previous posts I have shown two methods to create custom progressbar in android. Check out these tutorials to find out how? 1. How to build a custom progressBar in android- Part 2? 2. Custom progressbar in android with text – part 3 Today in this post I will show you a… Read More »

Google Chrome overtaking Internet Explorer.

By | May 23, 2012

Google’s Chrome is now the most popular Web browser worldwide, surpassing Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for the first time, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. After years of slowly chipping away Internet Explorer’s market share, Chrome took the lead with 32.76 percent share, while IE dipped to 31.94 percent. Read More from here http://www.pcworld.com/article/255886/google_chrome_overtakes_internet_explorer.html

Apple again the most valuable brand.

By | May 22, 2012

Apple took the top spot for the second year in a row, beating out IBM, Google, and McDonald’s to assume the position of the world’s most valuable brand. At $183 billion, Apple is the world’s most valuable brand, according to Millward Brown Optimor’s annual BrandZ study. Apple was last year’s most valuable brand, as well,… Read More »

How to create a Custom Toggle Button in android?

By | May 20, 2012

Hello everyone… In today’s tutorial I will show you how to create a custom toggle button in android. Often in our applications we don’t need a default toggle button, so I will show you how to change that to make a toggle button according to your need. First I will create a fresh project named… Read More »

New iPhone may be getting Larger screens.

By | May 18, 2012

The new iPhone that Apple Inc. is expected to unveil this year is likely to have a larger display than its current models have, with the company ordering bigger screens from its Asian suppliers, people familiar with the matter said. The new screens measure at least 4 inches diagonally, the people said, compared with 3.5… Read More »

Custom progressbar in android with text – part 3

By | May 18, 2012

Hello all…… I have posted two posts on how to customize a progressbar in android. 1. Custom Indeterminate progressBar for android? 2. How to build a custom progressBar in android- Part 2? Here is another one with update text on top of the progressbar. Here is how we start. After creating a fresh project create… Read More »

HTC Desire C specifications

By | May 14, 2012

The Desire C has a 3.5-inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 480. It uses a 600 MHz processor and is apparently being marketed as a 3.5 G device, presumably meaning HSDPA. Internal storage is 4 GB, and the phone has a five megapixel camera. The phone will run Android 4.0. . It’ll run… Read More »