Tag Archives: Java Package

Simple View Animation in ANDROID?

By | June 11, 2011

Hi all….. In this post I will show you a simple animation using a textView. It’s really simple. Steps. 1. Create a fresh project and copy this java code into it. 2. Create a folder named “anim” inside the res folder and create a file named “animation.xml” and copy this code into it. 3. copy… Read More »

Complex JSON String parsing in ANDROID

By | June 10, 2011

Hello all….. In the previous post I have shown you how to parse a Simple JSON String in ANDROID. In today’s tutorial I will show you how to parse a complex JSON String. Take a look at the example Here the JSON String used is Now let’s dothe operation……….. Please check the Logcat for the… Read More »

Parsing JSON Object in ANDROID.

By | June 9, 2011

JSON are alternative to XML and easy to understand than XML. As other languages Java also supports JSON parsing. Here is a simple example of JSON parsing in ANDROID. This is the JSON String that I am going to parse. And this JSON is same as this xml. Here is the code for this parsing.… Read More »

Global variables in ANDROID……

By | May 17, 2011

Hi all……. In today’s exampl e I will show you how to deal with global variables in ANDROID. You know global variables are those variables that you can access across any variables. It’s value becomes changed when you change it in any of the classes in your project. These types of variables act as like… Read More »

How to use Global variables in ANDROID?

By | May 17, 2011

Hi all……. In today’s exampl e I will show you how to deal with global variables in ANDROID. You know global variables are those variables that you can access across any variables. It’s value becomes changed when you change it in any of the classes in your project. These types of variables act as like… Read More »

How to send email from and ANDROID Application programatically?

By | May 16, 2011

Hello all…….. In today’s post I will show you send mail from an android application progrmatically.. Let’s go to the code fast…… This is the code in the mail java file…. Now the layout file (main.xml) The AndroidManifest.xml Note: However if you test this in your emulator, it will not work. Install it in your… Read More »

TextView with link in ANDROID…….

By | May 10, 2011

Hi all……. All of you may be familiar with TextViews in ANDROID. But how many of you know that we have have html as text in a textView. This post is a simple example to show this. Create a fresh project and copy this code to the main java file. The main.xml The AndroidManifest.xml file

ANDROID Tabbars Example……..

By | May 9, 2011

This is a simple example showing how to use tabbars in ANDROID. First create a new project and copy this code to it. Now create three another java files by right clicking the src folder and name it FirstTab.java, SecondTab.java, ThirdTab.java. Now copy the following code to FirstTab.java. SecondTab.java Now ThirdTab.java. Main.xml file AndroidManifest.xml You… Read More »

Using Tabbars in ANDROID, A Simple illustration……….

By | May 9, 2011

This is a simple example showing how to use tabbars in ANDROID. First create a new project and copy this code to it. Now create three another java files by right clicking the src folder and name it FirstTab.java, SecondTab.java, ThirdTab.java. Now copy the following code to FirstTab.java. SecondTab.java Now ThirdTab.java. Main.xml file AndroidManifest.xml You… Read More »

Using Tabbars in ANDROID, A Simple Example……….

By | May 9, 2011

This is a simple example showing how to use tabbars in ANDROID. First create a new project and copy this code to it. Now create three another java files by right clicking the src folder and name it FirstTab.java, SecondTab.java, ThirdTab.java. Now copy the following code to FirstTab.java. SecondTab.java Now ThirdTab.java. Main.xml file AndroidManifest.xml You… Read More »

How to split a String in ANDROID?

By | May 5, 2011

Hi all….. Splitting a string in android is really easy.checkout the following snippet. Check the Logcat for output. Note: Make sure to put the escape character before the delimiter for splitting,otherwise the output may be each character.

Email validation in ANDROID.

By | May 1, 2011

This is a simple example showing email validation in ANDROID. This example uses regex for email validation. Create a button and an edittext in your main.xml file and try this code. Check this link to find how you can send email from android programatically. Please leave your valuable comments……

Customizing your button or TextView or another view in ANDROID.

By | April 30, 2011

Beautifying our applications is one of the main features of your application’s success. In ANDROID there are many possible ways to do this. For eg. We need to have different colors for our buttons, However we can give backgrounds for buttons and all. But we can do many by using our custom xml files, like… Read More »

How to create and delete a directory in SdCard in ANDROID?

By | April 27, 2011

Hi all…… This is a simple example to create and delete a directory in ANDROID. Here the directly is created in the SDCARD. So first create an SDCARD and start the emulator with the SDCARD. Let’s look at the program. Use can use this program to create or delete a file in ANDROID also. main.xml… Read More »

ANDROID – Upload an image to Server in Android Studio

By | April 25, 2011

Hi all, In today’s tutorial I will show you how to send an image to server using POST method in ANDROID. Uploading an image to server is a basic requirement in many of our application. Sending data to server which is using a PHP Script is already explained in this example . Now in this… Read More »

Android frame Animation

By | April 23, 2011

A series of frames is drawn one after the other at regular intervals. For this create a xml which contains ImageView for showing the animation The main java file is Next the main part, an xml which holds each image and duration in which each image shows. The xml should be placed inside drawable folder… Read More »

How to get the SMS sent to your emulator within your application? OR Get notified when an SMS arrives to your phone.

By | April 20, 2011

Actually these are done using services in ANDROID. These are called BroadcastReceivers.Your class has to extend the BroadcastReceiver class to get these broadcast events. But note that these services need to have an interface. So you will not see any UI on the device. But don’t think your application is not running or not installed.… Read More »

SQLiteManager plugin for eclipse

By | April 18, 2011

When you are working on an Android application that stores data in a SQLite database.There arise many questions like where does this database file get stored on the filesystem ? How can we access the database? I will give solution to all these problems. I created the SQLite database from my previous post about Using… Read More »

How to use SQLite in ANDROID, A really simple example.

By | April 17, 2011

Hello ANDROID Lovers…….. In today’s tutorial I will show you how to deal with SQLite Databases in ANDROID. You know that SQLite are Lightweight databases which is maintained only on the client side. They don’t need a server. The SQLite databases are simply a file wrapped around with some stuff which helps us deal with… Read More »

How to use progress bar dialogs and custom Dialogs in ANDROID?

By | April 15, 2011

Hi, In most situations we have to use progress bar dialogs, Alert View Dialogs and Our own custom Dialogues in our applications. In most situations the built in dialogs may be enough but in certain other situations we have to build our own dialogs for better user experience. But still there is problem people don’t… Read More »

Expandable ListView in ANDROID using SimpleExpandableListAdapter, a simple example.

By | April 10, 2011

Hi all…… Here is a simple example of expandandable ListView in ANDROID. But I am not going to explain any code, because everything is explained inside the java file. Make sure to read it. The main.xml file. The child_row.xml The group_row.xml The strings.xml (This file contains the string for the color that is used for… Read More »

Text to speech in ANDROID, A Simple Example.

By | April 9, 2011

Hello everyone…….. In this simple example I will show you how to use Text To Speech in ANDROID. This is one of the unique features in ANDROID. Unlike iPhone , ANDROID has a built in TTS Library which supports many languages. But iPhone doesn’t have this feature. They have to depend on third-party software for… Read More »

Make your own gesture application in ANDROID or How to use gestures in ANDROID?

By | April 5, 2011

Hi all…. In this tutorial I will teach you how to make use of Gestures in ANDROID and make your own application. Follow the below steps exactly to get an idea of how to use gestures. 1. Make a gesture Library. 2. Add your own gestures into it. 3. Export it to your applications and… Read More »

Android listView with icons

By | March 25, 2011

In this post, we will have a list whose rows are made up of image, Here we just supply data to the adapter and helping the adapter to create a View objects for each row The output will be For this first create a xml file to hold the listview The next objective is to… Read More »

How to add files like images inside your emulator in ANDROID?

By | March 24, 2011

In many of our android applications we need images and other files to be inside your emulator, such as images in the gallery. But unlike iPhone we cannot simply drag and drop files inside the emulator., because iPhone’s is simply a simulator. It justs creates an envoronment for testing. But ANDROID mimics the real phone.… Read More »