Tag Archives: Google

How to start with ActionBar in Android?

By | August 23, 2012

With Android 3.0 Google eliminated the need of hardware menu button which is replaced by Action Bars. Here is a quick example on how to use ActionBars. First create a new project and name it ActionBarExample. Now create a folder named “menu” in res folder and create a new XML file inside it named “action_bar_menu.xml”.… 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 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.

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 »

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 »

PhoneEasy 740, the world’s simplest Android phone!

By | May 14, 2012

The latest device to be unveiled by Doro is probably their most interesting ever, as it combines Android’s functionality with an easy to use interface and pretty decent hardware. The PhoneEasy 740 is still in the last stages of pre-production, but the manufacturers are hoping to iron out all the little kinks in time for… Read More »

How to download a file from a remote site in android? – Another simple example – Method -3

By | May 7, 2012

Hello all ……. I have shown many examples on how to download and upload files in android through this site. These are other methods for downloadign a file in android. 1. How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically? 2. How to download a file to your android device from a remote server with a… Read More »

CoderzHeaven on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and MySpace

By | May 6, 2012

Hello……. Coderzheaven is now on MySpace also. PLease checkout our page at http://www.myspace.com/coderzheaven Fore more news on updates and exciting code snippets please add Coderzheaven to your connections in Facebook http://facebook.com/coderzheaven and Also find us on twitter and get the latest tweets on recent and most popular posts. http://twitter.com/coderzheaven Also find us on Google PLus… Read More »

How to download a file to your android device from a remote server with a custom progressbar showing progress?

By | April 29, 2012

Actually this is really simple. I have already posted an example for how to download a file in this post. How to Download an image in ANDROID programatically? This is another one little different with a progressbar included. Previously I have shown three other methods to upload files to a server. Check these posts to… Read More »

How to include multiple c files to compile in android NDK?

By | April 28, 2012

I ran into problem when I had multiple C files in my project. Single C file was OK for me. I was getting undefined reference error while doing this. Then I found out the solution after a lot of search in google. You can check this post before going through this post. This is about… Read More »

Now you can upload APK’s up to 4 GB.

By | March 6, 2012

Yes, Google has announced that from now on you can upload APK’s up to 4GB. This is an effort to accommodate apps that require more local storage. Previously Google had made a limitation of 50MB for apps but due to the intervention of high speed 3D games and other Google has decided to increase the… Read More »

Now you can upload APK’s up to 4 GB.

By | March 6, 2012

Yes, Google has announced that from now on you can upload APK’s up to 4GB. This is an effort to accommodate apps that require more local storage. Previously Google had made a limitation of 50MB for apps but due to the intervention of high speed 3D games and other Google has decided to increase the… Read More »

Now you can upload APK's up to 4 GB.

By | March 6, 2012

Yes, Google has announced that from now on you can upload APK’s up to 4GB. This is an effort to accommodate apps that require more local storage. Previously Google had made a limitation of 50MB for apps but due to the intervention of high speed 3D games and other Google has decided to increase the… Read More »

Google Alternative of Siri Likely to come out in Q4 2012.

By | March 4, 2012

Yes, Google is planning to release an alternative for Siri in the near future. According to google the new Alternative will be called “the Assistant”. Assistant will go beyond what Siri can do according to google. As first reported by Tech Crunch, it seems Google is prepping a major release of its voice assistant this… Read More »

How to Sort a String array in Android.

By | February 25, 2012

Hello all…. This is a simple example showing how to sort a string array which is a arraylist in android. we sort the array using the “Collections” class in android. Here is a simple example Take a look at the LogCat for the output.

Android removes the need of Menu button from devices with ActionBar.

By | January 28, 2012

Hello all.. The latest development in android is that google has removed the menu button from android, instead they provide something called the actionbar like in the Honeycomb devices. Google introduced the ActionBar class as the standard solution to make actions from the user options immediately visible and quick to invoke The ActionBar looks like… Read More »

How to start with Google Maps in Android?

By | December 16, 2011

Hello everyone, in this tutorial I will show you how to start with Google Maps in android. Follow these steps while connecting to Google Maps in android. Create a project with “Google APIs” as the Base SDK. First, if you are testing the application on the Android emulator, locate the SDK debug certificate located in… Read More »

How to use RadioButtonGroup in Android?

By | August 20, 2011

Hello everyone , In today’s tutorial I will show you how to how to use RadioButton group in Android. Lets go directly to the code. Let’s see the layout for the RadioGroup first. The file is named main.xml This will create a layout file with a radioGroup with 5 radioButtons and a button to clear… Read More »

Customizing a spinner in android.

By | July 18, 2011

Hello everyone……… You all knew that a spinner or combobox is an inbuilt widget in android. And Like any other widgets spinners are also customizable. Here is a simple example to customize a spinner. First we will look at the java code. The getView method is called for each row in the spinner. So with… Read More »

Customizing a spinner in android.

By | July 18, 2011

Hello everyone……… You all knew that a spinner or combobox is an inbuilt widget in android. And Like any other widgets spinners are also customizable. Here is a simple example to customize a spinner. First we will look at the java code. The getView method is called for each row in the spinner. So with… Read More »

Customizing a spinner in android.

By | July 18, 2011

Hello everyone……… You all knew that a spinner or combobox is an inbuilt widget in android. And Like any other widgets spinners are also customizable. Here is a simple example to customize a spinner. First we will look at the java code. The getView method is called for each row in the spinner. So with… Read More »