I got a question the other day about how to install an APK on an Android phone, so I thought I might as well write a piece about it if it helps any one else.
PopupWindow in Android
I need to display some data in a popup window in an Android app. After a brief search on the web I decided to go with the PopupWindow class.
There seems to be a lot of questions out on the web about how to solve this, so I thought I should post how I solved it.
How to enable Eclipse to phone apk deployment
I wanted to deploy my app to my HTC Desire to see what it looks like on a phone but it wasn’t quite as straight forward as I had hoped.
Visual Basic becomes a little more meaningful
The Visual Basic team has released Visual Basic for the Windows Phone 7 developer tools RTW. This release enables you to finally submit your apps written in VB to the marketplace. For those that haven’t already started playing with the
Maybe missing INTERNET permission?
Had a small problem consuming a REST service in my Android client today, the error message I got was: java.net.SocketException: Permission denied (maybe missing INTERNET permission) After trying to figure out if my URI was badly formated I realized it
Could not find YourApp.apk!
I use Eclipse for development, and one of the few quirks I have run in too so far is the very annoying message of “Could not find YourApp.apk!”
ApplicationBar – not your usual control
Coding against the application bar in Windows Phone 7 If you are coding Silverlight apps for Windows Phone 7 you have probably used the ApplicationBar for your menu needs. If it’s confusing you with the way it works, or even
Android Market approaching 100,000 apps
The current statistics graph over released Android apps looks like this according to AndroLib.com: This coupled with the pace of new app releases means that Android Market will likely pass 100,000 apps this month! Not bad considering the total number
Froyo – available for developers!
Froyo made available for developers Are you feeling an urge for better Exchange support, better camera and gallery handling, ability to create portable hotspots, maybe keyboard support for multiple languages or just some plain old increased performance? If so you
Microsoft paving the way for Windows Phone 7
According to Pocket Gamer, a source told them that Microsoft are contacting developers of successful apps launched for the iPhone. And they are apparently willing to pay large sums to get those successful apps ported to the Windows Phone 7