Android apps and SSL: Where’s the padlock?
At the urging of security-conscious IT managers, we became aware of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, and how important it was. I’ll bet Do not…
Tag: android
Use Android’s chronometer timer widget for your apps
One thing all computing platforms have in common are timers. In fact, every compute platform I’ve worked on has at least half a dozen kinds…
What Facebook Home might mean for Android developers and Google
Facebook announced on Thursday its new Home product offering. Though it had been widely speculated that Facebook was working on its own from the ground-up…
Use Google Play badges to promote your Android apps
If you’ve published software in Google Play, you know that no matter how awesome your app is it’s easy for it to get lost in…
Ways to make your Android app stand out on Google Play
With the number of Android apps on Google Play approaching seven digits, it may be easier to develop your app than to market it. One of…
Android Jelly Bean ate my toast, the sequel: Revenge of the toast
I recently wrote about my disappointment over Google’s decision to allow users to turn off toast messages as of Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). I vowed…
Android’s indeterminate ProgressDialog tutorial
In my dream world, a user would never have to wait on an application to fetch data from a server. Sadly, while the digital pipelines…
Unit testing Android apps is easy with Robolectric
Unit testing offers significant advantages as a development practice and helps ensure higher quality code with fewer defects. Unfortunately, unit testing Android apps can be…
Using Google’s YouTube API in your Android apps
While I’m an admitted Android fanboy, I am not above acknowledging areas where the platform could use improvement. In the past, one of these shortcomings…
Continue to test and measure ad performance for your Android app
Advertising in Android apps is a frequently discussed topic, because every developer wants to maximize what they earn from their apps. Everyone is looking for…
