Developer News

For no particular reason other than to celebrate this particular Monday, I wanted to update developers on two Android-related news items.If you're a developer who will be in the San Francisco Bay Area at the end of May, I hope you'll join us at the 2009 Google I/O developer conference. You might have... اقرأ المزيد »

Android Layout Tricks #3: Optimize with stubs

Sharing and reusing layouts is very easy with Android thanks to the tag, sometimes even too easy and you might end up with user interfaces that contain a large number of... اقرأ المزيد »

Software Update Available for the Android Developer Phone

Back in December, the Android Dev Phone 1 (ADP1) went on sale, giving developers access to unlocked hardware for their work. A few weeks ago, consumers with retail devices received an over the air update with the 1.1 release of Android. I know that many developers will be pleased to hear that today,... اقرأ المزيد »

Window Backgrounds & UI Speed

Some Android applications require to squeeze every bit of performance out of the UI toolkit and there are many ways to do so. In this article, you will discover how to speed... اقرأ المزيد »

Android Layout Tricks #3: Optimize by merging

In the previous installment of Android Layout Tricks, I showed you how to use the tag in XML layout to reuse and share your layout code. I also mentioned the and it's... اقرأ المزيد »