Tag Archives: Android

Fetch That Number Version 1.5.1 Released

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Ben Neill

The newest version of Fetch That Number has been released, the Reverse Lookup/Grey Pages search app for Android. To get the new version, update or install via the Android Market     New Features: Caller History – You can now see … Continue reading →

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Android Developer Labs Melbourne 2012 – Lessons Learnt

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ben Neill

I recently attended the Android Developer Labs in Melbourne, which featured talks on how to improve your apps appearance and quality, as well as to show the changes in Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich. Android Beam looks to be … Continue reading →

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Formatting Phone Numbers in Java and Android

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Ben Neill

I needed to format numbers nicely while storing them as a raw string in my database, so I need to turn 0433333333 into 0433 333 333 and 0262195555 into (02) 6219 5555 I couldn’t find something that did this as … Continue reading →

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Fetch That Number Version 1.2.0 Released – Major Update!

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Ben Neill

The newest version of Fetch That Number for Australia includes new functionality and a brand new style. Current users should update via the Android Market New users should check out the product page which also contains links to the app at the … Continue reading →

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Inserting and Updating a Contact in Android – Numbers, Addresses and Names – Part 1

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Ben Neill

I have finally got a working example of inserting and updating contacts using the new ContactsContract API, and I must say, it’s certainly not the prettiest API I’ve used. Sometimes it is downright malignant! I’m sure it made good sense … Continue reading →

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Fetch That Number version 1.0.2 released

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Ben Neill

This is a bugfix release for Fetch That Number Australia. There were several small bugs fixed around adding a contact after a reverse lookup. There is also some improvements with bug report information. Any issues, please contact us or check out the … Continue reading →

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Android Market – Authenticating With LVL From a Server

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Ben Neill

I have been struggling to work out why validation with the Android Market was succeeding with test accounts but with valid market accounts it was failing using code based on android-market-license-verification. The issue turned out to be that the response … Continue reading →

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Fetch That Number launched

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Ben Neill

Finally, after many months of procrastinating and perfecting, I have launched Fetch That Number into the Android Market. Cost is $2.99 and available in Australia only at this stage. Find out more about the app here including links to the … Continue reading →

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Desire HD 2.3 update – OTA update being rolled out!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ben Neill

Finally we are seeing the OTA update for the Desire HD being rolled out. Going off comments, it seems to be only to a small segment of the population so far:- http://androidcommunity.com/htc-desire-hd-and-incredible-s-android-2-3-gingerbread-going-ota-now-20110504/ With any luck, everyone else shouldn’t be too … Continue reading →

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Swipe Gestures using Flex 4.5 Hero/Burrito on Android

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ben Neill

I’ve been playing a little with the pre-release of Flex 4.5 Hero and checking out what it’s mobile support is like. I ended up mocking up a simple swiping example – swiping in both vertical and horizontal directions – and … Continue reading →

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