Tag Archives: Android

Some New Android Articles Worth Reading

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Ben Neill

There were a couple of interesting new blog entries/articles posted recently. Both are very important best practices for any platform but in the case of Android (or any other mobile/embedded platform) these are crucial. Memory Analysis for Android Designing for … Continue reading →

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Customising Toast Notifications in Android – Updated

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Ben Neill

UPDATE: I’ve come across the original documentation here and updated my code snippets as suggested in their doco. I have also found that interactive controls like buttons don’t seem to work. If anyone has found a way to get it … Continue reading →

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Number Spinner/Picker for Android

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Ben Neill

Found a handy number spinner for Android based on the Google internal number spinner (not yet made public) used in the Android Time Picker Dialog. It is released under the Apache 2.0 and can be found here

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How to fetch a contact by phone number in Android

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Ben Neill

I found myself needing to fetch a contact given a phone number, for example an incoming number. Turns out to be fairly simple, just not so easy to find! For Android 2.x (tested in 2.3) Cursor c = null; try … Continue reading →

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HTC Desire HD lagging issues

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Ben Neill

I’ve been having gradually worsening lagging on my almost new Desire HD, and naturally I started blaming apps that I had downloaded, however it wasn’t the case.
Thanks to the guys at XDA there is an explanation and a fix! Continue reading →

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