Wednesday, May 30, 2012

How to play embed you tube video in web view

How to play embed you tube video in web view  

Note: this is applicable in HTML-5 browser supported devices only 

myWebView = (WebView) findViewById( R.id.webview_compontent );

String playVideo= "<html><body>Youtube video .. <br> <iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bIPcobKMB94\" frameborder=\"0\"></body></html>"

myWebView.loadData(playVideo, "text/html", "utf-8");

Saturday, May 26, 2012

30 helpful Android development Tips/Tricks


30 helpful Android development Tips/Tricks


Hello All,

  1. #AndroidDev #AndroidTip: To resolve this issue “Failed to install *.apk on device timeout Launch canceled! , increase ADB connection timeout
  2. #AndroidDev #AndroidTip: use setError() to display error message for your EditText
  3. #AndroidDev #AndroidTip => To Block the default animation for startActivity() For ex: myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
  4. #AndroidDev #AndroidTip: Android Action Bar Style Generator http://jgilfelt.github.com/android-actionbarstylegenerator
  5. #AndroidDev #AndroidTip create library with reusable code and reference it in future projects.
  6. #AndroidDev #Tip #PureAndroid Don’t use right-pointing carets on line items http://developer.android.com/design/media/migrating_ios_settings.png
  7. #AndroidTip #AndroidDev 10 amazing Android development tips http://www.netmagazine.com/features/10-amazing-android-development-tips
  8. #AndroidDev #Tips => Define these attributes for displaying multiline EditText => android:singleLine=”false”, android:lines=”5″
  9. #AndroidDev #Tip => Follow Dashboard design pattern. Easy to implement and handle Navigation.
  10. #AndroidDev #Tip – Before starting with android app development, should read Android Building Blocks http://developer.android.com/design/building-blocks/index.html
  11. #AndroidDev #Tip => You can create your custom views by extending View class.
  12. #AndroidDev #Tip use android:weight=”1″ and android:layout_width=”0″ to define equal width of widgets inside LinearLayout.
  13. #AndroidDev #Tip => With Android 4.0 you cant use http connection or make web call without using a Thread (with a runnable, AsyncTask )
  14. #AndroidDev #Tips: Tutorial , Tips/Trick for Android http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3405695/tutorial-tips-trick-for-android
  15. AndroidDev #Java #Tip What should be the package name of android app? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8075162/what-should-be-the-package-name-of-android-app
  16. #AndroidDev #Tip: GraphView Library for Android to programmatically create flexible and nice-looking diagramms http://www.jjoe64.com/p/graphview-library.html?spref=tw
  17. #AndroidDev #Tip => how to limit seekbar http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3490951/how-to-limit-seekbar
  18. #AndroidDev: Do you know? => Android: maximum length of url http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10172566/android-maximum-length-of-url
  19. #AndroidDev #Tips => RT @piyushnp How To Create a Android App With ICS UI That Works With Gingerbread and Froyo? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9886523/how-to-create-a-android-app-with-ics-ui-that-works-with-gingerbread-and-froyo
  20. #AndroidDev #Tip – Switch widget is available from API 14 http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/Switch.html
  21. #AndroidDev #Tip – How to design tab icons? http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design_tab.html
  22. #AndroidDev rating bar padding problem http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2324
  23. #AndroidDev Anyone ever seen this exception when loading bitmaps in Android?… http://developer.android.com/training/displaying-bitmaps/index.html #BitmapVMSizeExceed
  24. #AndroidDev #Tip : To capture screen shot from real android device, simply Press Home button + Back key
  25. #AndroidDev #Tip : use android:installLocation=”auto” to enable move to SD-card feature for Android app http://www.technotalkative.com/android-enable-the-move-to-sd-card-feature/
  26. #AndroidDev #Tip : Use SimpleDateFormat class to change format of date/time.
  27. #AndroidDev #Tip: How to view the SQLite database on your Android Emulator http://blog.kwyps.com/2011/07/how-to-view-sqlite-database-on-your.html
  28. #AndroidDev #Tip: you can check the status of AsyncTask by using getStatus() method, or like AsyncTask.Status.FINISHED
  29. #Android tip: Stop developing countdown algorithms, use the built-in CountDownTimer (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/CountDownTimer.html). #android #androiddev
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Taking Android to Work


Taking Android to Work

Fred Chung, Andrew Stadler, Gabriel Cohen
More and more people are bringing Android devices into enterprise environments. This talk will cover general enterprise adoption considerations and related Android features. We will also provide an overview of security issues, managed internal app development, corporate app directories, and an in-depth look at a sample implementation of device management policies.
Level: 201
Track: Android
Time: May 11, 04:15PM – 05:15PM
Room: Room 11