Posts Tagged ‘android’

Android Layout Tricks

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Here are some useful tricks about Android layouts:

Here is a solution to faster your listviews:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-layout-tricks-1.html

Another useful solution to reuse layouts and make code more consistent and easy to maintain:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/android-layout-tricks-2-reusing-layouts.html
http://android.amberfog.com/?p=9

Using ViewStub to quickly insert a new view:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/03/android-layout-tricks-3-optimize-with.html

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*fixed* Android Eclipse ADT Plugin problem with Helios

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Eclipse ADT plugin is not compatible with Eclipse Helios (3.6) as stated on download site. They promise, that this bug will be fixed in the near future, however in the meanwhile you should get Eclipse Galileo (3.5) to use the plugin seamlessly.

Issue fixed, check plugin site!.

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Faster Eclipse on Mac

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Sometimes Eclipse IDE gets really slow, which can be really annoying (especially when changing tabs, it takes a while to switch to the other one). Here is a quick solution, which makes it much more better: http://www.codeweblog.com/eclipse-adt-mac-version-tab-to-switch-slow-solution/.

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Intresting Facebook lib for Android

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

If you find the official Facebook API a bit complicated, the you should give a try to FBRocket.

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Android Twitter usage

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

It is easy to update your twitter status from your android app:
http://www.androidpeople.com/android-post-status-to-twitter-using-jtwitter-example/
However these instructions are a bit outdated, because twitter has newer authentication based on OAuth. Check the JTwitter site for details: JTwitter

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