Android
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Articles about Android
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Unit testing Android apps with Robolectric: advanced use cases
Learn how the Robolectric API is useful for various Android unit tests, such as when you're working with delayed and background tasks.
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Export SQLite data from your Android device
If you need to debug SQLite tables on an Android device, here is how to create an export function that copies the database to the SD card.
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Tinting your next Android UI
App development expert William J. Francis walks you through the steps of applying a color filter to a standard Android button widget.
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Browse SQLite data on the Android emulator
This demo shows how developer William J. Francis often debugs SQLite tables through the Android emulator.
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Make your next Android app a good listener
This tutorial demonstrates how simple it is to use the Android Speech to Text API.
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Top 10 Tablets in the Enterprise posts in 2012
Here are the 10 most-read posts for TechRepublic's Tablets in the Enterprise blog in 2012.
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Pros and cons of OTA updates for Android ICS and Jelly Bean
Donovan Colbert recently received the ICS update for his Motorola Droid 4 and Jelly Bean update for his ASUS Transformer Pad TF300. Find out what problems and benefits he's experienced.
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Manage the Google Play Store on your new Android mobile
Jack Wallen looks at some of the differences in the Google Play Store on newer Android phones that come with Ice Cream Sandwich preinstalled.
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Cracking Open the Toshiba Excite 10
During his teardown of the Excite 10, Bill Detwiler found an internal design that was very different from Toshiba's first Android tablet--the Thrive.
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Ice Cream Sandwich puts additional debug tools in the hands of developers
William J. Francis lists his top five "new" developer features on Ice Cream Sandwich and urges you to try them.
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TaintDroid: Warns about Android apps leaking sensitive data
Unfortunately, there is no simple way to determine what personal data is leaking from your smartphone. Michael Kassner interviews members of a research team that want to change that.
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Does your flashlight app know where you are? Probing Android permissions
Android permissions are difficult to understand. Michael Kassner interviews a research team using the "wisdom of the crowd" to clarify what a permission actually does.
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Embrace your inner Cyborg because Project Glass is only the beginning
Marziah Karch has a positive outlook when it comes to exploring the benefits of Google's Project Glass.
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Reflections from a distant Galaxy (Nexus)
After a few months with the Galaxy Nexus, Deb Shinder highlights some of the pros and cons about this powerful device.
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Cracking Open: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
Bill Detwiler cracks open the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. Inside the Android tablet, he found hardware from Nvidia, Elpida, Kingston, and others.
Topic Contributors
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William J. Francis
William J Francis began programming computers at age eleven. Specializing in embedded and mobile platforms, he has more than 20 years of professional software engineering under his belt, including a four year stint in the US Army's Military Intelligence Corps. Throughout his career William has published numerous technical articles, as well as the occasional short story.
You can also find William J. Francis on and Google+ .
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Jacob Orshalick
Jacob Orshalick is a software consultant, open source developer, speaker, and author. He is the owner of solutionsfit and co-author of the best-selling Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE. His software development experience spans the retail, financial, real estate, media, telecommunications, law enforcement, and health care industries.
You can also find Jacob Orshalick on and Google+ .
