Category Archives: Android

The Android OS.

Using GLSL to generate gas giant planets

Posted on 2015-06-23 by admin

To be completely honest, the code that is described in this blog is already more than a year old. I just wanted to catch up with the current state of my project. I will therefore try to write several blogs … Continue reading →

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Android Wiki Spiderweb 2.0 released

Posted on 2011-11-10 by admin

Version 2.0 of the Wiki Spiderweb application for Android has been released on the Android Market. Changes in 2.0: Show images from Wikipedia as nodes. Show preview images in search results. Visited connections turn blue. Hide keyboard after search.

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Use app version to show a dialog only after update

Posted on 2011-11-05 by admin

I decided to enhance my Android app so that it will show a little dialog with the newest features after starting. If this dialog would show up after every start it would be very annoying. The goal is to show … Continue reading →

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Android Wiki Spiderweb 1.5 released

Posted on 2011-11-05 by admin

Version 1.5 of the Wiki Spiderweb application for Android has been released on the Android Market. Changes in 1.5: Double tap the empty space to zoom until all nodes fit on the screen. Improved zooming gesture to avoid occasional jumps. … Continue reading →

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Make an App available on Android 1.5 and small screen

Posted on 2011-10-28 by admin

I have always published my simpler Android applications for all Android devices version 1.5 and higher. I thought this would allow the application to run on the maximal number of devices. Recently I bought a new Android phone for testing: … Continue reading →

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Android Invasion Published

Posted on 2011-05-31 by admin

The free Invasion application for Android has been published on the Android Market. Thanks to all the encouraging feedback and enthusiastic testers: Adrian, Thomas, Irena

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Managing Android Applications with Library Projects

Posted on 2011-05-24 by admin

It can be quite challenging to develop an Android application that should be published in several versions on the Android Market. The main reason for this is the strange and unpredictable way that Android library projects work in Eclipse. The … Continue reading →

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Android Wiki Spiderweb Trial 1.1 released

Posted on 2011-05-17 by admin

The free trial version 1.1 of the Wiki Spiderweb application for Android has been released on the Android Market. This allows to experiment with the application without having to spend money. Only the Search functionality that is not available in … Continue reading →

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Using images from HTML in assets directory

Posted on 2011-05-05 by admin

The last post described how to show an HTML file in Android from the assets directory in the WebView. Sooner or later you will want to show images in the HTML. Solution 1 : Images in assets directory The easy … Continue reading →

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Language specific HTML Help in Android

Posted on 2011-05-04 by admin

Sooner or later your application becomes so complex that you want to be helpful to the user. One way of being helpful is to provide a help text that explains how to use the application. Solution 1 : Use a … Continue reading →

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