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Activity lifecycle explained in details
Usually one of the biggest obstacles for the newcommers to android programming is the correct understanding of the activity's lifecycle, for example what is the difference in the event's chain when...
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Using newer version of HttpClient on Android (like 4.1.x)
[EDIT] This publication and method are old and deprecated. Please use http://code.google.com/p/httpclientandroidlib/ instead. If you ended up here that is probably because you hit a bug in the...
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I needed the source of Anroid Froyo in order to be able to debug it in Eclipse. On the official download page there is a description how to download it under Linux (or cygwin) but at the time I did...
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In brief: here is the git project with the Volley examples/samples In details: Volley was announced just few days ago at the I/O 2013. It is a library/framework that helps the developers to create...
View ArticleUsing Volley (Android) With External HttpClient (4.2.x)
By default Volley uses the built-in AndroidHttpClient on systems that are < Gingerbread and HttpUrlConnection on newer. For some this may not be enough. Someone may need Cookies support, other may...
View ArticleUsing Android Volley With Self-Signed SSL Certificate
In brief: Get Volley from git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/volley Get Android Volley Examples project from git clone git://github.com/ogrebgr/android_volley_examples.git...
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Android Volley With GET and POST Parameters Example
Just added a simple example how to use GET and POST parameters to the Android Volley Examples project. You can find it under "GET and POST parameters" button. Basically the example is quite simple:...
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Dynamic ListView using Volley and NetworkImageView
Just added new example to the Android Volley Examples project which shows how to use Volley to populate dynamically ListView including loading of images using NetworkImageView. It also uses a simple...
View ArticleAndroid tools 2014
Good practice is to learn from the best. Here is a podcast with Jake Wharton where he mentions the libs and tools he uses. In short here is the list: Retrofit: http://square.github.io/retrofit/...
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Setting up Google single sign in
This post is more like a note to myself. Setting up Google sign in is not something I do very often. It happens on average once a year and each time I have to do it I have to struggle with the crappy...
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