Author Archives: Matt Oakes

Gingerbread on HTC Desire

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Matt Oakes

I recently decided to make the jump from Froyo to Gingerbread on my HTC Desire. The ROM I chose was the excellent Oxygen ROM by AdamG. It’s based off the open source code (AOSP) and has very minimal modifications to add a … Continue reading →

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Reusable TitlebarActivity

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Matt Oakes

One of the UI guidelines which Google made use of in their Twitter application is the Titlebar UI element. The premise of the titlebar (Actually called Actionbar by Google I think) is that it replaces the default titlebar with a … Continue reading →

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adbWireless is great!

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Matt Oakes

If you develop on android you must know how annoying it can be sometimes to have to have your phone plugged into your computer via USB just to debug an app on it. Sometimes you might not have the cable … Continue reading →

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Camping with a smartphone

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Matt Oakes

There are many situations a smartphone is perfect for: entertainment on public transport, music while walking, constant email updates and even a quick gaming session in a particularity slow lecture (not that I’d do that of cause). One thing it’s probably not … Continue reading →

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Better QuickActions

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Matt Oakes

Just a quick post. I’ve found a better version of the QuickActions project that I posted about a week or so ago. This new version is a modification of the original one by Lorenz. The modification adds the same style that the … Continue reading →

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Backups

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Matt Oakes

Everyone always says that backing up work is an important thing. The problem I ran into was when I decided to commit my files to SVN to make sure I always had it copy the SVN client (the one built … Continue reading →

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Implementing Quick Actions on Android

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Matt Oakes

If anyone hasn’t had a look at the official Twitter app on Android yet it’s well worth a look. It’s one of the best designed applications on the Android platform and shows what all applications should be like. There is … Continue reading →

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Android 2.2 (Froyo) for the HTC Desire with Sense

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Matt Oakes

I’ve finally got round to rooting my HTC Desire and installing a custom rom on it. The one I went for is the newly released DJ Droid, which is based off Android 2.2 (known as Froyo) but also has HTC’s custom Sense … Continue reading →

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Sony Ericsson Developer Tutorials

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Matt Oakes

Found another great resource for android development. Sony ericsson have started releasing tutorials about how to make some fancier UI elements such as one finger zoom and a 3D ListView. Take a look

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Great Android Developer Links

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Matt Oakes

I’m really getting into developing applications on Android right now. Here are some great links that I’ve found that helped me greatly: How to master ListView A beginners guide to Andoid apps Various android tutorials from developerlife CommonsWare books

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